If you will allow me...
Okay people, here is how I see that the land lies:
Snapperhead:
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I don't mean to be unkind, and I'm sure that if I knew you in person that I would think otherwise, but it just appears to me that you are living up to your name. As a member of the faculty, I can understand your disapproval with the things that have taken place in this thread. Unfortunately, and please I'm not trying to seem superior or anything, I'm just pointing out the view I think you all should have, unfortunately I think you could have handled the situation a bit better.
Let me show you what I mean.
John 13:34 states " 'A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another; as I have loved you' ".
If you look at this in light of 1 Corinthians 13:4-5, which reveals that "Love is patient ... it is not rude ... it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong", it should become clear that we are required to be loving towards others, and this love should be characterised by patience, not becoming rude or angered, and not holding grudges.
So my advice to you is this. Please try to be patient with Silvermoon, do not anger over her actions, be cautious that you aren't rude, and do not hold this against her. I understand that you think there needs to be a moderator for the Studies in Religion forums that takes care of these issues, but I ask you that you accept what has happened. There has not been an outbreak in the forums. There is only 1 (to the best of my knowledge) thread that is, as you put it, a "spammy thread" and that is this one. If you are worried that this forum will break down into a spot where bored users can just spam anything, then I urge you not to be as it is confined only to this thread and thus is causing no real danger. Again I understand that you believe this should not be a part of the forums, but I think you need to just accept what has happened here and I will try to convince others to be more careful how they post.
Again, my sincerest apologies if I am sounding too instructive, but this appears to be a desparate situation in need of desparate measures.
Silvermoon:
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If you don't mind, I would like to share with you my favourite quote about religion. It is found in Deuteronomy 6:5 and goes something like "Love the Lord you God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength". I apologise if you (or anyone else that is reading this post for that matter) doesn't agree with my "overuse" of biblical quotes to justify myself, but as I said before, this needs desparate measures and it is the only way I believe I can accurately convery my point.
Silvermoon, I think you may have just slightly overstepped the line there a little bit. I can see where you were coming from in making your original post, and I have nothing against that, it's just that I believe you "bit off more than you can chew" (if you'll pardon the expression) when you started as you did. My suggestion is not that you should avoid posting in the Studies of Religion forums at all, but rather that you are simply a little more conscious of your posts. Make sure that if you are starting a new thread that there is no room for ambiguity. I understand that you were probably trying to be more funny than serious with your initial post and I see that you obviously don't take it too seriously yourself, but what you need to realise is that there are people out there (particularly in the Studies of Religion forum) that can and will take your statements seriously. I know that I may have the benefit of knowing you personally whereas people like Snapperhead do not, and so I could understand your tone better than he could, but nonetheless, please be thoughtful.
Once more, my apologies if you think I'm coming down hard on you Silvermoon, but I need to treat all parties fairly and give them my honest opinion as to how this should have played out.
Overall, I ask that you both just leave this as it is. Silvermoon, try to be more assertive of your posts before you post them, and Snapperhead, I'm sure that Silvermoon understands why you opposed her now and I hope that just as she drops this issue, so you too will not pursue it and let it pass. I'm not passing judgement on whether or not Silvermoon's thread is "spammy", in fact I don't want to pass judgement on anyone, but rather I am trying to point out how useless it is that both of you have carried it on this far. Please don't hold this against each other, I don't want to see this thread end like that.
I will understand if you choose to ignore everything I have said, as this is only my opinion, and believe me, it is probably the minority.
