It is hard to find diverse Religious Forums on the web. Often times, even when a plurality of religious people are sought, one group tends to move in, alienate others, and take over. Which is why most Religious Forums on the web are dedicated to one specific Religion. But Religious Forums is different in the sense that it has drawn all kinds of people from all kinds of faith, even a large group of mature, tolerant atheists and agnostics.Religious Forums is running V-Bulletin and offers a complex assortment of topics. Each major religion is broken down into as many of its denominational parts as possible, allowing people the opportunity to share their religious and spiritual experiences with people who share the same specific worldview. Always active, there is a plethora of post content ranging from politics, to the Humanities, to Science.
Personally, I have enjoyed participating at Religious Forums for some time, but there are a few things I would like to point out. Religious Forums is predominantly liberal. Irregardless of the members religious beliefs, the majority of them have a liberal world view. This means that Platonic and Kantian Rationalism rests squarely at the center of the ethical waters you'll be treading in. It is not uncommon to get jumped all over for expressing an opinion that is viewed as promoting selfishness or Individualism (except where you are talking about Individual Religious beliefs - these are always accepted and encouraged).
The Moderation Staff is of the highest quality at Religious Forums. They know when to lay back and when to jump all over you. The one thing that is absolutely not tolerated is the denigration of other people's religious beliefs. Everyone is free to discuss and debate religion, but if you start bashing people because of who they are as a person relative to their faith, you will have an infraction waiting for you. I view this as a virtue of the Board. Religion, being deeply personal as it is, is best discussed with open, tolerant minds.
All in all, if Religion is what you want to talk about, Religious Forums is a great place to do it.
9 comments:
Go check out www.allbeliefs.com, it is so much better then Religious Forums. It may be small, but it is definitely worth it!
I'll check it out. Thanks.
Woot for RF.
Also checked out allbeliefs and left. It is full of elitists, would not recommend it. I never left welcome there.
Panda, What was it about AllBeliefs that made you feel as if the people there were "elitist"?
religious forums is great. It is true - they are very tolerant, no one denomination has taken over (unlike christian forums where you can only post if you use the Nicene Crede as scripture - they delete your posts when they cannot win a trinity argument) very refreshing to be able to openly chat without having your posts erased because of your religious denomination. thanks Religious Forums!!!! I hope everyone who reads this checks it out!
seeker it felt like every time I posted everyone else was looking at you and thinking "What are YOU doing here, you aren't welcome" I felt I really was not made welcome, the total reverse in fact. This is of course only my opinion.
Panda, is that because of your particular religion or do you feel that it was something more personal?
I don't think it was to do with my religion. There were other atheists there. I just did not feel welcome or included.
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