Posted by:
Guy3
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Date: February 22, 2019 06:50PM
I think this board needs to change its policy and add another section. They have general discussion, bios and one other secution. I vote to add a section for apologetics, that is not in the general discussions board. That board is there for them to ask questions and present arguments, and for us to respond. If posted to general discussion, it gets redicts.
No more bans.
Why? Because for those of us that didn't leave overnight, the apologetic stage is a natural step. And in those steps this board, for better or worse, comes up in the search results.
I was an apologist for at lest a solid 3 of the five years before I left (old name TBM at Heart). I kept getting banned.
I had a section, now sense removed, about asking a limited geography book of Mormon believer, AMA style. One answer really stuck with me. That I was welcome here, and not just that, but that this board specifically is designed for people like me.
I didn't know what he meant then, but I do now. Apologetics is a basic, important step for leaving the church. New Order Mormons weren't as interested in dealing with apologetics either, it was more a help me keep my head above water type of forum. As a result, the topics aren't discussed and don't appear in Good results.
So I vote, in this non-democratic board, that they add another section purely to talk about apologetics, which won't be banned. Those that don't want to hear it, ignores it and stays in general discussion.
Because, to be honest, those who believe in apologetics have a place to talk to others who believe. Those who disbelieve apologetics have a place to talk. Both forums have rules that ban the other groups.
And that's unfortunate. Because my five year journey may have taken less time if I wasn't alienated by a group of people who understood me the most.