The purpose of the Christian BBS is to provide
fellowship and spiritual growth for believers
and to serve as a witness to unbelievers who
may be seeking to know our Lord.
The Christian BBS is an inter-denominational
ministry, however, we are a Christian
ministry. While we encourage every believer to
study scripture for him or herself and to
question and seek answers, we must draw a line
at some point as to what we find acceptable in
the teachings on our board. We have outlined
the basic beliefs of Christianity, the
non-negotiable factors of our faith at
http://www.christian-chats.net/statement.htm
We welcome those who are not believers to post
on our boards, provided they do not promote
any doctrine contrary to these essentials.
On the issues not presented here, in which
beliefs may vary, we encourage questioning,
and thorough study of scripture as well as the
sharing of ideas. We ask that such is
conducted in the proper manner free of
argument and rudeness and that all would seek
to learn together with a prayerful attitude.
We ask that believer who post on the BBS
remember that you are representing Christ and
the things you say and the manner in which you
conduct yourself are representative of who you
believe Christ to be.
This message boards
purpose it to bring glory
and honor to the Lord Jesus
Christ not to man.
We
do not promote the prosperity
gospel preachers on this
message board. You may not
teach this false gospel.
There will be no warning
from here on, you will
be removed from this message
board. This is not debatable.
You may not promote any cult
or false religions such as
Jehovah's Witnesses,
Mormonism, Scientology,
Wicca, etc... If you
do there
will be no warning and you
will be removed from
this message board. This is
not debatable.
This
is not a Catholic message
board. Don't promote Roman
Catholicism on this board.
One needs only to know Jesus
Christ as their Lord and
Savior. He alone can save
you and nothing else. We
believe in all Ten Commandments
here. Especially the second
one that the Catholic’s
removed. And it was written
in stone, it states:
Exodus 20:4 -5 (KJV)
Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image, or
any likeness of any thing
that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the
water under the earth: Thou
shalt not bow down thyself
to them, nor serve them:
for I the LORD thy God am
a jealous God, visiting
the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children unto the
third and fourth generation
of them that hate me;…
I know this commandment
doesn’t exist in the Catholic
catechism, but it is there
in the KJV Bible and on
the Ten Commandments that
Moses received written in
stone, by God own hand.
Considering the real-time
nature of The Christian
BBS, it is impossible for
us to review messages as
they are being posted. We
do actively monitor the
contents of posted messages
on a daily basis, however,
we are not responsible for
any messages posted. We
do not vouch for or warrant
the accuracy, completeness
or usefulness of any message,
and are not responsible
for the contents of any
message. The messages express
the views of the author
of the message, not necessarily
the views of the administrators
of The Christian BBS or
any entity associated with
The Christian BBS. Any user
who feels that a posted
message is objectionable
is encouraged to contact
us immediately by email
at churchwebs at gmail.com
. We
have the ability to remove
objectionable messages and
we will make every effort
to do so, within a reasonable
time frame, if we determine
that removal is necessary.
This is a manual process,
however, so please realize
that we may not be able
to remove or edit particular
messages immediately.
You agree, through your
use of this service, that
you will not use The Christian
BBS to post any material
which is knowingly false
and/or defamatory, inaccurate,
abusive, vulgar, hateful,
harassing, obscene, profane,
sexually oriented, threatening,
invasive of a person's privacy,
contrary to the Biblical
beliefs of ArkWebs.com or
otherwise violative of any
law. You agree not to post
any copyrighted material
unless the copyrighted material
is owned by you. Although
we do not and cannot review
the messages posted and
are not responsible for
the content of any of these
messages, we reserve the
right to delete any message
for any reason whatsoever.
You remain solely responsible
for the content of your
messages, and you agree
to indemnify and hold us
harmless with respect to
any claim based upon transmission
of your message(s).
We reserve the right to
reveal your identity (or
whatever information we
know about you) in the event
of a complaint or legal
action arising from any
message posted by you.
We at The Christian BBS
reserve the right to delete
any message for any or no
reason whatsoever. You remain
solely responsible for the
content of your messages,
and you agree to indemnify
and hold harmless The Christian
BBS, its owners, Infopop,
Inc. (the makers of the
bulletin board software),
and their agents with respect
to any claim based upon
transmission of your message(s).
We at The Christian BBS
also reserve the right to
reveal your identity (or
whatever information we
know about you) in the event
of a complaint or legal
action arising from any
message posted by you.
Please note that advertisements,
hyperlinks to chain letters,
pyramid schemes, and solicitations
are inappropriate on The
Christian BBS and will not
be tolerated.
In addition, you also agree
with the "Terms and
Conditions of Use"
policy at
http://thechristianbbs.com/privacy.html
General Guidelines for
PostingThe Christian BBS is run by a group
of moderators who have volunteered to help
with the site. In addition to the user
agreement, topics or posts which do not follow
these guidelines face the risk of being closed
or deleted altogether.
- No trolling. Don't make
inflammatory remarks just to get a response.
You won't be labeled as a troll if your post
has substance.
- No ad homonym attacks.
Criticize ideas, not people.
- No pornographic, sexually
offensive, sexually explicit, or otherwise
objectifying material. Goes without saying.
- Post in the right forum.
Keep posts on-topic, relative to the forum
it's posted in. That means no movie reviews
in the prayer request forum.
- Respect the privacy of
others. Don't post phone numbers, home
addresses, pictures, etc., without
permission.
- Each person may only have
one account. Each post is logged, and people
using multiple accounts may be banned.
- Don't bring up old
threads. If you want to reply to an old
thread (over 45 days), please start a new
thread and reference the old thread.
- No spamming. Don't flood
the board with commercial posts, or
otherwise useless material.
- No solicitation or
commercial advertising. Our message boards
are for discussions, not to sell goods or
services. If you would like to advertise,
please contact us for an advertising
package.
- Use descriptive subject
lines. This makes it easier for people to
see what your post is about, and reduces the
chance of double posting.
- No foul language. Cussing
will not be tolerated. Use a thesaurus if
you can't express yourself without swearing.
Moderator Functions
Moderators have the ability to do the
following functions.
- Close Thread. Prevents
further replies to a topic or thread. This
is done if the thread is a duplicate, if
there is nothing constructive to be said on
the current subject, or if a thread has been
moved to another forum. As an example,
threads that are trolling for people to
respond will most likely be closed.
- Move Thread. Moves a
thread to another forum more suitable for
the current discussion. This may happen in
the middle of a thread if the discussion has
ventured off topic.
- Delete Thread. Done in
the most extreme case, this function
completely removes the thread or post from
the message board.
General Guidelines for
Moderating
Moderators have their own guidelines too, in
addition to the rules above.
- Don’t close or delete
threads you don't agree with. Rather than
censoring a post you don’t agree with, reply
with your own constructive counter-argument
/ criticism.
- Don’t delete threads. Use
the Close Thread function instead. Threads
or replies should only be deleted if it
blatantly goes against the posting
guidelines. Use your judgement.
- Post a notice when moving
threads. If you feel that a thread belongs
in another forum, post a notice before you
move it. Just so people know where to look.
- Take part! Just because
you are a moderator doesn't mean you can't
take part in a discussion. Try to facilitate
a discussion.
If you feel a member or
moderator is not following these guidelines
set out, please contact the
us at churchwebs at gmail.com with the appropriate
details.
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