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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