* Conduct, Etiquette, and Courtesy

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Conduct and Etiquette

Although the forum is akin to physical fellowship, all we have is text and emoticons.  Calling one's belief and/or interpretation as foolish or dumb is the same as calling the person that. 

Be sensitive to each other, respect each others views, one can disagree to a view by stating "I disagree" or "that is not the way I see it" etc.  Do not say that is a lie, that is trash, rubbish etc.  This will merely fuel argument and not debate and that is helpful to no one.

Foul, abusive language will not be tolerated. One warning then we hit the


Courtesy issues

Please try and post your threads in the appropriate boards.  Read the purpose of this board sticky in each board.

Please refrain from quoting a long post merely to give it a thumbs up or I agree, you can quote a portion of the poster's text and then say "I agree" or post a smiley or just say great post "Name-of-Poster".

Let us try and keep posts short, looong posts are often glazed over and your true intent may not come across with the lazy.  This many times leads to threads going off topic.

Sometimes we are tempted to answer a question in a post aimed at a specific user.  Let that user answer the question first, like real conversation we can apply the same etiquette

Let us also try and keep to the OP (original post) topic. 

Do not hijack threads.  Stay on topic

If something is going to take the thread off topic, start a new thread.

Baiting or trolling will not be tolerated.

(Baiting is similar to trolling, in that baiters, like trolls, try to elicit a response from other users. The difference is that the response is supposed to be embarrassing to the user in question, and humorous to others. Baiters frequently concentrate on groups they do not like - Source: Wikipedia)

Threads closed for any reason, you may not begin a new thread on the same topic.  Should you want the thread reopened, PM one of the moderators. 

A One-to-One conflict resolution is set up to resolve issues. Mods will need to start the thread and give you permission to access the board.  No one except conflictees and Mods will be able to see discussions here.

These rules will be amended from time to time.


Copyright Material

To avoid copyright infringements, we ask when posting articles from other websites, quote the title and say no more than 20% of said article.

You can end off with "read full article here.." and post the link (See forum help on how to do this)


Salvation Issues

Some posts have come up inferring that UR believers are not really saved.  Before making such assertions, take time to review the many threads on this forum.  99% of members are born-again and have come out of mainstream Christianity.

We do not believe we are better than other Christians so likewise, afford us the same respect by not implying we are deceived, disillusioned, led by satan et al.

People doing that will find their stay here at Tentmaker very short lived.