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Offline Tim Russ

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Thou Shalt Not Flame
« on: May 04, 2009, 05:44:14 PM »
Believers Bay is a place where we share the LOVE of God with common sense.  That mission statement extends to this forum as well.  Unfortunately from time to time people experience intense feelings and not knowing how best to deal with them they step outside the purpose of this site and sometimes even flame others.

Here's a good place to read about what flaming is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_(slang)

Please don't forget that when you registered for this forum you agreed to follow certain guidelines contained in the registration agreement.  If you don't remember what's in the registration agreement you can read it here: http://www.believersbay.com/members/home/forum/index.php/topic,200.0.html

Allow me to quote the first paragraph: 
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You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law.


Here are a few definitions for you

Hate:  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hate
Harass: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harass
Abusive: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abusive


If you’re not doing any of these things then there’s no need to be concerned.  You’re obviously not abusing the privilege of being a member of this forum. 

If you’re guilty of doing these things then don’t be surprised if you try to log on someday and find that you’ve been banned (locked out and denies access) to the forum.