@bigdoggproblem saidI have. And that would be a good tactic in many circumstances but so much of the content revolves around the high volume posts of a few users.
@Philokalia
Ever considered not reacting to posts that, in your opinion, do not contribute to productive discussion?
(e.g. "Don't feed the troll" )
@philokalia saidThe highest volume poster of this year - and the best, according to you - was probably Romans1009 and yet you scarcely engaged him or his content at all. Maybe you should treat posters whose content and style you disapprove of in the same way as you did Romans1009: you basically just let him be.
I have. And that would be a good tactic in many circumstances but so much of the content revolves around the high volume posts of a few users.
@secondson saidThe topic of this thread is primarily about how the OP poster got thoroughly rubbed up the wrong way on Thread 179061 and he did not like it one little bit. The title of the thread broadens the topic more generally to cover what we approve and disapprove of with regard to other people's posts.
You haven't been on topic yet in this thread.
@divegeester
Define "corporate religion" please.
You use that expression a few times.
What is it ?
DO you avoid "corporate religion" by never gathering with anyone else so that it could be said " I worshipped with this congregation " ?
Is that how you avoid "corporate religion," with rank individualism ?
Rosalia was born of a Norman noble family that claimed descent from Charlemagne. Devoutly religious, she retired to live as a hermit in a cave on Mount Pellegrino, where she died alone in 1166.
I like to believe God still found her, (even in her solitude).
Of course God can have a relationship with someone in solitude.
But do we have any consideration for what He wants and not just what is the individual's private needs ?
Understanding Solitude and Silence
Solitude is for being alone with God. It is completed by silence. There’s much to be said about solitude, but what’s most important is that it is a way to do nothing. Yes, do nothing. Don’t try to be productive — even in Bible study! Solitude and silence is an opportunity to focus on your Intimacy with Jesus, to unhook from your daily responsibilities and the people you interact with, in order to attend to the Lord alone. In solitude we don’t try to make anything happen. We just bring our naked self to the Lord to be with him.
“Solitude is the creation of an open, empty space in our lives by purposely abstaining from interaction with other human beings, so that, freed from competing loyalties, we can be found by God” (Life with God Bible, p. 531).
“Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the ‘tent of meeting’… The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.”
(Exodus 33:7, 11)