Naminé will have to help SPPF on this one... mind that she is a christian herself as well, so let's switch gears to a christian-ly attitude to look at this concern.
When Naminé just recently took step on a few threads that seem to talk about the bible, christ the lord or christianity as a whole, there is mostly opposition to them, but none of them are harsh enough to say the word "lame" against it. The tone is rather acceptable for most parts. How should opposition "offend" Christians? Did not the bible warn us of this from almost two milleniums ago? In fact, christians should always be prepared for such types of accusations so that one can defend the word through a logical, philosophical and heart warming manner. Let's say, that they are not trying to be mean or difficult, but to christians, merely "misguided"~
She was rather pleased to see that (most of) the christian responses only share their view of the opinion, and did not dwell on the thought for very long, nor did they "reply" to the ideas of the other side. Naminé is not sure if Mr. G-Man's church ever provided such advice, but she is always been told to save the right informative session at the right time. Surely, christians always have the responsibility to defend christianity, but is it the right opportunity and occassion to do so? Those who dwell in that subforum of SPPF are already rather deadset in their beliefs. When they ask for christians to reply, most of the time they are seeking for the post to reply to, and "counter their points." If their heart is so hardened as the Holy Spirit has not yet stirred the mind, then it is rather futile for christians to even cast an eye in such a place except to notify of its existance. Certainly, the voice of one who truly asks a question about christanity and the bible will not pose their inquiry in that forum, but rather truly seeks for the idea to think about it, and not to wait for a chance to "strike back" like that particular subforum...
With such a mindset in the heart, a christian cannot possibly find offense from that subforum any longer, but instead, feel pity for all that is going to be said within without doing any deep research about it. It is certainly their right to voice their disappointments and other feelings of displease towards fellow christians, and there is nothing one can do about it except to do his or her own role, and live the life of christ through demonstration. Pray for all those that will one day soften their heart and truly take the time to think further about the matter. At the same time, let christians also continue to strive for further knowledge and familiarity with the bible~
There are mods at work in that particular forum, as she sees how a few threads are closed by mods. Perhaps it is so busy with activity that the rate of work for the mods are far too inferior to the posting speed of arguments and disagreements between different sides in any topic, be it about religion or not.
Such attitude of religious groups to show dismay against any slight sense of disagreements, even if they lack any evidence or "research," can only portray further bad reputation for the belief. Surely, christian churches should host seminars about the "Da Vinci Code" to inform those who are truly seeking the topic. Yet, it is too far to the extreme, and doing only harm to try to advise non-believer to completely stray away from the film just because it contains some theme that is against the belief of the church. If they don't like the film or cannot stand the information from it, they can simply ignore it, and not outright hate it or try to ban it altogether...
Sometimes, it is indeed to tempting to follow a quote of an anonymous believer who once said "I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe in the Church, but I am not a believer of Christianity." Fortunately, it is not so severe yet... hopefully, the scenario will improve for the best.
Alright, Naminé shall rant no more about this touché topic that is technically banned to be mentioned in PC territory...
So, Naminé shall move on to another topic instead.
Does anyone actually follow the complete guideline to "cleaniness?" According to the government's guide that she came across in biology, one is suppose to wash his or her hands with soap for up to ten seconds long, then carefully turn off the knob to turn off the water with a papertowel and not directly with the hand. Only after doing all of that, is suppose to ward off the germs and other bacteria on the skin. Who actually follows all of it?
Naminé certainly washes her hand with water and soup, but it is more like a few quick seconds, and she turns the knob with her bare hands at the end...
