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I have found this postmorg website to be extremely interesting because they seem to ban Mormon posters who wish to dialogue with them. Recently, a poster that went by the name StillMo was banned. I have idea why these 'enlightened' postmormons would feel threatened by Mormon posters. My definition of postmormon is: a person who has moved on from the LDS church and who is now engaged with other aspects of life.

And yet, this is far from the case. When a Mormon poster engages them, they become very defensive, a little nervous, and finally issuing a ban. But what is strange is that the Utah press as been rather nice to them. But somehow they can not be nice to LDS posters unless they fit into a postmorg mold.

I find this site more in line with postmormonism as Mormons, exmormons dialogue with eachother. And no one is banned.


But what's up with that other site?

I do not know about other sites but I get the impression that many sites have a particular purpose and do not want anything that will detract from it.

RFM for example isn't about interaction and conversation between believers and non-believers, but more a support forum for non-believers, whereas the MAD MB is for apologists to share information without interference or discussion that is not supportive of their purpose.

I like this forum because we can discuss, converse, share ideas and for the most part, we all get along! :-)

~dancer~

why me wrote:postmorg.org

I have found this postmorg website to be extremely interesting because they seem to ban Mormon posters who wish to dialogue with them. Recently, a poster that went by the name StillMo was banned. I have idea why these 'enlightened' postmormons would feel threatened by Mormon posters. My definition of postmormon is: a person who has moved on from the LDS church and who is now engaged with other aspects of life.

And yet, this is far from the case. When a Mormon poster engages them, they become very defensive, a little nervous, and finally issuing a ban. But what is strange is that the Utah press as been rather nice to them. But somehow they can not be nice to LDS posters unless they fit into a postmorg mold.

I find this site more in line with postmormonism as Mormons, exmormons dialogue with eachother. And no one is banned.


But what's up with that other site?

Why don't you go there and ask and then report back?

Pokatator wrote:

why me wrote:postmorg.org

I have found this postmorg website to be extremely interesting because they seem to ban Mormon posters who wish to dialogue with them. Recently, a poster that went by the name StillMo was banned. I have idea why these 'enlightened' postmormons would feel threatened by Mormon posters. My definition of postmormon is: a person who has moved on from the LDS church and who is now engaged with other aspects of life.

And yet, this is far from the case. When a Mormon poster engages them, they become very defensive, a little nervous, and finally issuing a ban. But what is strange is that the Utah press as been rather nice to them. But somehow they can not be nice to LDS posters unless they fit into a postmorg mold.

I find this site more in line with postmormonism as Mormons, exmormons dialogue with eachother. And no one is banned.


But what's up with that other site?

Why don't you go there and ask and then report back?

I was banned. No can do. The general manager runs a tight ship over there. Any challenge to postmorgdom will eventually get a person banned, unless they post in a certain style congenial to all. Plus if a Mormon posts a comment of disagreement, he or she will get 10 or so responses and the Mormon is expected to reply to all. And so, three Mormon posts may get several responses and the poor Mormon needs to reply to all the posts.

There seems to be different rules for Mormons and postmormons.

why me wrote:I was banned. No can do. The general manager runs a tight ship over there. Any challenge to postmorgdom will eventually get a person banned, unless they post in a certain style congenial to all. Plus if a Mormon posts a comment of disagreement, he or she will get 10 or so responses and the Mormon is expected to reply to all. And so, three Mormon posts may get several responses and the poor Mormon needs to reply to all the posts.

There seems to be different rules for Mormons and postmormons.

Welcome to how critics posting on MAD feel.

truth dancer wrote:I do not know about other sites but I get the impression that many sites have a particular purpose and do not want anything that will detract from it.

I like this forum because we can discuss, converse, share ideas and for the most part, we all get along! :-)

~dancer~

Me too. I like this forum too. Discussion is the key to understanding. I suppose what bothers me about the postmorg is the name. It could be a great site for dialogue but unfortunately it is a 'recovery' site. Not postmormon at all. And strange enough, they seem to be very Mormon (from a critics point of view) in attitude when it comes to quieting discussion that may lead them to question their postmormon testimonies. Hard to figure. When I lurk, it is as if I am viewing an upside down conservative Mormon site. However, I must say that most of the Mormon sites that I have visited allow for open discussion or open statements.

Bond...James Bond wrote:

why me wrote:I was banned. No can do. The general manager runs a tight ship over there. Any challenge to postmorgdom will eventually get a person banned, unless they post in a certain style congenial to all. Plus if a Mormon posts a comment of disagreement, he or she will get 10 or so responses and the Mormon is expected to reply to all. And so, three Mormon posts may get several responses and the poor Mormon needs to reply to all the posts.

There seems to be different rules for Mormons and postmormons.

Welcome to how critics posting on MAD feel.

That may be so. But one should expect more from a postmorg site. How can one be critical of the LDS church and yet, copy the same 'mistakes' of the church? You know what I mean...from a critic viewpoint, the LDS church quiets dissent. And yet, so do the postmorg.

why me wrote:

Welcome to how critics posting on MAD feel.

That may be so. But one should expect more from a postmorg site. How can one be critical of the LDS church and yet, copy the same 'mistakes' of the church? You know what I mean...from a critic viewpoint, the LDS church quiets dissent. And yet, so do the postmorg.

I think the fundamental difference is the stated purpose of the different forums. MAD says they're about Dialogue and Discussion and Apologetics. Post Mormon is about....well I don't know. Haven't ever been there. But discussion and debate boards usually have "Discussion" somewhere in the title. Dr. Shades knew this, and thus called this board "Mormon Discussions" rather than Mormon Taco Hut or something.

Different websites have different objectives. I can entirely understand a website, Mormon or ex-mormon, that wants to restrict the kind of participation that goes on there. What's interesting, is when a website is born in conflicts arising out of the lack of of free speech and then, becomes as restrictive as the community they had been abused by.

Bond...James Bond wrote:Mormon Taco Hut

LOL. That has a nice ring to it.