Thank you for your kind words.

I probably should leave this forum alone...

I guess I was hoping that it could be a place for people to have discussions about religious themes. Where people could come and ask things like 'does believing in God help you' and 'I'm not sure if I want a faith / which faith I should have' etc. I figured people would answer from a variety of perspectives and discussions could be useful...

But that isn't really turning out to be the case. People attempt to answer with respect to the way things are rather than from their personal experience. Or people say 'off topic!' when they don't like what is said. Or people are quick to jump on others assuming that other people are attacking them. And the result is that discussion cannot take place unless the discussion is conducted from WITHIN the christian faith.

So... Instead of talking to people from church... People have a board to chat to. And people don't have a variety of people from a variety of faiths so you get some between-faith discussion going on.

I find it hard to cope with the mudslinging. People assuming malevolent intent. Probably time to bow out... I do think it is a shame that there are a small minority who seem to be vocal enough to dictate how things go...

Though maybe the moderators on the forum are of christian faith...