Posted by Lou Pilder on March 5, 2003, at 18:25:51
In reply to To Lou anyone else who may feel offended..., posted by Dena on March 5, 2003, at 10:35:12
Dena,
You wrote,[...me and Jonathan wrote to each other that purgatory is offensive and must be censored...].
Whether offensive statements about purgatory could be posted has a parallel here.
A poster used ant-Semitic language in his/her post here. Dr. Bob wanted to excuse it on spacific grounds. But there was an outrage of protest here about the use of raciest language and Dr. Bob ruled that posts could be made using non-racist language and that if the poster needed to use that type of language that he/she could do it in another milliue, in that case, therapy.
Now it is my opinion that your post could also be in that catagory. The idea here is to not post anything that could have the potential to put down others and to be sensitive to other's feelings. There are others here that regard purgatory as part of their cherished beliefes and could get the idea that you are not being sensitive to their feelings in posting that purgatory is a myth or doctrinal error, etc., etc.
So ,IIMO, in general, that type of post could be posted elseware so as to not arrouse the potential for others to feel put down. I feel that personal communication does not shelter uncivilness here.
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:200824
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20021227/msgs/206248.html