Anonymous L.

The following review comes from the first-hand experience of a user who participated on this message board for several years, as well as a summary of experienced described by other users. This website purports to allow anyone to join to join about all kinds of bible-related discussions. It seems a great place for a person to join to dialogue with others and learn new things. In reality, this website is no home to anyone. Users cannot be 'unorthodox' in any way, which means they must be Protestants. But even that is not enough. Users are not even allowed to talk about Catholicism, universalism, preterism, or LGBT rights, let alone hold any of those beliefs. Offering for discussion any topic beyond the fence of a radically conservative theology is a suspension-worthy offense, sometimes ban-worthy if the moderators are in a sour enough mood. Politically conservative views are also an unspoken requirement. The message board's moderators are prone to abuse, targeting anyone they deem even remotely 'unorthodox'. This has, on occasion, resulted in moderators literally deleting comments or entire threads to cover up erroneous crackdowns of users they misinterpreted, with no apology offered to the people they rolled over in the process. Sometimes they outright harass individual users they don't like, sending them private messages encouraging them to quit. The chief admin on the message board is a high-ranking leader in the International House of Prayer, an armageddon-obsessed sect that ranks high on the spectrum of cultic tendencies. Accordingly, the message board breeds a culture of wild speculation on the nature of the end of the world. Many users simply lie about what each other believes, accusing this and that of heresy or unorthodoxy, in a bid to win an argument. Overall, with few exceptions, the message board is full of sharp and bitter disagreements, self-righteous moderators who routinely throw their weight around and belittle their chosen scapegoats, and an ever-shrinking list of acceptable topics of discussion. Really, if you (whether you're a Christian or not) want a place to have the sort of big discussions about the bible or Christianity, you're better off finding a group on Facebook or Reddit.