Re: Please take religious discussions off list....God is mentioned

[Guest guest]

You're not the only one a day late. I also agree with you. I was

under the impression that anything you wanted to post was viewed by

the postmaster and it was by their discretion (didn't spell that

right)whether it got posted or not so if the postmaster didn't want

religious stuff posted then why did they post it. I do like the idea

of putting a header that says it has a religious subject in it then

people who don't want to read that don't have to. Put there are many

people who believe in a Higher power and that belief helps that

person get through their tough time and they feel that maybe it could

give some hope to others that are going through similar situations. I

was talking to my husband about the request to keep religious

discussions off the list and he was really upset because the US was

founded by people who were being persucuted for their beliefs and

they had to go elsewhere to practice their beliefs. Now we all might

not believe in the same God or Higher power but we do all have faith

and trust in a person that heals and that person is Dr. Ponseti.

Sometimes with they way people talk about him it seems like he could

be considered a God, thus there could be a religon that worships him.

Isn't that how a religon gets started, faith and belief in someone

that can do incredible things, heal, and he is also a teacher I mean

look at all the DRs that are following his work and do the things he

says to do and if anyone of us has a question about our child's

treatment we can turn to him. Look I'm not trying to start a religon

or anything , but just look at the similarities and please don't be

upset at someone in expressing their joy or even faith in their

higher power. I was sadden that it was even metioned to take the

relgious dicussion off. Anyway I'm sure this doesn't make much sense

but it's 12:35 AM and I haven't gotten much sleep this week and I'm

just tired of everywhere I look people are trying to take talk about

religon and religious beliefs or even just things of faith that are

uplifting to some away from those who want to talk about it in a

manner that they try not to be offensive but end up being told to go

elsewhere. Whatever I'm tired and I think my daughter is finally

asleep so it's off to bed.

Holly

> Sorry to be a day late.

> I just want to say that I enjoy the off topic conversations on this

board.

> Sometimes it is enjoyable to hear people talking about other

things. Sometimes

> I skim through them after reading the first few posts. Sometimes it

takes the

> first few posts to know what the conversation is about. I think

that a few

> off topic discussions are a good thing...especially to a new

clubfoot parent.

> It helps to cheer us up and relax our mind, especially when things

aren't going

> the best with our children's feet. It helps us to get to know each

other.

> There have been more off topic posts over the last few months, but

also more new

> members too. If people only email off topic things to each other

off board,

> then people may not realize how much they have in common other than

clubfoot

> babies. It helps to build trust and community here, those things

are no less

> important than the discussion of our children. Just like pictures,

we don't

> always send pictures to show the feet, lots of time we send them

just to show

> off. Nothing wrong with that ;-)

>

> God, Allah or whatever diety someone wanted to discuss, I would be

> respectful. No one is trying to convert or knock anyone or preach

any one thing here.

> If someone doesn't like it then don't read it. That IS freedom.

Anything

> more than borderlines censorship, IMO.

>

> Also, in the future, it might be helpful to email the offending

person via

> their private email. I felt like the person who first brought up

religion was

> being called out and can completely see why she became defensive.

How

> humiliating it must be to be told " to take it elsewhere, " in front

of everyone...

>

> Just my opinion.

> Freeman

>

> P.S. While it is in the subject list, I am a Christian and I thank

God for

> giving Dr. Ponseti such a wonderful gift and for giving me such a

beautiful

> little girl on a daily basis.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hopefully, I can say this one last time and everyone can understand

how I'd like top see things. I am not against ALL off-topic

discussions - this includes the religious discussions. All I am

asking is that such discussions be marked OT (off-topic) or religion

mentioned for those who don't care to read about it.

That said, there is no one person - not I as the list owner nor

T. and Joy as moderators - who approves posts from all the members of

this list. The only posts that require approval are posts from new

members. The reason those posts require approval is due to some

inappropriate posts (for sexual websites). We moderators do not have

the time to approve each post made (which have been numbering over

1000 each of the last few months). I also do not want to completely

censor everything that can be discussed.

[Guest guest]

Well said. My husband and I had a similar conversation. And I don't

believe that talking about miracles when it comes to our kids and

their feet IS off topic. It is nice to see so many people standing up

and saying wait a minute. Thank you!

> > Sorry to be a day late.

> > I just want to say that I enjoy the off topic conversations on this

> board.

> > Sometimes it is enjoyable to hear people talking about other

> things. Sometimes

> > I skim through them after reading the first few posts. Sometimes it

> takes the

> > first few posts to know what the conversation is about. I think

> that a few

> > off topic discussions are a good thing...especially to a new

> clubfoot parent.

> > It helps to cheer us up and relax our mind, especially when things

> aren't going

> > the best with our children's feet. It helps us to get to know each

> other.

> > There have been more off topic posts over the last few months, but

> also more new

> > members too. If people only email off topic things to each other

> off board,

> > then people may not realize how much they have in common other than

> clubfoot

> > babies. It helps to build trust and community here, those things

> are no less

> > important than the discussion of our children. Just like pictures,

> we don't

> > always send pictures to show the feet, lots of time we send them

> just to show

> > off. Nothing wrong with that ;-)

> >

> > God, Allah or whatever diety someone wanted to discuss, I would be

> > respectful. No one is trying to convert or knock anyone or preach

> any one thing here.

> > If someone doesn't like it then don't read it. That IS freedom.

> Anything

> > more than borderlines censorship, IMO.

> >

> > Also, in the future, it might be helpful to email the offending

> person via

> > their private email. I felt like the person who first brought up

> religion was

> > being called out and can completely see why she became defensive.

> How

> > humiliating it must be to be told " to take it elsewhere, " in front

> of everyone...

> >

> > Just my opinion.

> > Freeman

> >

> > P.S. While it is in the subject list, I am a Christian and I thank

> God for

> > giving Dr. Ponseti such a wonderful gift and for giving me such a

> beautiful

> > little girl on a daily basis.

> >

> >

> >