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Dear Jesus Christ,

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Hello Jesus Christ,

Your post quoted below was recently reported for staff review. After careful review our moderating team has reached consensus and has decided to issue you a warning for this post which you made in the thread "The Official Sanhedrin Thread!" for violation of the following Christian Forums rule:

Flaming

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Original Post:

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

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A Clarification on Satire

So it has come to my attention, many times over, that two posts of mine written in satire (this and this) are continually getting assumed to be not-satire. People continue to think that those posts were real posts with real accounts that really did get reported. To explain this way:

Firstly, none of those accounts exist. "Paul33AD" and "Tishbite_Men_Rul" were "what if" jokes, pertaining to what the apostle Paul and the prophet Elijah would take as usernames if they lived today. If there really are usernames like that on the internet, it is sheer coincidence.

Secondly, I get the feeling people aren't reading the title of the threads to which the "reported posts" belonged. As I sincerely doubt there really exists a thread out there entitled "Why isn't Baal answering my prayers????", one has to conclude the thread name was made up, and hence the entire post is written in jest.

Thirdly, some people do not seem to recognize where the "offending posts" are from. The one for "Paul33AD" is taken from the first chapter of Galatians, while the one for "Tishbite_Men_Rul" is taken from what Elijah says to the priests of Baal during their encounter on Mount Carmel. They clearly aren't real internet posts.

I had at least one more such satire I was going to post before letting it rest for good, but at this moment I'm pondering if I should just let it rest. As the Joker once said, "If you have to explain the joke, then there is no joke."

You Have Received a Warning at Christian Forums

Dear Tishbite_Men_Rul,

You have received a Warning at Christian Forums.

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Warning

Hello Tishbite_Men_Rul ,

Your post quoted below was recently reported for staff review. After careful review our moderating team has reached consensus and has decided to issue you a warning for this post which you made in the thread "Why isn't Baal answering my prayers????" for violation of the following Christian Forums rule:

Flaming

• Do not insult, belittle, mock, goad, personally attack, threaten, harass, or use derogatory nicknames in reference to other members or groups of members. Address the context of the post, not the poster.
• If you are flamed, do not respond in-kind. Alert staff to the situation by utilizing the report button. Do not report another member out of spite.
• Do not state or imply that another member or group of members who have identified themselves as Christian are not Christian.
• Those who do not adhere to the Statement of Faith are welcome as members and participants in discussions, but you are required to respect these beliefs, even if you do not share them.

Your post will remain deleted from the thread. Please take some time to review our Sitewide Rules before making any further posts. You should also review the Moderation Protocol for Christian Forums. This warning does not carry any points, however, further violations will lead to infractions which do carry points. The policy for reviewing staff actions is located here. The review policy is as follows:

If you receive a staff action such as a warning or an infraction, you may contact a Supervisor or an Administrator to discuss the action. If you receive a ban, you may use the Member Services Center to begin a thread and talk to the Administrators about the staff action. They will decide if the ban was given in error and should be reversed or if it was correct and should remain in place.

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Sincerely,
**CF Staff Team

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Original Post:

Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.

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You Have Received a Warning at Christian Forums

Dear Paul33AD,

You have received a Warning at Christian Forums.

Reason:
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Warning

Hello Paul33AD,

Your post quoted below was recently reported for staff review. After careful review our moderating team has reached consensus and has decided to issue you a warning for this post which you made in the thread "Is the Gospel really enough?" for violation of the following Christian Forums rule:

Flaming

• Do not insult, belittle, mock, goad, personally attack, threaten, harass, or use derogatory nicknames in reference to other members or groups of members. Address the context of the post, not the poster.
• If you are flamed, do not respond in-kind. Alert staff to the situation by utilizing the report button. Do not report another member out of spite.
• Do not state or imply that another member or group of members who have identified themselves as Christian are not Christian.
• Those who do not adhere to the Statement of Faith are welcome as members and participants in discussions, but you are required to respect these beliefs, even if you do not share them.

Your post will remain deleted from the thread. Please take some time to review our Sitewide Rules before making any further posts. You should also review the Moderation Protocol for Christian Forums. This warning does not carry any points, however, further violations will lead to infractions which do carry points. The policy for reviewing staff actions is located here. The review policy is as follows:

If you receive a staff action such as a warning or an infraction, you may contact a Supervisor or an Administrator to discuss the action. If you receive a ban, you may use the Member Services Center to begin a thread and talk to the Administrators about the staff action. They will decide if the ban was given in error and should be reversed or if it was correct and should remain in place.

Should you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me, a Supervisor, or an Administrator.

Sincerely,
**CF Staff Team

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Original Post:

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?

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