Open Appeal to the Moderators of this site

[Ekaterina]

Dear Fr Dnc Nikolai, Fr Siluan or Ioannis:

HOW MUCH LONGER must we tolerate the affrontery of "Brother" Nathaniel's extremely offensive posts?

While I realize that you are essentially anti-ROCOR, I still have never felt unwelcome here or been insulted by you. Yet the garbage that is currently being posted by "Brother" Nathaniel in the name of "truth" is beyond even anything anyone should have to tolerate.

It goes aginst EVERYTHING any decent true believing ORTHODOX person regadless of jurisdiction should have to be exposed to. This is NOT Orthodoxy! This is not of Christ! I cannot believe that any of you have not as servants of Christ stepped up and put a stop to this.

Please, Please for the sake of decency put a stop to this.

I ask that any who frequent here to add their name to this.....maybe sheer numbers will finally end this affront.

A very despondent Katya

[SouthernOrthodox]

I am with you. Decent dialog has gone the way of smearing and the sense of mental instability. If someone is pro or against ROCOR does not give one the right to whale on all things Christian. The revolution is over, lets stop fighting it in here.

[Kollyvas]

As an MP loyalist, I have to say that the Truth I confess can weather any storm. I myself speak out about what's negative in the Russian church and praise what is positive. Although I do believe Brother Nathaniel engages in hyperbole and sometimes disinformation, his essential point is concern over a political union of moral compromise which affects all of Orthodoxy. Those who would silence him are a greater affront in my estimation than his getting carried away, for they take it upon themselves to become a self-proclaimed thought police which we as free people have little use for---no, we all won't accept the revolution! If certain people could provide a more articulate presentation of their loyalties, the side of ROCOR loyalists would be better served than would be inquisitioners shouting at the top of their lungs, "Censor him! Silence her! Disband them! We are offended and uncomfortable in beng challenged!" Dear moderators, books burn at 451 degrees--I think we all know where these would be savanrholas would go...
Orthodoxia I Thanatos!
R M Malleev-Pokrovsky, a loyal but NOT UNCRITICAL son of the MP who is even open to brother Nathaniel's criticisms whether fatuous or true...

When I went to school, we were taught as a principle of free speech the dictum...
ALTHOUGH I DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAY, I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE THAT YOU BE ABLE TO SAY IT---freedom of conscience & expression of ALL views is the greatest virtue...

[Ekaterina]

Rostislav:

I'm sorry but I must disagree with you. You cannot fight for Truth with Falsehood. It is an impossibility. If Brother Nathaniel was fighting a "true" fight he would not need dissemination, outright falsehood or inuendo to show the Truth. Truth itself would be enough. His postings are not true. They are not of God or Christ. They cause more harm than they cause good. You cannot fight evil with evil. You will only defeat yourself.

Katya

[SouthernOrthodox]

Kollyvas, I have to say, that was the most thought provoking dialog I have read in quite some time. Well done. I don't agree with the tactics. Using immoral tactics to preach morality is not right no matter how to slice it. Dialog is good no matter the topic, Insinuating someone is a homo, who happens to be an Archbishop is wrong and has no place anywhere, let alone this forum. I am about as liberal as they come but that has gone way to far. I agree, we as ROCOR Loyalist need to do a better job in presentation, but since I have been coming here, its been nothing but ducking this nonsensical hyperbole. Oh and you say your an MP loyalist, oh you son of Stalin you. See that kind of nonsense is what I believe is being asked to "censored".

[DavidHawthorne]

Christ is Among Us!

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Exercising MY "right to free speech" I also cast my vote in favor of decency, courtesy, and Christian charity. This "right to free speech" should not include the freedom to be offensive on a Christian site. 
The combination of spamming and slamming are ruining this site.
Will our moderators please exercise their responsibility and insist on better behavior?

In Christ,
Rd. David

[Priest Siluan]

While I realize that you are essentially anti-ROCOR

You make a mistake seriously in this point... I think that we are not Anti-ROCOR but Anti "Uniya"