Troll privileges revoked

I should have known better than to feed a troll. Our anonymous poster who took it upon him or herself to snark religion just got a little too combative for my taste.

Goodness only knows why atheists have such an urge to lurk on Christian blogs and try to convince people that Christianity is bunk. To what purpose? More company in hell, perhaps? What will it accomplish to take a group of people who are perfectly satisfied with their religious beliefs and try to make them doubt?

I have a number of readers whose religious and/or political suasions are different than mine, who are perfectly respectful about those differences. Their comments are kind, insightful, and interesting. But trolls give a bad name to anyone whose perspective, viewpoints, or beliefs are different. Their intentions are to create chasms, not bridge them.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: This is a private blog. It is not a public forum to debate your viewpoints. The purpose of my blog is to illustrate our rural lifestyle and air our particular opinions, all hung on the framework of a religious belief we hold dear.

If you don't like it, go start your own blog.

It was my mistake. I should never have fed a troll.

Welcome to my new troll!

I always enjoy picking up a troll or two, unless of course the troll's language is inexcusably vulgar (remember Becky?)

My newest troll is evidently going through a lot of older posts. Recently he/she read my post Raising Boys to be Husbands and found something within to be objectionable:

"A man should be strong enough to know he is weak and flawed, and where to turn to remedy that. A man with faith guides his family toward God."

What strength can come from guiding family members toward non-thought, myth, slavery, and lies? I am curious to know if Christians realize that their religion was created by the Egyptians to enslave the minds of the commoners? Take a look at the mithra as well.

Religion and god does not speak to fully mature and accountable people.

I would like to let this poster know that I certainly welcome dissenting opinions as long as they're politely expressed, and so far you're doing fine. Welcome!

Flamethrowers

It probably comes as no surprise to readers that this blog is growing. As of today, we're on target to exceed 62,000 visitors for the month. Ain't it cool?

That said, it should also come as no surprise that we've picked up a troll or two along the way. I'm specifically addressing Becky.

We deleted a snark from Becky last night, and she just graced us with another, even nastier snark because we didn't post her first one. Needless to say this most recent comment won't see the light of day either. I don't like feeding trolls.

Trolls always seem surprised that this blog reflects our values, namely conservative Christian homeschoolers and homesteaders. Uh, hello? What else did you expect?

I think it should be obvious by now that I welcome dissenting opinions as long as they're politely expressed. We have a reader in England who routinely disagrees with stuff I post, but she's not rude, crude, vulgar, or disgusting in her disagreements. Therefore I welcome her snarks.

But Becky and some other trolls are different. Nasty name-calling of this caliber isn't the kind of stuff I want my kids to read. And make no mistake, my kids read the blog.

Just as a reminder, this is a private blog. We control the content just as we moderate the comments that get posted. Trolls can post all the ugly revolting snarks they want, but they shouldn't be surprised when those comments get deleted.

To all my faithful polite readers: Thank you for coming. You mean the world to me. To all my trolls: If you want to get nasty, go start your own blog.