Comments on: Did Mark Driscoll Get Me Kicked Off Patheos? (UPDATED)

By: AHH

AHH — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:52:42 +0000

This seems like an appropriate old thread to post this observation.
I still look at a couple of blogs on Patheos Evangelical, and in the past week or two I have noticed a new advertiser popping up there:
Gab
Yes, the Twitter substitute for white supremacists, anti-Semites, and treasonists is fishing for Christians, with ads appealing to Christian nationalism (referencing bringing America back “under God”). And Patheos is apparently happy to take their money.

By: MaryKaye

MaryKaye — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:24:52 +0000

Patheos is an organization that implemented a “spam” filter which did not permit people commenting on the blogs there to use words like Muslim, Mohammad, Islam. Which could have been a mistake, but several years later *it’s still there.* Hosting the global conversation on religion, indeed! (You can’t mention Hell or the Book of Job either. And heaven help you if you just try to have an ordinary conversation, because you can’t say “target”, “pot”, “kill”, “monster,” or “breast” either. The list goes on.)

They have more recently imposed things like protecting the article text so that you can’t cut and paste a quote from it in your discussion.

There is no response whatsoever to complaints.

I think you are well out of there, actually. I wish the blogger I follow there would leave as well. Until then, I read via Disqus redirect and avoid giving any hits to the site, and use an ad-blocker.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 09:13:05 +0000

In reply to Mr Jesperson.

You might find this interesting: https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-agrees-his-critics-pope-can-be-wrong

Part of me finds it slightly amusing. Francis’s critics say “he got that wrong!” Francis says “yes, I can things wrong.” His critics then complain that he has admitted that he can get things wrong.

People …!

By: Mr Jesperson

Mr Jesperson — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:43:49 +0000

In reply to Richard Willmer. "I prefer a less authoritarian structure." On this I agree. Although I prefer action to talk. When I see a Pope that addresses the idolatry of the office as something that has to change then I will listen. Until then I just see a lot of different people from different sects talking about things they never do...

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:15:08 +0000

In reply to Mr Jesperson.

No, I’m not! But I do think that Catholic theology has much going for it. Not so keen on some of the ‘church order’ stuff: I prefer a less authoritarian structure. I like Pope Francis a lot – very thoughtful and engaging in my opinion.