New rooms

Ok I think you need to add dsome new rooms. Righ now you have a bible discussion room. Its great really but it is limited. Bible discussion is kinda a general room or a generic topic room.

There are rather dep theological topics that can get lost among the general discussion. Therefore I suggest a Theology room. Allow full discussion of the topic as there are likely to be variations on any particular theological issue.

End times should be another room. As you know there are 3 main schools of thought on end times theology. It would be profitable for those schools of thoughts to be explored without getting lost in a general discussion room.

A Political room from a christian perspective. Especially now during this time of liberal political unrest folks need a place to discuss the issues facing this nation from a christian worldview.

Those are my suggestions for now. Again they are Theology room, End times room and Politics room.

I'd like to see a Dance Party room. You could loop some techno as background music, and put a black and white flashing GIF as the background. It'd pretty much be the bomb.

- Topher

Apparently there is a need for a sexual morality room as well.

There are already several available rooms that seldom get used. Most were asked for but for some reason don't get used much. Maybe just let others know when your ready for the kinds of discussions your wanting to talk about and see which room isn't being used for anything at the time?? I think there are certainly enough rooms already.
(I'm kinda confused as to where you came up with a need for a "sexual morality" room????? )

You lost me bro.

- Topher

The need for a sexual morality room comes from some of the topics I have seen posted. As sexual morality is constantly under attack from so many sources I think it would be good to have an area devoted to learning about sexual morality and how to deal with struggles in that area. If you go to most christian forums you will usually find some variation of this and its very helpful especially for those seeking help, guidance, reassurance, a friendly ear and so on. It is not an area for counseling in the professional sense but rather for giving counsel. By that I mean sharing your perspective and experiences on the subject without the idea that any member can "cure" another.

Thanks, we value your suggestions, something to remember though, is that when you suggest rooms for topics like that, there is the issue of moderation to be considered.

Those aren't the kinds of rooms we could just put in, and then not have continually moderated. At present, we simply do not have the staff to have every room moderated 24/7 (although we would love that).

We would love to cater to everyones needs, but this requires, time, money and staff. All of which we are short on! However, I think nanbean made a really good suggestion, we do currently have loads of rooms that are not always being used. If you want to have an indepth theological discussion about endtimes, there's no reason why you can't do it in 'random' or 'young adults' if they are not being used. The titles of the room are simply guidelines, it doesn't mean that to be in the 'prayer' room, one MUST be praying, however if people are in the prayer room, and others come along and wish to pray (or minister to another person) then they should be able to- since that is what the room was designed to cater for!

Also, the sexual morality room could be difficult. The suggestion for a health forum/room has been made, and I think this would fall under that category. The only problem we have there is that it would need to be constantly monitored by some kind of health professional/trusted person in leadership. People need to know that if they come to that room/forum for answers, that the advice they are getting is accurate. So there's a huge accountability issue with something like that, although I like the idea

Please don't take this as me saying no. This decision isn't even up to me, and please continue to post your requests, but be mindful of the facts that need to be taken into consideration in order to fulfill them! I see alot of people get upset when their suggestions aren't implemented, so I thought I would just elaborate a little more. Great ideas though, thanks!

Blessings

iraasuup, I hear what your saying about the rooms. Most of which is a good idea. I personally wouldn't put sexual morality in a health room. Health is a very general term that covers more like diet and excercise and stuff like that.

Sexual morality goes way way beyond that. As someone with a truck load and then some of experience in this area I can honestly tell you that it wouldn't need nearly the moderation as you think. Most folks that use them speak of general topics of sexual morality such as homosexuality and the bible or one man/one woman. Really easy topics the go from lite to somewhat deep. Then you have those that have fallen into addiction. Most at first just want to get it off their chest and hopefully receive encouragement that there is still hope. Some will undoubtable seek advice. If a sexual morality room ever gets made let me know and I will happly post the library of titles that people can use as references and study in recovery. While I could nop more be there all the time than anyone else I am sure that I will end up talking to every poster at sometime and this is a ministry I am in and lead here in the real world as well as having a huge amount of national (US) resources to help folk find groups and people that will welcome them and help them on the path to sexual recovery and purity. If you would like more info just email me.

A question on this topic. When i say rooms what do you think I mean? I keep forgetting there is more to this place than the message/forum board. It was new rooms there in the message'forum area that I was talking about not a live chat room. That might help as i really didn't understand some of the posts here in regards to my ideas. Especially CM's post about a techno room as I have never heard music while posting here. I personally avoid chat rooms due to the confusion of some many posts flying around while trying to talk.

So again, just so I am clear I am talking about a new room or area on the message/forum board portion of this site.

Ahh you mean a forum not a 'room' gotcha!

Hmm, well that maybe something to consider. Who knows?

hahahahahaha that's a great idea

hey maybe we need a room to talk about what new rooms we should have. this seems to be coming up alot lol.

Sorry Iraa, but I disagree with you. People should never rely on medical advice given on the internet, unless it's from a physician that you know in real life. Even real-life physicians often temper their medical advice with caution, unless they know the full history of the person their advising. Taking certain medications, having a rare physical condition, or being in exacting circumstances can make even the most well meaning and researched advice turn out deadly, unless your physician is aware of all the angles.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't have a health room, just that it should have no illusions of being accurate or true. I'm against content moderation of that room for that very reason, because it would give a person a false sense of security. Maybe, maybe, if there was a seasoned general practice physician as a moderator, that might work. I'd still be uncomfortable though.

A health room should just so people can get new treatment, lifestlye ideas, or exercise ideas. People should have the sense to have everything remotely serious vetted by their physican first, even if just by phone, and particularly if they have special medical needs or conditions.

God be with you!
- Topher

Yes, I agree with you Topher,

I guess I just meant it would need to be moderated for accountability purposes you know?

You are right, it would need to be made very clear that it is not a means to be used to diagnose ones self or make health-realted decisions, but rather a place to discuss any problems and glean from other people who may have experienced similar.

I guess there are many topics posted in forums here, that I think would fall under a 'health' forum. People ask questions to get opinions from the general Christian Public, or to speak with other who may have been through similar circumstance. I do agree that it should be made very clear that it's purpose is not to advocate self-diagnosis or treatment!!