Originally Posted by Pianoman (Post 51486)

I agree with Newman that part of what made FCF great was monthly articles written by some of the gifted writers on controversial subjects.

It might be a good thing to arrange to have some write such an article in a section of this forum, and have a thread linked directly to that article. Then the simpletons, such as myself, can write one or two sentence opinions of the article! :)

Originally Posted by josh (Post 52603)

Newman, when I joined Bro Yohe didn't have the capability of archiving or carrying anything over to the next month. We just started all over.

Then he got vbulletin, or something...and that was not long before you wrote articles.

All of the great conversations Bro Yohe initiated with his articles on the Tenneys and TBN were lost.

Originally Posted by Steve Epley (Post 52684)

Jim and myself had a quite heated discussion via pm over two different articles I did not at first understand the concept but after our discourse I was convinced he was correct in his theory of airing the matter. All those discussions with Newman and them Elder Blume and here came the Branhamites were fun. I think the discussions between Elder Blume and Elder Chalfant and Parson was the best you could have gotten of those topics all three were students and articulate. Newman and Sab were great.

Originally Posted by ReformedDave (Post 52720)

Good post!

Originally Posted by Steve Epley (Post 52730)

You know some of us had some heated but informative discussions on Calvinism did we not???? And while it did get very hot we remained friends of course we could not helped it we were predestined to do it!:happydance :happydance

Originally Posted by Steve Epley (Post 52730)

You know some of us had some heated but informative discussions on Calvinism did we not???? And while it did get very hot we remained friends of course we could not helped it we were predestined to do it!:happydance :happydance

Originally Posted by retsambeW (Post 52764)

Jim gave FCF a flavor that remained even after his passing. However, as life goes, when you add other seasonings to the mix, the taste changes. All of us that were involved added some things that caused FCF to explode with growth after Jim's untimely demise. That can happen here, also.

If you can get good writers to write, bring back the article/issue oriented threads, you would be amazed what would happen here.

It may not seem related, but at the start, the articles were what pushed us...the general area was something we never expected to take off, but it did as a result of the "hook" of the articles. You give folks a hook, they will catch themselves...if you get what I am saying.

Make sure the articles are balanced between conservative, liberal, and moderate.

Originally Posted by retsambeW (Post 52764)

Jim gave FCF a flavor that remained even after his passing. However, as life goes, when you add other seasonings to the mix, the taste changes. All of us that were involved added some things that caused FCF to explode with growth after Jim's untimely demise. That can happen here, also.

If you can get good writers to write, bring back the article/issue oriented threads, you would be amazed what would happen here.

It may not seem related, but at the start, the articles were what pushed us...the general area was something we never expected to take off, but it did as a result of the "hook" of the articles. You give folks a hook, they will catch themselves...if you get what I am saying.

Make sure the articles are balanced between conservative, liberal, and moderate.

Originally Posted by stmatthew (Post 51323)

I have to be honest in saying that I am growing more and more bored towards the forum. I am finding less and less substance, and more and more bickering taking place. It is slowly becoming a "I know you are but what am I" type place.


At the beginning it was not so. Anyone that was at the original Faithchild Forum will tell you that there was a dynamic that was there like I have not seen since. There was heated discussions, and debates on subjects that still interest us today. There was still the views of those ranging from Conservative to Liberal there. But there was a respect for each other that caused most folks there not to become cynical, sarcastic, and attacking in their posts. So as I have pondered all this, I see that maybe it is that respect has come up missing. I really don't know.


Maybe some of you that where there can help us out?? How did Jim do it?? How did he make a forum where folks could discuss things the way we did then, and yet still be respectful?? And in your opinion, what can we do to duplicate it??