This community is pro-life.
We're Christians, though. Jesus said the world will hate us. Wherever we go, our views will not be embraced.
[email protected] exists to be a place where reformed believers, in a broader understanding of the term, can come together, unified by a clear Gospel witness, to exhort one another, spur one another on intellectually in reformed theology, and discuss doctrine.
We probably don't need as many rules as on reddit just yet. But some important ones will carry over.
Rule #1 Deal with Each Other in Love
Rule #2 Keep Content Charitable
Rule #3 Keep Content Clean
Rule #5 Maintain the Integrity of the Gospel and Gospel ethics.
This community is pro-life.
We're Christians, though. Jesus said the world will hate us. Wherever we go, our views will not be embraced.
Yes I agree. I don't want to posts about the Bible on Lemmy, because most people hate it on that platform. I have made my decision so there is really no need for me to debate with anyone and that decision is that I as an adult have chosen to believe in God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you want to join other Christians in a closed community, there is the theres.life Mastodon instance, which you can join.
God bless ๐
Sorry you feel like you get a lot of hate but know it's not personal! Like some others have said, perhaps a bit harshly, nobody minds if you're religious and want to follow religious rules, but they do mind if you want to force everyone to follow your religious rules. Unfortunately, being pro-life necessarily means you want to force people to follow your religious rules. That's why people react so negatively to it.
As for religious groups on Lemmy, I haven't seen many either. The cool part of Lemmy is that nothing can possibly be banned! You could run your own server dedicated to whatever you want free from any rules. It's free open source software. You're probably not going to connect up with many people however. The demographics of Lemmy skew heavily towards the type of people who want to try out some new peice of technology, free from outside control. There isn't a lot of overlap with the type of people who want to live a traditional lifestyle dictated by a thousands year old book. Maybe try a Facebook group?
Thank you for your more reasonable response. Per my other comment, I wasn't trying to force any beliefs. You say being pro-life necessitates that. I'm not sure how. Perhaps by voting? Though I tend to vote kinda 50/50 either U.S. parties. Again, just trying to follow my faith.
I'm not sure that I have the resources or know-how to run my own instance. You're correct though, I could create my own community. I personally don't think they would be very fruitful at the moment though, as per my post and your point about it not getting much traffic. I understand that. I understand I'm in a tiny tiny minority here on Lemmy. I don't really want to go back to Reddit, and I don't really use Facebook. Which is why I was hoping for a bit more discussion on Lemmy.
I understand why I'm hated here. It's just that, as evidenced by this post, I can't discuss this in obscurity with like-minded people. Perhaps that's just gonna happen because of the small size of Lemmy. Perhaps I shouldn't be here. I'm sorry for upsetting people. I figured this would be like Reddit, where I could at least have discussions with a few small communities.
I'm just shocked at the reaction from my post. I'm sorry for hurting anybody. I ask you all to recognize that I'm a human, just like you. I'm just trying to find my place in this world. I'm not trying to hurt anybody. At the same time, I recognize our worldviews are entirely different and can be easily misunderstood. If I'm not welcome here, I understand.