Commenting Policies
Dialog is good, character assaults are not! You must debate the issue. Anyone speaking ill of a brother or sister in Christ will have their comments removed. We may not catch it when you comment, but when we see it, you will be publicly admonished. If you persist, you stand the chance of losing your commenting privileges here at SBC Today.
Anonymous posting is welcome. If you post anonymously you will be held to a higher standard. If there is anything deemed inappropriate by our resource managers your comment will be removed.
We ask that you link to evidence of claims you make. We will not allow gossip to persist in this forum. If you cannot reveal a source you will need to give more specific evidence for your proof.
We ask that you be kind in your debate concerning various issues. If debate becomes contentious, there will be a warning by a resource manager. If you are warned and do not heed the warning your comments will be removed the first time. The second time this happens you will lose your commenting privileges at SBC Today.
We desire that the conversation remain with the subject of the post. Turns in the conversation are fine, but if one of the resource managers directs you back on point, please abide by their ruling. We also ask that you do not randomly attempt to hijack this blog. If you have an article on your blog pertaining to a subject we are discussing in this forum, feel free to comment here referencing your blog. However, do not post comments here pointing to someone else’s blog, unless of course they have posted on the same subject. Random advertising for your blog is free, but random advertising for someone else cannot be permitted.
We honor all of our SBC Institutions and Agencies along with those who serve in the various leadership roles. We will not allow you to speak ill of any SBC institution, agency, or one serving in a role of leadership. This does not mean we expect you to be afraid to point to a perceived deficiency in one of our institutions or agencies. However, your concerns about something they are doing can be expressed without putting down the entire agency.
Unity, not uniformity, is our goal We do not expect everyone to agree. The resource managers do not agree on everything. However, we do demand respectful dialog and will not tolerate sniping just to get a negative response from someone.
In the blogosphere commenters can control and take over a comment stream by simply posting comments one after another. It does not work well for debate. Therefore, we ask that you limit double comments. The resource managers will understand if, for example, you need to replace a sentence, you need to correct a grammatical or spelling error, or you forgot to answer a question asked of you. However, constant double posting before anyone can respond is not debate, thus it cannot be tolerated.
We believe in the sufficiency of the Scripture. However, just placing a scripture notation without comment leaves open a world of interpretations. Please place your Scriptural references along with your understanding of how the text pertains to the current dialog.
Warnings. Except where already stated, the normal policy the resource managers use when deleting comments will be as follows: The resource managers will warn you of a violation of these guidelines once. If you fail to abide by their ruling at the second warning your comments will be removed and your privileges to comment at SBC Today will be rescinded. If you lose your privileges the resource managing team will have to agree before your privileges are renewed.
Comment Moderation
If you see that your comment is pending moderation, please do not assume the worst. If you have not been told that your commenting privileges have been suspended, then there is likely a software issue at fault. Please contact one of the resource managers by email and we will address the situation.
If your commenting privileges have been suspended please refer to Warnings.