Roman: I do not welcome you, at all, as a moderator of the religious forum. I respect you as a valued member of this forum but as a moderator of the religious forum, my friend, it is not for you. Before accepting the Job, we should know how much we know about the subject. I remember in one thread you admitted that you do not have much knowledge of religion. If you do not have good knowledge of religion then how would you handle the Job. This is just like the Bureaucracy in Pakistan where a CSS officer who have passed the CSS exam with arts subjects becomes the head of the science and tecnology departments and that is why we do not improve. I like you as a member but this forum would have been better if it was moderated by some one who has the knowledge of religion like Deepblue had.
Just moderating is not the job, the job also requires the understanding of the theme. There are so many people in this forum who open their mouth first against the others in twisted words and when they get the hard responsse, they go and sit in the feet of the administrators or the moderators showing their loyalties to them and asking them to take the affirmative action agains the others.
My whole point is that if (As you admitted in one of your threads back in April) you do not have much knowledge of religion then you should not have accepted the job to be the incharge of the sesction.
This is strictly my personal openion
[This message has been edited by msaqibj (edited June 02, 1999).]
I beg to differ, msaqibj. I think an agnostic would do even a better job... and an athiest even more.
Less knowledge of religion and/or not being an acute practitioner of religion can give someone a sense of impartiality which is quite important for a forum like this, where arguments are usually based on personal beliefs.
My job is not to prove or declare anyone right or wrong, using an in-depth knowledge of religion... It is rather to keep the enviornment here decent and neat by deciding which thread or post crossed the line of decency to indecency.
And you guessed it, I will be the judge of what is decent and what's not.
I will appreciate the cooperation from everybody who participates in this forum to help keep this forum's environment that of high morals, enlightment and learning, not of personal vendettas, grudges, or profane accusations.
As long as, a moderator can "moderate" a forum without any bias towards any party due to his/her personal inclinations, I wouldn't care even if a Hindu/Kafir is the moderator.
And I also think if the moderator wants to participate in a discussion which is being moderated by him then that person should post his message not as a moderator but an average participant, that way his "opinion" wouldn't be perceived on higher ground just because he carries the job of moderation.
[This message has been edited by Imranz (edited June 02, 1999).]
Roman and Imranz: I deeply respect your views: but I am sorry to say that I do not agree any of the points you guys made in your posts regarding to be the Incharge of a group of the people.
How would you make a person Judge if he/she did not know the Law?
How would you make a person an administrator of the region if he/she did not have a clue of the people, circumstances and geographical situations of the area?
"I think an agnostic would do even a better job... and an atheist even more."
This is a religious Forum, not an atheist Forum. Your idea of right and wrong are bound to be coloured by these thoughts.
Didn't you say somewhere that religion was a private thing? So how come you're moderating on a public forum?
Sorry, It's nothing personal, I'm sure you're a nice guy, but I agree with msaqibj, a moderator should have some knowledge of his subject. Maybe you have, I don't know. Your thoughts on living in sin seemed way out of line with any religion I know.
Don't take any of this the wrong way, I just don't like weasel words so I say what I think.
All the above withstanding, I still welcome you aboard. Try not to snip too much of my stuff though.
In my opinion, moderating a forum deals more with moderating or arbitrating b/w parties so they stay within guidelines rather than passing the final judgements/opinions on the subject matter.
I think following criteria should be enough to moderate a discussion forum successfully:
Moderator should be capable of providing equal opportunities for participants within official guidelines.
Mr Xtreme - Like I said before, I am not here to judge which argument is right or wrong... I am simply here to enforce Gup Shup's policies and rules... and they don't have anything to do with religion. They are just rules. Nobody needs to know anything about religion to enforce them.
Sin is a subjective concept. Keep your idea of sin to yourself, I am not any bit interested in knowing what you think my ways of thinking or life.
I will snip any word that I will find objectionable. Don't post it, it won't get snipped.
Again, I will appreciate any cooperation and a civil behaviour. Thanks.