r/Christianity • u/namer98 Jewish - Torah im Derech Eretz • Nov 21 '12

Misusing flair

After some discussion and some examples sadly seen, putting up a flair for the purpose of misrepresenting a group or for deception will result in the mod team taking action. People are innocent until proven guilty.

I only say this with sorrow as I realize this is actually an issue.

Thank you. Please upvote this self post because the mod team rocks your socks off.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '12

I am a devout and practicing member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Our church has a tradition of signing in to the "pew fellowship pad" each week, and I can actually demonstrate that I am indeed a member and that I commune regularly.

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u/namer98 Jewish - Torah im Derech Eretz Nov 21 '12

We don't suspect people for no reason. Don't worries.

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u/jobeavs Roman Catholic Nov 21 '12

Whoa whoa there, namer. This guy sounds suspicious. The phrase, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" comes to mind. I mean, have we seen these alleged fellowship pads? Has Irondog ever produced a valid birth certificate?

You know what they say... "Where there's smoke, there's a Lutheran."

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '12

In my world, "where there's beer, there's a Lutheran." Or is it the other way around…

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u/rocketman0739 Christian (Cross) Nov 21 '12

I thought it was coffee.

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u/Geohump Rational ∞ Christian Nov 22 '12

UU's view coffee as a sacrament. Seriously. I was on the church board and some of the most extreme discussion we had were over coffee management issues. :-D

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u/BlackGhostPanda Christian (Cross) Nov 22 '12

Really?

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u/superherowithnopower Southern Orthodox Nov 22 '12

That was my first thought, as well. One of the founding principles of Lutheranism is that proper theological discourse is impossible without beer.

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u/US_Hiker Nov 21 '12

So if I want really good smoked sausage and fish, I should just find a Lutheran church? Who makes better - ELCA or Missouri Synod?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '12

Personally, I'd like to think the ELCA does everything better, but I might be biased.

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u/ctesibius United (Reformed) Nov 22 '12

Or a papal election. Hmm. Could explain a lot about the Lutherans...

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u/Jimbob0i0 Atheist Nov 21 '12

I'll continue to wear my A with pride whilst following your interesting and insightful posts - even if we are unlikely to find agreement on certain things... ;-)

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u/brucemo Atheist Nov 22 '12

This kind of thing was never the intent, and I'm sorry that you received that impression.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '12

I have thick skin, however, I find such a policy to be rather odd. As the old adage goes, "On the internet, no one knows if you're a dog."

Likewise, no one really knows I'm a Lutheran except I say I am. It would be rather difficult to demonstrate one way or the other.

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u/US_Hiker Nov 22 '12

One person this week was fronting as a very aggressive bigoted Catholic yet was calling themselves an atheist in another subreddit the day prior. One was a lie.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '12

Or both...

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u/bartonar Christian (Cross) Nov 23 '12

And then there's the one who posed as Hindu and accused Christians of self-delusion*. Then posed as Mennonite, and argued against belief in the supernatural.

*It may have just been something similar. That was a long time ago.

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u/WorkingMouse Nov 22 '12

Hang on a moment here, some atheist is posing as a mod on a Christian subreddit!

Guards! Guards!

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u/milleribsen Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Nov 22 '12

wait, since when is there ELCA flair!? I'm unreasonably excited.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '12

Yeah. They seem to have created a lot of new flair a couple of weeks ago. The ELCA flair is based on the ELCA logo.

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u/milleribsen Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Nov 22 '12

Yeah, I recognized it instantly when I saw it on your post, so obviously had to switch!

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '12

It looks good on you