Welcome Jason to the Moderating Team!

[dizzle]

As you guys may remember we had a need for science moderators for which I had already made one announcement that One Bad Pig had foolish.... err graciously accepted the assignment to volunteer. We are very pleased to announce that Jason has also agreed to volunteer his time to assist in that area, for which we thank him very much. Please be sure to congratulate him on his promotion and his single-handed breaking of the Evil TheologyWeb YEC conspiracy. Seriously we are very glad to have such a capable OEC to assist in that area.

[SteveF]

As you guys may remember we had a need for science moderators for which I had already made one announcement that One Bad Pig had foolish.... err graciously accepted the assignment to volunteer. We are very pleased to announce that Jason has also agreed to volunteer his time to assist in that area, for which we thank him very much. Please be sure to congratulate him on his promotion and his single-handed breaking of the Evil TheologyWeb YEC conspiracy. Seriously we are very glad to have such a capable OEC to assist in that area.
Welcome Jason and good luck.

[NSMinistries]

congrats...

[Trout]

Jason, thanks for helping out. :flowers:

[Rubia Warren]

WOOO! Congratulations, Jason! :woohoo:

[Kulindrichnus]

As you guys may remember we had a need for science moderators for which I had already made one announcement that One Bad Pig had foolish.... err graciously accepted the assignment to volunteer. We are very pleased to announce that Jason has also agreed to volunteer his time to assist in that area, for which we thank him very much. Please be sure to congratulate him on his promotion and his single-handed breaking of the Evil TheologyWeb YEC conspiracy. Seriously we are very glad to have such a capable OEC to assist in that area.

Hmmm. Jason, I welcome you as a moderator in the science building. I would be pleased if you were to outline the skills you feel you will bring to the science forum as a moderator in a thread there. That will provide you the opportunity to lay out your boundaries, and the posters to know theirs.

K

[dizzle]

We gave him a big stick. :whack:

[Chuck Lee]

:thumb:

[jason]

Thanks for the welcome everybody

Jason

[OneFollowingHim]

Jason is evolving very fine!

[SteveF]

Any chance of a naturalist mod for the science boards any time soon? It only seems fair.

[dizzle]

No. This forum is considered a Christian ministry by its owners and is run as a spiritual enterprise. This particular topic is not a negotiable so we ask that any inquiries on it be directed to the forum owners or adminstrators by private message.

[Jimmy Higgins]

No. This forum is considered a Christian ministry by its owners and is run as a spiritual enterprise. This particular topic is not a negotiable so we ask that any inquiries on it be directed to the forum owners or adminstrators by private message....or by pantomine.

:idea:
:gossip:
:whack:
:poke:
:bonk:
:bawl:

[Lizard]

Welome to my newest minion er I mean partner inthe Science Building.

(Get out while you still can)

[Stephen]

*sigh* Everyone I know is a mod. Xavier came here after me, now he's a mod. Johnny was here with me, now he's a mod. DMG is now a mod. Things are so lonely down here where the non-mod TWebbers congregate:bawl:

Congrats jason

Edit: For any of you with a bad overdose of seriousness, this post was meant to be lighthearted, not actually complaining of anything. I'm perfectly happy being one of the "little people" :wink:

[EvoUK]

No. This forum is considered a Christian ministry by its owners and is run as a spiritual enterprise. This particular topic is not a negotiable so we ask that any inquiries on it be directed to the forum owners or adminstrators by private message.

How about Morton then? He's a chrisian, and at least he knows a lot about the subject...

[$cirisme]

Thread moderated.

Bring it out of the gutters, if you have nothing nice to say then don't say anything at all.

[EvoUK]

meh.

neways- I second this request:

Jason, I welcome you as a moderator in the science building. I would be pleased if you were to outline the skills you feel you will bring to the science forum as a moderator in a thread there.

[dizzle]

Listen guys, this is a light-hearted congratulations thread. I am disappointed at the lack of class shown in the posts that were deleted by cirisme. If you cannot participate in the spirit intended, please take it elsewhere. :nono:

First, I personally asked and nominated Jason as a moderator candidate for that area. If you have an issue with my selection you may take it up with me in private. Second, having vast knowledge of science is NOT a requirement for that area whatsover. I have virtually NO science knowledge and neither does GP and we have moderators there since the beginning. Much more important to US is a person's spiritual profile and "fit" with the rest of the moderating team and with the vision of the Owners. I am very pleased that Jason accepted the position and is an example to me of great progress in the areas we find much more important - spirituality and unity even in disagreement with Jason being our first OEC science moderator. I am very grateful to have him.

I am sure Jason would welcome any such inquiries as well in private message.

[SteveF]

Thread moderated.

Bring it out of the gutters, if you have nothing nice to say then don't say anything at all.
What on earth are you talking about? Have you been reading a different thread?

Take it up with cirisme in private if you have an issue.

[EvoUK]

Ok, so actually knowing the first thing about science is irrelevent to being a mod in a science forum... how odd...

*shrugs*

[anthrogirl]

Ok, so actually knowing the first thing about science is irrelevent to being a mod in a science forum... how odd...

*shrugs*I agree that it would be a bit odd, but then again, it's not my forum.

On a completely separate note,

Congratulations, Jason! Enjoy the Ride! Best of Luck to You!


peace, joy, & happiness (especially while dealing with us snarky science-types!)
anthrogirl

[dizzle]

Could you not find the PM button? It is located in the upper right hand of the forum page or under control panel.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

[EvoUK]

Please be sure to congratulate him on his promotion and his single-handed breaking of the Evil TheologyWeb YEC conspiracy. Seriously we are very glad to have such a capable OEC to assist in that area.

EH?!

I would expect a science mod to at least a OEC!

To have a science mod ignore everything science unambiguously tells us about the earth etc is nothing short of absurd...

Again, the PM button is in the upper right hand corner. If you continue to post inappropriately in this thread, which shows an absolute lack of control, I will place you in moderation until this thread has run its course since you apparently cannot help yourself. I repeat, if you have an issue, take it up in PM. If you do not like that a THEOLOGY board considers THEOLOGY foremost and spirituality more important in its leaders than other kinds of knowledge, perhaps this is not the proper forum for you.

[Jimmy Higgins]

I am very pleased that Jason accepted the position and is an example to me of great progress in the areas we find much more important - spirituality and unity even in disagreement with Jason being our first OEC science moderator.(my emphasis added)

:twitch:
Wow, that's a telling piece of info. Guess adding Jason would be a step up in the right direction.

[$cirisme]

Actually, I think Faramir is OEC... but can't remember now. In terms of all our mods, the only creationist view I am personally aware of is GrayPilgrim and DDW and boom who are all YEC. Everyone else, besides the 2 new mods, I don't know.

I'm XEC(my own made up name hehe) in that I think there are points that both OEC and YEC get wrong and don't agree fully enough with either group.

In any event this probably ought to head to PMs or the locker room...

[SteveF]

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Take it up with cirisme in private if you have an issue.
Apparently someone in this forum has gone insane. I've been nothing but polite, wishing Jason good luck. From the posts I read everyone else was friendly, yet suddenly people are being asked to get out of the gutter. i don't get it.

[$cirisme]

I'll let your post stand but questioning a moderator's action in the thread has been against the rules since day 1.

[SteveF]

I'll let your post stand but questioning a moderator's action in the thread has been against the rules since day 1.
Are you talking to me? Could someone please explain whats going on? Were there innapropriate posts deleted before I queried why we were aksed to get out of the gutter? If so I apologise, but I'd like to know.

[$cirisme]

Are you talking to me? Could someone please explain whats going on? Were there innapropriate posts deleted before I queried why we were aksed to get out of the gutter? If so I apologise, but I'd like to know.
Yes, I am talking to you. As I just said questioning a moderator's action in the thread is against the forum guidelines, so I would suggest PMing me or posting it in the Locker Room.

[dizzle]

I request that it be taken up in PM and not in the Locker Room. I think it really stinks that someone's promotion would be rained upon. Well Jason is nodding cause I warned him it was a tough job and that he needed the skin of a rhino.

[SteveF]

Yes, I am talking to you. As I just said questioning a moderator's action in the thread is against the forum guidelines, so I would suggest PMing me or posting it in the Locker Room.
Never mind, its late and I need to go to bed! I won't put it in the locker room as I'm hardly angry with you. Just a bit confused. I suspect I know where the misunderstanding arose, so I'll let you get on with other things!:smile:

[SteveF]

I think it really stinks that someone's promotion would be rained upon.
Thats not aimed at me is it?

[dizzle]

No.

[Stephen]

So let's bring this conversation back where it belongs.

Congratulations on your becoming a mod Jason! Takes a lot of guts, especially in a forum like the Science one, but I'm sure you'll make it just ifne.

[dizzle]

And let's not forget One Bad Pig who will be his co-moderator. So it looks like we have one OEC mod, Jason, one YEC mod, One Bad Pig, and Gray Pilgrim to oversee who is YEC but perhaps Faramir if GP can bribe him who I guess is OEC. This is such a non-issue to me I am not sure what Faramir is.... I think though he may be YEC, or on the fence. We talked about this before in relation to preterism.

Ahhhhhh!!!!! That is the more important question. Jason, what is your eschatological view?

[SteveF]

So let's bring this conversation back where it belongs.

Congratulations on your becoming a mod Jason! Takes a lot of guts, especially in a forum like the Science one, but I'm sure you'll make it just ifne.
Indeed. Good luck Jason. A lot of us might seem mean, but we are real pussycats at heart!:wink:

[Trout]

Ahhhhhh!!!!! That is the more important question. Jason, what is your eschatological view?
Jason, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. :egad:

[dizzle]

Bad minion!!!!

[Stephen]

Yeah Jason, what are you?

Please tell us your views on Revelation and End Times. Eschatology is a Remarkable field and requires Immense Study to Truly be Successful. I, being unbiased, Regard all Other views with undersanding, largely because I Confess, I am not a good authority on the matter. I never have had a Knack for eschatology.

[Trout]

*sign languages what Jason should say*
_ _ ___ ____ _____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---- |---- |___ | |___ |---- | |___ | |
| | \ | | | | \ | | | |
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Man I hope that turned out okay, that takes forever
Dee Dee, are you trying to spell "Lahaye"?

[jason]

Ahhhhhh!!!!! That is the more important question. Jason, what is your eschatological view?Amillenialism.

The proper historic view in the reformed church, not this preterist jesuit counter reformation stuff.

*runs and hides*

Jason

[jason]

*sign languages what Jason should say*
_ _ ___ ____ _____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---- |---- |___ | |___ |---- | |___ | |
| | \ | | | | \ | | | |
| | \ |____ | |___ | \ ___ ___| | o

Man I hope that turned out okay, that takes forever

EDIT: RAH, so much for "WYSIWYG". I can't even do ASCIIUnfortunately HTML is probably tossing the extra spaces.

Alternativly try a font like courier that is fixed width.

Jason

[Trout]

Been nice knowing you jason.

[$cirisme]

*sign languages what Jason should say*
_ _ ___ ____ _____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---- |---- |___ | |___ |---- | |___ | |
| | \ | | | | \ | | | |
| | \ |____ | |___ | \ ___ ___| | o

Man I hope that turned out okay, that takes forever

EDIT: RAH, so much for "WYSIWYG". I can't even do ASCII
Try again with the code tag. I edited your post to use it but it was of no use.

[dizzle]

Amillenialism.

The proper historic view in the reformed church, not this preterist jesuit counter reformation stuff.

*runs and hides*

Jason


Gotta love those Catholics!!! Preterism and Molinism.

[Xavier]

Gotta love those Catholics!!! Preterism and Molinism.
:woohoo: for our Catholic brethern... (Where's Cadet to bask in the glow?)

[jason]

Thanks again everyone. Can I just assure anyone who is concerned that my reign of terror moderting duties will be carried out in an entirely arbitrary impartial and as even handed as possible manner. People have everything nothing to worry about.

And hey, disagreeing with you is not the same as not knowing anything, inspite of what some people thing.

Jason

[OneFollowingHim]

jason is evolving into a rhino? Ahhhhh!:eek:

[dizzle]

He should get a rhino avatar.

[Lizard]

And let's not forget One Bad Pig who will be his co-moderator. So it looks like we have one OEC mod, Jason, one YEC mod, One Bad Pig, and Gray Pilgrim to oversee who is YEC but perhaps Faramir if GP can bribe him who I guess is OEC. This is such a non-issue to me I am not sure what Faramir is.... I think though he may be YEC, or on the fence. We talked about this before in relation to preterism.

Ahhhhhh!!!!! That is the more important question. Jason, what is your eschatological view?
Just to clarify (or possibly muddle) until recently I was OEC but uncertain. I'm currently leaning very heavily toward framework, which is silent on the age of the earth. I am even considering a combination of framework/YEC.

But like Dee Dee said, it is such a non-issue that I have not done any in depth study, to shore up my position (although I plan to when I have less pressing issues).

[dizzle]

I think I am strongly leaning towards a combo of framework/YEC.

[Lizard]

I think I am strongly leaning towards a combo of framework/YEC. Well my I am only considering the YEC part. Leaning heavily toward the framework part.

But now that I am leaning toward framework, I have held every major cosmological position (TE for a very brief time :eww:)

[anthrogirl]

And hey, disagreeing with you is not the same as not knowing anything, inspite of what some people thing.

Jason
Jason, that's what I like about you--and I think it will make you a good moderator. :wink:

anthrogirl

[Gilgaron]

I though Xavier was an OEC for some reason, too.

In any case, jason seems to keep his cool pretty well. As for science knowledge, moderating doesn't really require knowledge of the forum's material as long as the purpose is to keep the peace. Especially here at TWeb: the only things that seem to get moderated are flames and posting in the wrong forums.

I posted up an avatar in the Rec room since you requested ideas, but if you're not into Greek mythology, jason, maybe it isn't your thing.

[sylas]

Bravo jason and One Bad Pig; best of luck. :thumb:

I hang out in those forums a fair bit, and hope to engage in the capacity of loyal opposition. I think moderation generally is a good idea, and am glad to see a couple of people step up to take it on. Well done.

I hope you'll both also engage topics in the forum as regular posters from time to time. With two new moderators, there is ample scope to let another moderator arbitrate if there are any issues.

Best wishes -- Sylas

[dizzle]

I though Xavier was an OEC for some reason, too.

Oh I didn't mean to imply he was the only OEC out of our whole moderating team. He is our first OEC science moderator, though technically perhaps Faramir was.

[OneFollowingHim]

I think rhino evolution is impossible to defend from a YEC viewpoint. Let's see how long it takes for jason to evolve into one.

[markporter]

*sigh* Everyone I know is a mod. Xavier came here after me, now he's a mod. Johnny was here with me, now he's a mod. DMG is now a mod. Things are so lonely down here where the non-mod TWebbers congregate:bawl:

Congrats jason

Edit: For any of you with a bad overdose of seriousness, this post was meant to be lighthearted, not actually complaining of anything. I'm perfectly happy being one of the "little people" :wink:
Cheer up bro....I'm still down here with ya