Please don't misunderstand, Two Bears and others. This isn't about whether I approve of anyone's beliefs. It is about whether or not these sorts of uses of the forum is appropriate, considering how strong peoples' feelings are about this.

Max feels one way, Joe Offer another.

Many of the people who have posted to this thread defend their right to use the forum for prayer/hug/therapy threads, regardless of the bitterness and rancor it can cause. That is why a nifty, elegant solution, which I have referred to a number of times in this thread, but the pro-prayer folks keep ignoring, was worked out years ago.

It was worked out as a way to show some consideration for the forum, not one or side or the other in the debate over whether it belonged here. It was such a dividing issue, people decided that in the best interest of all forum users, the best solution was to use the PMs, email list and the Mudcat annex for the prayer/hug/therapy threads.

It was really nice that those who favor using Mudcat for their prayer chains, healing circles, etc. did that for the sake of the forum. It just seems to me there has been some slippage on it recently.

I'm not looking to start up the war again. I'm just wondering why the prayer threads are back, after quite a long absence, and if people are planning on keeping them here instead of in the PM/email/Mudcat annex realm.

If I know that is what is going on, then I can act accordingly, and so can others.