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Board Rules

Member Conduct & Etiquette

Statement of Faith
1-1 First and foremost, there will be no debating over the existence of God. The operating presupposition in these forums is and always will be "In the beginning God." Jesus is God and Son of God and Holy Spirit and the three are one and the same. There will be no debating over anything related to this. God is the only God and Christianity is the only true religion. There is only one way for Salvation and that is through faith in Jesus Christ and His saving grace. The entire Bible is God's Word and is truth. All are welcome to join and learn and ask questions about this wonderful truth, but anything deviating from the furthering of a Christian Worldview will not be tolerated.
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Harassment
1-2 No flaming or name calling. Harassment or abuse directed towards anyone will not be tolerated. Be respectful of other posters. This applies to ALL users, regardless of post count, forum rank or perceived status at The Christian Worldview Forum. Communicating on a message board is different from face-to-face communication. Only the words are seen, not your facial expressions or tone of voice. Please pay careful attention to how you use your words. Don't attack individuals.
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Profanity and False Information
1-3 You will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise a violation of any law. Attempts to circumvent the profanity filters will not be tolerated either. Use your common sense.
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Spamming and Advertisements
1-4 No spamming, period. Advertisements and solicitations are inappropriate on these message boards. Any such messages will be removed at the discretion of either a forum moderator or administrator.
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ALL CAPS
1-5 No SHOUTING. It's rude and annoying. Typing in ALL CAPS may result in your post being deleted. Same applies for AlTeRnAcApS. Please keep in mind that the reason you are posting is so that others can read what you have written. Therefore, we ask our members not to use excessively formatted text and to keep fonts to a reasonable size that are easy to read.
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Use of Correct Forums
1-6 Post to the correct forum and only that forum. Do not post Who Should I (Start/Trade/Draft/Pick Up, etc.) type questions on the regular forums. Please use the "Help" board for any and all team management questions.
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Fraudulent Material
1-7 Members who knowingly post fake or fraudulent news articles will have their their posts removed and account deleted.
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Double Posting / Time Between Posts
1-8 Do NOT post more than one reply in a row within the same thread. There is a character limit of 3000 for a reason. This community is set up to encourage discussion.
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Copy and Paste
1-9 Copy and Paste is ONLY OK when it is used for support of your own ideas. It is to be used as a sort of citation to back up your statements. DO NOT use Copy and Paste solely to start a Topic. It may be used but only for support. Any extensive use will get a deleted unless you have first been given permission.
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Signatures
1-10 Signatures may not contain advertisements or links to websites that are not personally yours.
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Staying on Topic
1-11 Stay on Topic. Your post should relate to the original Topic posted (this includes the actual subject line and the content of the original post). If you want to talk about something different than what the original Topic author wanted you are free to start your own thread.
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Moderation Policy

Staff Member's Obligations
2-1 The Christian Worldview Forum and its staff are under no obligation to moderate or police these forums. Non-enforcement or failure of strict enforcement of the rules outlined on this page should not be construed as a waiver of rights by The Christian Worldview Forum. We will moderate only when deemed necessary and at our sole discretion.
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Staff Member's Actions
2-2 The Christian Worldview Forum reserves the right to perform any action which includes, but is not limited to: moving, closing, editing or deleting of any posting, profile, avatar and/or signature for any reason whatsoever at our sole discretion, without prior notification or explanation to the user. Once again, use your common sense, keep your posts in line and you'll be fine.
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Issues with Moderating
2-3 Moderation actions are not up for debate or public scrutiny. Any topics or posts intended to question moderator actions (whether justified or not) will be closed/deleted and the member will be dealt with severely, usually leading up to suspension or removal from the boards permanently.
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Moderation Questions
2-4 If you have a question/problem regarding a moderator action, send an email to the moderator or adminstrator. Abusive emails sent to moderators/adminstrators will result in severe consequences to the sender.
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Banning/Warnings
2-5 Do not involve yourself in arguments or flaming threads with other members. Opinions will inevitably vary amongst the member population on these boards. If you end up saying something you shouldn't have, we/ll have no choice but be forced to suspend/remove you. Many previously banned members have come to regret what they have said in these situations and there is nothing we can do for them after the fact. If you see others bashing/fighting, report the post to us, do not let your emotions consume you. Do not involve yourself and risk your account.
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Being Respectful
2-6 Please be respectful when interacting with our forum moderators and administrators. They all work to make this a better place for free.
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Account Policy

One Account Per Person
3-1 Each forums member is limited to one account/username/alias, unless otherwise authorized by a Forum Administrator.
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Additional Accounts
3-2 Creating additional accounts while under suspension or under review will automatically result in all accounts being banned permanently, even if you're later discovered to be not at fault.
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Impersonating
3-3 Do not impersonate other individuals or falsely represent yourself. Creating multiple accounts for the purposes of impersonating others or misrepresenting yourself will result in all accounts being banned.
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Username Advertising
3-4 Usernames may not contain website addresses (urls) or anything resembling an advertisement.
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Copyright, Advertising, Slander/Libel, Linking & Other Legal Matters

Personal Information
4-1 Do not post personal information (i.e. addresses, phone numbers, passwords, or any other private information).
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Copyright
4-2 Observe all copyright laws when posting copyrighted material. If the material does not belong to you, do not post (cut & paste) the full article/text on The Christian Worldview Forum's board without permission. Post only the introductory paragraph then credit the source/author and link to the article. Posting articles from other sources in their entirety is a violation of our Posting Guidelines. If you do so, your thread and account will be deleted.
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Spam
4-3 Do not spam or send unsolicited emails or private messages to other members. We will enforce the United States CAN-SPAM Act of 2004 against spamming of our users. Any spam received will be forwarded to the proper authorities and may result in severe civil liability up to and including criminal prosecution. If you are a minor, a parent/guardian will generally be liable.
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Pornography
4-4 Do not post pornography or links to pornography or obscene materials of any form here.
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Pyramid Schemes / Chain Letters
4-5 No posting, PM/ing or linking of pyramid schemes, chain letters or hit/tag games.
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Illegal Materials
4-6 Do not post direct links to any illegal materials, including but not limited to: illegal software, viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, unauthorized music or video files, etc.
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Slander / Libel
4-7 Do not post slanderous, libelous, or other untrue statements about anyone on these boards. The Christian Worldview Forum does not monitor these boards closely for such content and we hereby disclaim all liability associated with these types of postings on our board. If you feel someone has made false statements about you that do not fall under "fair comment", please use the "Report Post" feature to report these posts to us. Members posting such materials may face criminal prosecution. If you are a minor, a parent/guardian will generally be liable.
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Post Author Ownership and Permissions
4-8 All posts are owned by its author. By posting or providing content to this board, you grant The Christian Worldview Forum permission to 1) use, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, translate and reformat your content, and (2) sublicense these rights, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The Christian Worldview Forum will not pay you for your content. For each content posted, you represent that you have all rights necessary for you to make the grants in this section.
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Rule Modification
4-9 The Christian Worldview Forum may modify and amend to these rules and terms at any time without prior notice. We will make efforts to make new changes known, but it is your responsibility to periodically check for updates.
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Resource Linking
4-10 You May SUGGEST resources even if you are to profit from their sale (linking is allowed). You may NOT tell someone to purchase a particular item. We don/t want this to become riddled with advertisements. The resource MUST be related to the discussion.
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