The Rules of Christian Teen Forums
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By making an account on this forum, you are agreeing to adhere to the following rules. You are responsible for knowing the rules and will be treated as though you do, so please review the following rules and be used to them or else you will receive warnings. To learn about the disciplinary system of Christian teen forums go here.
Conditions of Membership:
All members must be over 13 years of age. If you are found to be under that age limit, your account will be banned right away.
The administration reserves the right to revoke your membership at any time due to a violation of rules.
Forum Posting Rules:
1. All members are expected to "treat others as you want to be treated". Name-calling, slander or gossip is not allowed in any way, form or language, to any members or other persons off-site. Similarly, posts bashing God, Christians, fellow members and/or other persons will be deleted, and a warning issued. Neither is it permissible to question the salvation of another member.
2. All members are to respect the Staff members. Mocking Staff members is prohibited, and any such abuse (which includes, but is not limited to, account names mocking the staff, singling out of a Staff member and public defamation of a Staff member) will be met with an immediate warn.
3. Actions taken by Staff members are not to be discussed publicly (this includes making threads on the forums discussing the actions undertaken by a Staff member, or talking about staff actions in the chat room).
4. This is a Christian forum, and hence advertisement of other religions or belief systems is not allowed. Posts/Topics that violate this rule will be removed from the site and the creator will be warned.
5. Only Christians are allowed to post in the "God/Church" Forum (and all subforums), "The Bible" Forum (and all subforums), and "The Christian Debate Room" forum. Posts made by non-Christians in these forums will be deleted, and a warning issued.
6. Debates concerning Christianity, or any aspect thereof, are to be between Christians only. There are to be no debates concerning whether Christianity is true, or the validity of the Christian faith. Any such debates will be removed, and the poster warned.
7. There will be no discrimination of different forms or doctrines of Christianity. We may not agree on everything, but we should be building one another up rather than tearing each other down.
8. All posts must be made in a readable format. Members are requested to refrain from using chat-speak (e.g. "u r" in place of "you are", "l8r" in place of "later", etc.). Please also avoid using excessive exclamation points "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", and/or typing in ALL CAPS. This applies to topic titles as well as topic and post content.
9. Topics and/or posts and/or images discussing, depicting, displaying or condoning sexual behaviour, violence, or otherwise inappropriate/unbiblical behaviour and activities are prohibited. Any such topics/posts will be deleted, and a warning issued.
10. Any topics and/or posts that promote the use of any sort of ad-blocking software will be deleted and the user warned.
11. Profanity ("cursing") in any form is forbidden. This includes taking God's name in vain. Euphemisms for profanities, when directed at another member or person off-site, are prohibited (including, but not limited to, "frigging" and "frick"), as is lewd or otherwise crude language. You may not bypass the word filter using asterisks (***), hashes (###), or other such symbols.
12. Spamming is not permitted. Any posts that are deemed irrelevant to a topic ("spam") will be deleted, and a warning issued. Likewise, topics started that do not have an obvious or substantial purpose will be deleted, and the poster warned.
13. Starting topics (or using the private message system) for the sole reason of advertising ("plugging") other websites is prohibited. Links may be used within topics and/or posts as long as they are backed-up with other relevant information. All links placed within a topic or post (or, indeed, a member's forum signature) will be reviewed by a Staff member and removed if deemed necessary. Judging whether a linked site is acceptable or not is left at the discretion of the Staff member dealing with the topic or post that contains the link. Topics that are based on links which have been deemed unacceptable will be closed, and the links removed.
14. Members are not allowed to aid a banned member.
15. Members are allowed no more than one active account. Any additional accounts that are known to be associated with a member who already has another active account will be suspended.
Group Rules:
All group discussions are subject to forum rules 1-15. If a member is found violating one, they will be warned.
All groups are subject to the review of the staff. If a staff member finds your group to be objectionable, it will be deleted and the person who founded the group shall be warned.
Chatbox/CTF FlashChat
The Chatbox and FlashChat are both subject to forum rules 1-15. If anything happens in there that violates one (or more) of these rules, you will be subject to a gag (or 24 hours without access the place where you violated the rules). There is also the possibility of getting an warning (on top of the gag) if the staff feels it is necessary.
Gags will also be issued for the following violations:
C1 Posting a link that displays more than PG appropriate material.
C2 Not following the directions of a staff member.
C3 Debating in the Chatbox.
C4 Debating in FlashChat and not stopping/moving into a different room after other members have asked you.
Remember that these rules may change at any moment for any reason, and the Administration may not announce it to you when it does. Please check them periodically to see changes.
-The Staff of Christian Teen Forums
last updated: 8/14/10 @ 6:00 pm EST
