#spiritscience rules

Short version:

You must be 13+ years old. No spamming. No trolling. No flaming. No porn. Foul language used in fun is okay. No judging. Respect people. Don't attack people verbally. Use your brains. No forcing your beliefs down people's throats. No threats (joking threats are ok). No harassment.

Long version:

1.) This chat is for individuals 13 years or older.

2.) No spamming. Spamming is defined as sending the same message (a sentence or a word) over and over again.

3.) No trolling. Trolling is defined as deliberately offending or provoking people with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.

4.) No flaming. Flaming is defined as verbal abuse/violence. Verbal abuse meaning calling someone degrading names, insulting words or phrases repeatedly, condescending manner and tone when speaking to someone in particular, and so on. Language use towards a person can also be considered violent, especially if it causes the person physical harm like causing them to hurt themselves.

5.) No posting porn. Profanity is okay, and sexual topics are okay to talk about, but no pictures or videos, please.

6.) Use foul language constructively, and not for insulting purposes. Using foul language for foul language’s sake isn’t a crime. Many people love using curse words to emphasize a point or just to relieve stress. Just don’t swear to insult or hurt someone else is all that’s being asked.

7.) No judging other people's beliefs simply because they conflict with yours.

8.) Respect people. Both yourself and others. All are welcome to be a part of this chat, but this is not a service that is to be taken for granted. If you aren't willing to share some love, then others aren't obligated to give it to you after you've shown us you intend not to reciprocate to the community. If you want to be loved and appreciated, start by being the first to do so.

9.) When having a discussion/debate attack the topic, not the person. If the way you have to win an argument/discussion is by bringing each other’s personal lives into the mix, or even just insulting one another to try and get them to shut up, you’re doing it wrong and have possibly already lost the debate.

10.) Use your own discretion, your own mind, when receiving information on the site. There are false prophets in both the real world and this forum. Don’t feel the need to blindly accept what anyone is telling you. If you strongly resonate and agree with someone’s teachings and words then by all means, follow that person and learn more from them. But not everyone has all the facts, more often than not the preaching comes from their own experiences and assumptions and you are not obligated to agree.

11.) Refrain from preaching. Advocating your beliefs is one thing, but when you are forcing others to believe what you have to say as the truth, and refuse to listen to reason or dismiss any attempts to try and debate your beliefs then you are preaching, which is more negative than helpful. If you honestly believe the words you’re spouting and have faith in the beliefs you’re following then be prepared to clarify and defend them when they are challenged. A true believer will look the coldest skeptic in the eye after having lost an argument and still find happiness and fulfillment in what they are saying.

12.) Threats. Of course we all make threats jokingly to one another, that’s not what this rule implies. This is for those death threats or harmful threats that people receive that make them feel like their well-being is actually in jeopardy. If you feel this relates to you, contact a mod immediately. Or your local authorities, depending on the danger.

13.) Direct harassment towards sexuality/gender/race/etc.. This could technically go in Verbal Abuse, but it had to be made absolutely clear that this was intolerable. Under any circumstance.

Further Notes
Keep the mods in check. If you see mods get out of hand with personal disagreements, bring it up with the one of the OPs in a PM and it will be discussed with you to come to a resolution.