Anonymous Commenting

I have disabled anonymous commenting on the blog. We were having alot of trouble over at Beggars All with belligerent anonymous commenters and I have had a few here myself, so I have decided to just get rid of the anonymous function. Of course, anyone can sign up for a blogger account and then be able to comment.

Mrs. LB, who had commented on a previous post, took the time to get a blogger account to post an invitation to the anonymous commenter she was interacting with in that post. Since she took the time to extend the invitation, I thought I would highlight it here so it isn't missed:

For anon, I'd like to extend an invite for you to join the Fresh Hope Apologetics Forum so as to continue discussing the errors of Catholic doctrines/practices. Fresh Hope Forums -Mrs. LB

I hope that "anonymous" will accept the invitation.

Blog History and Mission

But These Are Written was launched on July 15, 2007. This blog reflects my interest in apologetics with a current focus on exposing the errors of Roman Catholicism and promoting Sola Scriptura.

All of the material prior to July 2007 was transferred over from my previous blog Of Christian Women. I arbitrarily made up most of the posting dates.

Unfortunately, it was not possible to move over all of the comments associated with the previous blog although I did manually import the comments of the most recent posts. I hope to eventually establish links back to my old blog (for each post) so that past commentary can be accessed. Until then, older posts may refer to comments although there are none showing.

My mission here is two-fold.

First, I want to educate other Protestants on Roman Catholicism as I believe it is important to understand that the gospel of Rome is not the Gospel of Christ. This involves not only looking at what the Roman Catholic Church teaches, but also refuting the erroneous claims by Catholic e-pologists.

Second, this blog is a convenient place to document my research for future reference. I have Catholic family and friends and I want to gather as much information as I can to help in witnessing to them.

What this blog is not about is changing the minds of online Catholics. As such, I will not be forced to answer every refutation of what I post. Eventually I hope to make a list of common tactics by Catholic e-pologists so I don’t have to keep replying to the same rhetoric.

Note, I have created some commenting rules for interacting here. Please read through those rules before submitting a comment.

Thanks for stopping by.

The Rules of Comment

1. The comments may or may not be moderated depending on the behavior of my commenters. I prefer not to moderate so please behave yourself.

2. Don’t log in as “anonymous”. Give yourself a name so that you can be addressed in reply comments.

3. Be nice. Attack the premises of posts/comments, not the poster/commenter. If your intent seems to be to simply malign me or another commenter, your comment will not be posted or will be deleted.

4. Don’t expect me to respond to your comments. I don’t have the time or desire to answer everyone.

5. If you get no response to your comment, don’t claim victory. Silence does not imply that I cannot answer – see #4.

6. I will post or remove comments as I wish. If I feel that you are purposely insulting me or someone else or just engaging in childish behavior (see #3), I may not post your comment or will delete it (if not under moderation).

7. Don’t copy and paste large sections of text from other websites. If you cannot make your own arguments, then don’t bother commenting. Links and smaller quotes are fine.

8. Don’t use the term “anti-Catholic”.

9. At any time, feel free to email me if commenting is an issue.