LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY sunfell)

After a bit of retooling and revision, we're now back on the air. The major change is something new: moderated posting. What this means is that when you post to the community, it will go into a queue for moderation, where it will either be approved or rejected by someone on the moderation team. And as you post, you will be removed from 'moderated' status, meaning that you can then post freely without going through the queue. Eventually, all fairly frequent posters will be unmoderated. Since the vast majority of the membership are lurkers, this means that we'll be back up to speed fairly quickly.

We've also retooled and simplified the User Info guidelines. I'm including them here so you can read them:

Dark Christianity Posting Rules in a Nutshell:

This isn't your standard religious discussion board. We wish to maintain a high level of interest and integrity. In plain English, we require you to do your homework.

* On-topic posts involve information, news, book reviews, and non-imflammatory observations about Dominionist Christianity. On-topic subjects include "Steeplejacking" (takeovers of moderate churches by extremist groups), stealth evangelism, military infiltration, organizations formed by and for people of Dominionist pursuasion, political motives tainted by Dominionist intent, the continuing attempts to subvert the sciences, schools, human rights, etc.
* Posts that are not on topic, or do not have some some explanatory element that connects them directly to the main subject of this board will be deleted. While we understand that there are degrees of connectedness, the responsibility is yours to make that connection.
* Please treat other posters and their religious beliefs (and/or lack thereof) with respect. There are many people of many beliefs (and none at all) who belong to this community. Be considerate. This includes calling 'troll' to questionable posters, use of profanity, sniping at other posters or the moderator team, or posting (or reposting) intentionally inflammatory posts or provocative comments.
* No prostelytizing for any religion (or no religion at all).
* Please keep images and videos behind an LJ-cut.
* No videos without a description, no chain-mails, spam posts, memes, quizzes or frantic 'act now!' posts. - NO EXCEPTIONS. These posts will be immediately deleted.
* Please put NSFW items and possible "triggers" for religious abuse survivors behind LJ-cuts.
* Please check previous posts and tags to avoid multiple posts on the same subject. This might mean going back several pages, but check the tags first- they have been organized and are actively monitored. This community has been around long enough that we have 'chestnuts' that get revived from time to time.
* If the subject you're talking about is the least bit vague or unclear, please "connect the dots" and explain WHY what you are posting is on-topic in this community. If you are posting a link, please "set it up" with a short summary.
* Do not post links to other peoples' Live Journals without their explicit permission.
* Do not underestimate the collective level of intelligence and education in this community: If you post something spurious, misinformed, poorly researched or that reeks of conspiratorial foil-hattery, you will be called out on it. This community is very good at policing itself, and we have many people who know how to do research beyond Google and Wikipedia. Don't become their chewtoy.
* DO NOT post news articles in their entirety here- post an excerpt (use blockquotes or italics) and a link to the original article. Most papers now maintain better archives, so the chances of it vanishing entirely are not as great.

If you absolutely MUST snark or snipe, take it to either antitheism or religionsnark. Or snark away in your own journal.

Any member who breaks these rules will get one warning and on the second occurance will be suspended for 3 months. If the user continues to break the community rules, rather than being suspended a third time, the person will banned.

Joining and posting to this community means that you agree to follow the above guidelines.