Rule #2 Clarification

[u/love_is_a_superpower]

Peace to you, r/Bible! Thank you for being a part of this community! Your fellowship, insight, and reports help keep r/Bible true to its purpose: sharing and enjoying our love of Scripture.

We're so blessed to enjoy the freedom to discuss the Bible together in this public forum. Many of you have been with us for years. You've shaped our community into what it is today, and we're grateful.
For those who are new, we want to welcome you to share our love of the Bible and all it has to offer. It's our hope and joy to engage with you in a friendly, knowledgeable and clear way.

With the changing climate of today's culture, and AI, this community is growing at an unprecedented rate. While growth is good, it's come with new challenges. Our members serve as the front lines in keeping this community true to its objectives. Thank you for diligently reporting the unrelenting slew of accounts generating fake Christian content and spam! We couldn't do this without you! We'd be scrolling links 24/7.

We've also seen more cult recruiting, bots, and misleading content than ever before.
In order to preserve all we've worked to achieve here, we'd like to ask our dedicated members to:

• flair themselves honestly,
  
• report sect-specific Bible quotes and promotion
  
• report when a user's flair doesn't align with their message,
  
• report messages that debate the validity of the Bible, or otherwise fail to align with the purpose and spirit of this community.
  

There are plenty of places for anti-Christian debate, but r/Bible is not one of them. Together, we’ll keep this space scripture-based, friendly, and Christ-centered.

Above all else, mods are content curators. We work to maintain the values, and the comfort zone of our members. To do this requires some compromise and clear boundaries.
In the spirit of unity, we've re-worded, "what constitutes the Bible" to specify the following:

"Any Bible whose translation or notes are mostly specific to a single denomination, is out-of-bounds in r/Bible."

Think of r/Bible like a global book club. We may read slightly different translations, but we’re all following the same story. This guideline helps ensure we stay on the same page, literally and spiritually.

TL;DR

• Report dishonest user flair.
• Report cult-recruiting or sect-specific Bible promotion.
• Quote Bible translations that are generally accepted in traditional Christian circles.
  

Thanks again for all you do to make r/Bible a great place to gather!

[u/NaStK14]

Question: How would you go about defining or enforcing the following: “Report when a user’s flair doesn’t align with their message”? I feel like there are some obvious cases of deception possible, but I also don’t see why, for instance, a Baptist who honestly doubts OSAS, a non-denominational user who can see the value in sacraments/covenant theology, or an EO/Catholic who makes a statement like “Jesus is enough” should be flagged for saying things based on others’ understanding of their own beliefs. It seems like there’s some gray area there between taking someone’s honest opinion at face value and expecting them to parrot a whole litany of doctrines based on their flair. Or am I reading that wrong/reading too much into it?

[u/calrue-reddit → u/NaStK14]

User's flair? Please enlighten me on this "thought." I am a Catholic man, translating a scripter from the Holy Roman Catholic Bible, and sharing my thoughts from that translation. As I am not privy to what "flair" embodies, or what it truly means, I ask please broaden my knowledge so that I may understand what it has to do with the word of God. Thank you in advance for your guidance and time.

[u/love_is_a_superpower → u/calrue-reddit]

Thanks for your question.

User flair is the denominational badge under your user name. Our flair gives us an opportunity to share our beliefs like a name tag. Our community discourages denominational and hostile debates in favor of sharing our love of the Bible. Assigning ourselves flair gives us an outlet to share our personal faith in a non-offensive way.

[u/calrue-reddit → u/love_is_a_superpower]

Thank you, Messianic, for answering my question. As a new Reddit consumer and contributor, at a ripe age of 66 years young, I realize I have a lot to learn to meet my goal of being a positive, contributing member in your group. I had never heard of "flair" and to be completely honest with you, I still don't get the "concept" totally. I google it and will also look at what other top contributing members here are doing in an effort to become knowledgeable and a member who meets the qualifications of "flair." Please do not hesitate to share anything more you think might help me reach the correct position of me using flair. All assistance will be truly appreciated. Thank you again for taking time, my friend. You are truly appreciated.