Using Forums

Below is a short description of the focus of each forum. Click on highlighted Forum Descriptions for details on the types of topics which might be included in each forum. Click on highlighted Forum Links to go to forums you want to read or for which you want to add a topic for discussion.

Forum Focus Links to Forum Descriptions Links to Forums
Review of Global Religious Trends Global Global
Biblical explanations for global events and trends Bible Bible
Forum especially for people who claim to have no religion Nones Nones
Forum especially for people who were religious but are now done with religion Dones Dones
Forum for religious and nonreligious people who observe religious hypocrisy Hypocrisy Hypocrisy
Forum for people who find religion to be toxic to spiritual health and addictive Toxicity Toxicity
Forum for people who want to be free from religion or have achieved a measure of freedom from religion Freedom Freedom
Forum for people who might fit in the Nones or Dones population but are not done with God. For convenience, these people are called “Spiritual But Not Religious.” SBNR SBNR
Forum for people who are still very much involved in religion. For convenience, these people are called “Still Religious.” Still Religious Still Religious

 

HOW TO ACCESS FORUMS
There are a variety of ways to access forums. What you do depends on the following conditions:

  • Are your a visitor or a Member?
  • Do you want to read what others have written or do you want to create a new forum topic for others to read?

MEMBER AND NON-MEMBER VISITOR OPTIONS FOR ACCESSING FORUMS

  • If you are new to the Religion Detox Network, begin by reading Forum Descriptions where you will find descriptions of the suggested content of individual forums and links to each of those forums.
  • If you want to see submissions for a specific forum or forums, see the list of forums in the right-hand side bar and click on the forum in which you are interested.
  • If you are interested to learn about any recent forum activity, click on Network Activity or find this link in the drop-down box under Forums in the main menu at the top of any page.

HOW TO CREATE A NEW FORUM TOPIC
In this web site, creating a submission for a new forum topic is called “Create a New Topic.” Only Religion Detox Members may create forum topics and begin discussions. Here are the instructions for creating a new topic:

  1. Click on the Forum title in the right-hand sidebar that best reflects the content of your submission. For example, if you want to write about Toxicity, click on Toxicity. This will take you to the page in which all Toxicity forum submissions will originate.
  2. On this page you will first see a list of all previous topics submitted under this forum. The name given to each topic by the author is highlighted. Clicking on the highlighted topic name will take you to the content of that forum topic.
  3. Below that list of old topics is a box for creating a new topic that pertains to the forum you have chosen. Enter the title of your topic in the “Topic Title” box. You must give your forum contribution a Topic Title.
  4. Below the Topic Title box is a row of formatting boxes for your submission. The only ones most people will use are the b (for bold) and link (for creating a link in which you would insert a Bible scripture to support your comments.) We have given detailed instructions on how to create a Bible link in Create Bible Links in Forums.
  5. Write your submission (i.e. discussion on your topic) in the open space below the row of formatting boxes.
  6. Ignore the “Topic Type” and “Topic Status” boxes.
  7. Click on the box if you want to receive email notices of replies that other members make to your topic.
  8. Click on the “Submit” box in the lower right-hand corner. Your topic and discussion is now available for everyone to read.