Papist Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 CAF is the largest Catholic forum there is. Being so large, having so many members, just means there are more strange thinkers and trolls. And has nothing to do with CA organization, which is a great apostolate and responsible for many conversions and bring Catholics back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 You people do realize that it costs $876,000 a month to make CAF a reality?? It's a huge undertaking! Just us having a thread ABOUT CAF costs them $24,000! It's crazy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byzantine Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 [quote name='jaime' timestamp='1336266170' post='2427509'] You people do realize that it costs $876,000 a month to make CAF a reality?? It's a huge undertaking! Just us having a thread ABOUT CAF costs them $24,000! It's crazy!! [/quote] You [i]are[/i] only joking, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Byzantine' timestamp='1336267116' post='2427512'] You [i]are[/i] only joking, right? [/quote] No. Except for the exaggeration about us having a thread about it costing a lot, it costs so much that they can't even afford to pay their employees. I love the site and it does so many wonderful things, and it has an all-star cast of amazing apologists. It's just more of a New York setting rather than a small-town one, and I like the feeling of community and knowing everyone. I don't blame the site at all for having some unfortunately mislead people, I just don't like to hang out with that crowd. Edited May 6, 2012 by FuturePriest387 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissScripture Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 [quote name='Basilisa Marie' timestamp='1336264385' post='2427498'] When I was in high school, I absolutely DEVOURED [i]This Rock[/i] (now Catholic Answers magazine, or something). I used to read their "Ask an Apologist" forum all the time. Now most of the answers they give are just links to other answers or their tracts. Fr. Vincent Serpia still gives amesome answers, and most of the time I really like Michelle Arnold as well. I've used their tracts as springboards for finding good quotes from Church Fathers on different issues. But I agree, their forums need an overhaul. I think part of the problem might be that it's so big now (and pretty old, in internet years), it's hard to regulate or develop a strong sense of community. One of the reasons why I really enjoy phatmass is that if you put the time and effort into becoming something of a regular, you can have a real rapport with people. You're allowed to disagree or change your mind on something, and people won't give you too much croutons about it. Edit: I still can't spell. [/quote] Before I joined PM (the first phorum I ever joined. Well, the only phourm, but the first forum, and the only one I really am a regular at) I looked at others. I felt like Goldilocks. That one was too big. This other one was too small. But Phatmass was JUST RIGHT! lol. CAF was definitely far too big for my liking. And even thought it took me a long time to really get into Phatmass, I never felt like I was lost in the crowd. People recognized when I was new and said hi and welcome. And now I don't know what I would do without my phamily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InPersonaChriste Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I found this forum's set up to be less confusing, hence I joined here. I have nothing against CAF, and I am personally not a forum person. This is the only forum I post on because not only do I get different opinions, but it's in a very easy and welcoming layout. Yes... you are probably wondering how much of a technilogical retard I am now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336254297' post='2427446'] Who's Jason? [/quote] Ha ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_nine Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 yeah could never really get into CAF. I remember talking about Somalia and the terrible conditions there and how we should reserve judgement about the pirates who were recently killed by the US navy, and pray for their souls, and that maybe had we grown up in the same conditions, we might have become criminals too. Some big meanie called me a troll and another meanie said that dirty Muslims were not his brothers and they deserved what they got. But in a twist of Irony, Relevant Magazine forums healped lead me back to Catholicism. There are a few Catholics who post there that really know their ish. Phatmass is just dopeness tho. For realzies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 [quote name='Byzantine' timestamp='1336267116' post='2427512'] You [i]are[/i] only joking, right? [/quote] I'm annoyed at the amount of emails I get from them. Each one is declaring that CAF is near death if they don't raise $140,000 in the next 12 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 [quote name='jaime' timestamp='1336279414' post='2427565'] I'm annoyed at the amount of emails I get from them. Each one is declaring that CAF is near death if they don't raise $140,000 in the next 12 hours. [/quote] I don't get that many emails from them. Plus, I do not think there is anything wrong with asking for money they do not have to keep it running. It costs way more to keep it running as opposed to Phatmass. Besides, they are asking you, you do not have to. You only give money if you love the site and can afford to. It is not spam or anything. I think the apologists and Brother Jay whom is an amazing Franciscan Friar that I love talking to on there are well worth a few dollars and emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 this thread needs a fat joke at my expense. oh..wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336285020' post='2427585'] I don't get that many emails from them. Plus, I do not think there is anything wrong with asking for money they do not have to keep it running. It costs way more to keep it running as opposed to Phatmass. Besides, they are asking you, you do not have to. You only give money if you love the site and can afford to. It is not spam or anything. I think the apologists and Brother Jay whom is an amazing Franciscan Friar that I love talking to on there are well worth a few dollars and emails. [/quote] Wrong. It IS spam. Even if it's for a good cause, it's still spam to send emails repeatedly like that. Most people aren't inspired to donate money when they get that poo, they are inspired to click the delete button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tab'le De'Bah-Rye Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1336310438' post='2427616'] this thread needs a fat joke at my expense. oh..wait. [/quote] your so fat that no matter how many times you roll over you still can't get to the other side so now you have to pay for my best friends wedding,your expense right lol Edited May 6, 2012 by Tab'le Du'Bah-Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336285020' post='2427585'] I don't get that many emails from them. Plus, I do not think there is anything wrong with asking for money they do not have to keep it running. It costs way more to keep it running as opposed to Phatmass. Besides, they are asking you, you do not have to. You only give money if you love the site and can afford to. It is not spam or anything. I think the apologists and Brother Jay whom is an amazing Franciscan Friar that I love talking to on there are well worth a few dollars and emails. [/quote] I think you have a poor definition of spam. Secondly, I think that the money that they budget for is ridiculous. If it costs that much to run the site then they have a terrible system of management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1336262347' post='2427477'] Of course. One must always be careful. But these people were saying that a Priest should have very limited contact with women and should not be friends with one. One person said that a Priest could not even go to a movie or to a lunch with one because this would constitute as a date! If this is the case I have dated my sister. [/quote]I don't think that a "date" with your sister and a "date" between a priest and a woman are the same sort of act, though I think they share intimacy in common. Going to a movie or a lunch one-on-one are fairly intimate things to do (although dinner is more so). You do them with your sister because you are family and intimacy of that sort is not out of the ordinary. I'm a married man. If I were to go one-on-one to lunch with a woman or go to a movie with her, then my wife would beat me (not literally of course). It's not that those actions in themselves are wrong. But if lunch or a movie is all we do, my wife is still right to be angry with me because I'm not acting in accordance with my vocation. Perhaps I never cheat on my wife; I'm still placing myself in a compromising situation, a situation of temptation, that isn't fair to my vocation. A person normally doesn't become an adulterer or an unchaste person all at once. Adultery or unchaste behavior develops slowly over time. If I go to one movie, could I go to another? Well, why not another? Again, it's not that these actions are wrong in themselves, but they can very easily lead to more such actions and eventual sin. If I begin to hang out with a woman (or perhaps women) on my own, then I slowly build bonds with them that are inappropriate for a married person. The same is true for the priesthood: a person ought to act in accordance with their vocation at all times and not place themselves in a compromising situation, even if it's completely innocent. Edited May 6, 2012 by qfnol31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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