2) If you are a former member of a faith and feel you have an answer for someone asking about that faith, feel free to answer, as long as you identify yourself as a FORMER member, and don’t include any type of bashing of the religion in your answer, like “this is why I don’t practice this faith anymore”

3)No belittling of any religion , question or member. Any post or reply that has a blatant belittling, like “your stupid” or the like will be deleted , and the poster will receive a warning via pm from a moderator Remember , we are here to learn

4)No advertising of any groups, charities or businesses allowed. These posts will be deleted and a warning will be issued to the poster. We do not have the resources or inclination to check out the validity of charitable organizations, so please do not promote them in this group

5)If you feel you must leave us, please post your goodbye in the RD CAFE…any bashing of the group or members will be deleted..If you are not happy about something, please let our Go or Admns know, we cant help you if we don’t know what is going on. If you are having a problem with an Admn. please message group owner or another moderator

7) Posting a reply with a simple “Your wrong” will be deleted, if you feel they are wrong tell them WHY and WHERE you get your reasoning from.

8)Abuse reports are for abuse and rules breakings, if you feel someone is breaking the Café Mom, TOS report them immediately, do not post about it in a thread, as this just causes more drama

9) Please remember we are all moms here, and that goes for Admn too…we cant sit online and babysit. If you see an abusive post, report it, we will take care of it

10)No foul language allowed

11)All posts must either be debateable or a genuine question looking for a genuine answer

12)No political posts, this is not a political debate group

13)Please respect copyright laws. Please make sure you cite your source. Reposting of complete articles from any source is not allowed due to copyright laws, and the fact we want YOUR opinion, not someone elses. When posting excerpts from an article written by someone else please remember to cite the author and where you got the article. THIS IS NOT JUST OUR RULE, THIS IS A CAFÉ MOM TERM OF SERVICE!!!

14)Please do not devote posts to passages from the Holy Book of your choice. Limit passages to back up what YOU think. If you do add a passage or two, cite your source

15) no Drive By Preaching…Any post with a simple phrase or sentence and a clickable link will be deleted. If you want to post a link, tell us what it is and why you are providing it

16)Chat will be open from 8-10pm CST nightly.It is FFA so come by and join us and let us get to know you!

17)Prayer requests& group news stickies are located at the top of the thread menu.Please use these threads to post your requests for prayer, or your personal anouncements that do not pertain to RD. Please read the guidelines included in the thread before posting

18)PLEASE SHARE!!! We are here to learn, so if you have a holiday, celebration, ritual or other religious happening coming up, please share it with us!

19) Ask questions…if you don’t understand something, please ask…how can you debate something if you don’t understand it?

20)ENJOY YOURSELF!!!! This is a place where you can be comfortable sharing, debating and learning…enjoy your time here, and if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please let one of us in ADMN know…we are open to improvement

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