Someone asked me if I had noticed that when I posted a blog entitled 'Jehovah's Witnesses' that it did not show up under new blogs, or at least didn't stay showing. The intimation, from them, being that I was being treated with prejudice by the Mods because of my religious viewpoints.
Well, I honestly have to say that I didn't notice it as I don't go and check out which blog is newest or most popular or worry, overly, as to the popularity of mine, etc.
But, as I told them, I did notice that I put 'Jehovah' as a tag, because obviously I would like to meet other people with similar interests, and it never showed up as a tag on my profile.
Just tried it again, adding three tags: Jehovah, Jesus, and rain. Jesus and rain are now tags on my profile, but the word/name Jehovah is conspicuously absent.
Wondering (rhetorically) if this is the same for, say, Satan? Mohammed? Buddha? Marilyn Manson? Or, you know, whomever else a person might be inclined to worship?
Wondering (rhetorically) why that, so far, is the only word I haven't been able to use as a tag? I mean, not that I tried to use the dirty words, so I wouldn't know about them. But, Jehovah, after all, is not a dirty word, but it is the name of the one true God, as many persons who are of very dissimilar religions know.
So, what does a person have to do to get their name as an allowable tag around here? Apparently creating the Heavens and the Earth isn't quite enough. Or is it too much and it gives the Mods an inferiority complex? 
All those questions are rhetorical. I don't expect an answer, and I doubt I'd like to hear any answer that is likely to be given. But I do think the subject should be brought up as I am sure no one here would like to find their religious beliefs, or anything else, singled out for exclusion for no good reason.
Jehovah is the one true God. Many people on this sight believe in Him, even if they don't all know his name or worship him in the same way. Jehovah's Witnesses are not a hate crime group.
There is no good reason to exclude his name from the tags list!
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kjac
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Jan 12 @ 1:30AM
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So, what does a person have to do to get their name as an allowable tag around here? Apparently creating the Heavens and the Earth isn't quite enough. Or is it too much and it gives the Mods an inferiority complex?
I know it wasn't meant to be, but that was funny. 
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warmplace411
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Jan 12 @ 1:51AM
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I support your point. On a free site, in a public venue, one should be able to speak/point to/share their religious beliefs. 
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QtrAcreGalSeeking
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Jan 12 @ 1:55AM
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Sadly, this happens A LOT more, than one would think.
A faith-based but quiet scandal broke out, in the Online Crochet community, when one of the worlds foremost authorities on Crochet moved her club of crocheters off a mainstream server and onto Yahoo last year....
In doing so? She proclaimed there was to be NO faith-related comments or discussions. When a few of us asked, then, if we were to forego discussions of creating Christmas ornaments, prayer shawls, wedding favors? She BEGAN TO SEVER THE MEMBERSHIPS of those asking.
I went so far as to try to sign up, under a very quiet site account moniker: faithandfiberforever; You guessed it: I WASN'T ALLOWED.
While others simply went off and formed a faith-based group, I did something QUITE different: I informed HER PUBLICIST; By the time I did, she'd seen a 43% DROP in her famous groups membership. I can only surmise her publisher must have been EQUALLY unamused. 
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kjac
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Jan 12 @ 2:18AM
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Looking up, I notice Jehovah is listed as one of the tags. 
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sloriver
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Jan 12 @ 8:46AM
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Question: What's the difference between a Mod and God?
Answer: God doesn't think He's a Mod.
Apologies to the Mods...I couldn't help myself.
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HopelesslyHopeful
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Jan 12 @ 12:32PM
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Looking up, I notice Jehovah is listed as one of the tags
Yeah, but it didn't used to be a tag on the blogs. I'd put it in, and nothing would happen. And it's still not a tag on my profile even though I entered in the name Jehovah about 200 times now and it always says "jehovah added".
Besides which, if you go and look on the 'Tags' page you are not going to find it! I know as I just looked.
So how am I, a person who likes Jehovah and Jehovah's Witnesses supposed to find or be found by others on this site, and they do exist, who feel the same? I have had a few bump into me quite by accident, but why should it have to be by accident? What are the tags for?
And why aren't the people who are too willing to take money from anybody, regardless of religion, making sure that those people who they will gladly take payments from will also be receiving something worth their while?
Because, you know, I thought of buying a gold membership several times, over the years, but so far what I have found is that I cannot be found by placing tags about some of the things, and persons, that interest me most; I will be banned if someone else makes the slightest, unfounded, complaint against me or if I get attacked by too many other people at once, and someone can come and hack my account and delete my blogs whenever they feel like it and nothing will happen to them.
I love some of the people on here very much, like quite a few others, so I end up staying for the sake of their company, but I am not about to pay for the privilege of being treated like a third class member!
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HopelesslyHopeful
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Jan 12 @ 12:39PM
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I know it wasn't meant to be, but that was funny.
Actually, it was meant to be funny. So glad you had a laugh! 
I informed HER PUBLICIST; By the time I did, she'd seen a 43% DROP in her famous groups membership. I can only surmise her publisher must have been EQUALLY unamused.
Good on you! If she wants to have a group of completely non-faith based crocheters then she should have quietly opened up a separate group and invited anyone who cared to join it to go there. Or she should have thought of that before she let people who have religious beliefs join, to begin with.
I really don't understand people who can't tolerate even just a little comment from someone who believes something different than them. Okay, I can understand if the first word is "Hale" and the second word is "Satan", but, otherwise, people need to get a grip!
Its like I always say, when someone tells me that Buddha blesses me: "Well, that's awfully nice of him. Tell him I said thank you." It doesn't mean the same thing to me, that it does to them, but hey: they aren't trying to hurt anyone, either, so why get a gut ache over it?
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HopelesslyHopeful
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Jan 12 @ 12:41PM
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Question: What's the difference between a Mod and God?
Answer: God doesn't think He's a Mod.
Stop that!  It was too good!  I almost choked!
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HopelesslyHopeful
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Jan 12 @ 12:43PM
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I support your point. On a free site, in a public venue, one should be able to speak/point to/share their religious beliefs
Thank you very muchly, for your support of my point and your comment.
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