Acceptable Usage Agreement

The providers of this service ("we") are not responsible for the content of any messages posted. Messages posted express the views and opinions of their author only.

You agree to not use this service to post any material which is defamatory, abusive, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violates any laws.

You affrim to be at least 18 years of age at the time of your registration, as we are a COPPA compliant community

We reserve the rights to remove or modify any messages posted for any reason.

General code of Conduct

Apostolic Identity is a Christian community and is primarily self-moderated. Our guiding principle for posting is the Golden Rule - do and say unto others as you would like them to do and say unto you.

Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users. Members should remember this board is aimed at a general adult Christian audience.

Thou shalt nots

Members may not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, demeaning, threatening, repeated in many posting areas (spam) or otherwise violative of any laws.

Posting pornographic or generally offensive text, images, links, etc. Content that is unseemly, using profane language, or any form of insinuating bad language (i.e. one letter and ****), or obscene slang, are also unacceptable.

We do not allow the promotion of immoral or unwholesome behavior including, but not limited to: homosexuality, fornication, illegal drug use, pornography, or visiting establishments that facilitate such. While we are all adults here, we are in mixed company, and some discussions (i.e. sexual discussions or innuendos) are inappropriate for this forum.
Flaming, personal attacks, insulting or abusing users, in any way, is unacceptable.

The Rant

The Rant Forum is a private forum that allows for more intense discussion among subscribing members. Ranters, or posters in this forum, must request permission to post in this forum and have the responsibility to self-moderate. Ranters are subject to the Acceptable Usage Agreement and rules regarding unseemly, unwholesome content and language. Personal attacks against the family or associates of a member are not allowed.

Policy Enforcement and Admin Responsibilities

The Admin team's primary responsibility is to promote and facilitate community posting and discussion in a safe and inclusive environment If you feel that a user is not in compliance with the rules of this community, please use the report button to report inappropriate posts, or send a private message to an Admin. The Admin will make a final determination to allow the post, remove the post and warn the user, or immediately remove the user.

Admin may remove any offensive post, or ban any members at the sole discretion of the administrator or moderator. In the event a thread is closed, or a person is banned, Admin staff will review the situation, and either agree to uphold the ban, or reinstate the poster.

As a general rule, the Admin team will use a three-strike system in dealing with unacceptable posting. The Admin team will respond accordingly, on a case by case basis.

If you are banned, you have forfeited your right to communicate and post in our community for the time specified. Persons attempting to access THE 316 via another user ID (new or existing) are in further violation of their previous banning condition(s) and may be subject to an immediate, permanent banning.

Persons relaying communications from banned users may also be banned at Admin discretion. You may receive no warning before you are banned. Discussing the ban of another member is discouraged. These type posts and threads will be moved to The Crying Room and handled at the Admin team's discretion.

It is your responsibility to have read the our terms, policies and rules -- and to know them. If you break them it will be assumed that at the time you knew you were breaking them.

Copyrighted Material/Posting Quotes & Links

All copyrighted material must be given credit and the source cited. If it's posted on the internet you must provide a link. Posting only portions of quotes is allowed. Entire content or excessive quoting is not allowed unless you have direct permission. As a general rule of thumb, use an excerpt and give a link to the source. Thank you for helping to keep the forum in compliance with copyright laws.

Any link that is deemed offensive in nature will be deleted. All links are subject to the approval of the Admin Team

No Spam Policy

Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance. This includes offering services (charged and free), solicitation etc. Users posting spam will be warned and their post removed.

Privacy of Posters & Private Messages

As privacy is an important issue to many posters on THE 316, let it be understood that anyone that maliciously reveals another's private information will be banned.

Private messages are a privilege. Private messages and emails which are exchanged privately, are not to be posted on the forum without consent of both parties. If you receive inappropriate emails or pm's, please notify an Admin, and allow Admin to deal with it accordingly.

Member Email Addresses & Open Proxies

Members are required to keep their account updated with their correct email address. Email addresses that come back undeliverable at any time may result in that account being removed. Member accounts that are not used will be removed periodically. We recommend that you not post your email address on the board. What many may not realize is that this discussion board is a public board that is viewable by anyone and everyone in the world with internet access.

To prevent spammers and/or banned users returning to the forum under a new username, all open proxy servers may be subject to immediate banning and removal of the user. In other words you do not go through someone else's server to hide your real IP address.