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frog
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   Posted 6/25/2003 9:44 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Hi!
Rather new to this place and I am curious what, if anything, "Cathecumen" and other obscure titles that appear under names mean. Sectlike? [:-)]

Roger

"Att tänka fritt är stort, att tänka rätt är större." (Inscription on Uppsala University, not ironic)
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¡Que Payaso!
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   Posted 6/25/2003 7:52 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
frog,

Here's the rundown:

Neophyte (1-49 posts) a recent convert to a belief; a proselyte; a beginner or novice

Abecedarian (50-99 posts) one who is just learning; a beginner

Catechumen (100-499 posts) one who is being taught the principles of Christianity; one who is being instructed in a subject at an elementary level

Zosima (500-999 posts) the famous spiritual guide in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov who was a lover of nature and experienced man of the world who believes the Christian path is to be lived in the world

Postmillennialist (1000-1999 posts) one who holds to the doctrine that Jesus's Second Coming will follow the millennium (i.e., after the 1,000 year reign)

SUPERSTAR (2000+ posts) a widely acclaimed star, as in movies or sports, who has great popular appeal; one that is extremely popular or prominent or that is a major attraction

We haven't seen anything beyond this so I don't know if there is another class of posters. As for Official Forum Admin and Tech - Forum Admin, nobody's really sure what they're up to.


El Payaso

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." - Bilbo Baggins
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PotOnWheel
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   Posted 6/26/2003 1:34 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
As for over 3000 I vote for "Super-Neophyte."
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adiaphora
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   Posted 6/26/2003 3:17 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Thanks for the breakdown payaso.

frog, the obscure titles that appear under names are not meant to be taken too seriously, and are certainly not meant to be sectlike (we’re not organized enough to be a sect even if we wanted to be one). When I suggested “Templar” as a title, people on board talked me out of it because of its sect-associations.

Welcome to our discussion.

adiaphora

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DLW
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   Posted 7/11/2003 11:42 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
quote:

As for over 3000 I vote for "Super-Neophyte."



I think a more appropriate title would time-management-challenged...
dlw

Prayer from Kenya

From the Cowardice that dare not face new truth,
From the Laziness that is contented with half-truth,
From the Arrogance that thinks it knows all truth,
Lord Deliver Me.
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BBBCanada
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   Posted 7/15/2003 8:33 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Yeah, I'm hop'n to reach "The Big Kahoona" or "God" or sum'n like dat!

Brandon
Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.--Isa 49:15-16
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