>>/135/ > No, the website allows loli, not any Christian board. My mistake. I meant to reference the front page of Endchan. > Nobody pretends that imageboards substitute personal relationships. There are clearly people who think of anon image boards as a substitute for personal relationships, regardless of the consequences or their bitterness or misery. Part of the draw of an anon image board is the lack of consequences of direct confrontation and slip-ups that might affect one's reputation, or as you aptly pointed out, the escapism of being a jerk or internet tough guy, void of the requirements or ramifications of such a persona in the real world, that comes with anonymity. > That's not because it's anonymous, that's because we share the site with those degenerates, It's the Online Disinhibition Effect on steroids that makes most image boards a haven for degenerate behavior and pursuits in the first place. As stated before, why do you think the vast majority of boards on a typical image board are porn, pedophiles, nihilistic trolls, kooky ideologies, etc? Is there such thing as an anonymous image board full of super happy positive fun time boards? > Christian imageboards are oftentimes the only place you can ask the controversial theological questions Like what? The One millionth iteration of Catholics/Orthodox and Protestants arguing over Mary thread? The 3,000th "Is Racemixing a sin?" thread? The "Should we kill gays?" thread? Perhaps a "Should Christians be Communists/Fascists" thread? Seriously, is there any controversial topic that's been discussed in the past that isn't either tiresome and repetitive bait, or ideologues trying to pervert scripture to rationalize their warped political persuasion or worldview? About the only thing I can think of is people feeling safe on here about discussing sins they are struggling with like porno and masturbation, that they might be afraid to talk about elsewhere. Then again, people seeking advice for controversial things have at times been told to kill themselves as often as they've received a sympathetic hand. Other than the things I've mentioned, I can't think of a controversial theological topic that I can't talk about elsewhere in a more thoughtful and civilized manner and online environment. > we're only here because we've been pushed to the margins by the dystopia around us. What are you talking about? I can post about how I'm fed up with LGBTBBQ culture in private Facebook groups all I want. The West is circling the drain, but we are nowhere close to Middle East or China levels of persecution. When I go to church on a Sunday to hear conservative and Biblically sound views, it's in a beautiful little country church; not a cave or a secret house meeting where I have to fear the government or Muslims breaking in to take me away for imprisonment and torture, or to just shoot me, bomb me or behead me.