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I don't know what the problems were?

There use to be the Rapture Ready Forum. Then they changed the name to Rapture Forums.

Welcome!!! .. So sorry to hear about all the distress losing your former forum has caused so many people....

I suspect that the problems were with the administrator himself. He could administrate just fine, but the Moderation part came hard to him, I think. He did a lot of things without any real explanation that cut into the heart of what had become a close knit community. He rarely shared why he did certain things to the community so if we needed to change behavior in some way we were really in the dark. On a lighter note, I'll just say that when I posted that it was sinful to say anything negative about hamburgers... maybe that was the last straw . Chris should have had a few Moderators working the Board from day to day. He could have simply kept an eye on the Moderators and guided them where he felt he needed to (since it was his board).

It's obvious he just cracked under the strain and walked away.

This.

@ANDIAMO thrilled to see you here! Welcome.

Thanks Magenta, and sorry I just barged into your forum without even acknowledging you and the other current members. I was so relieved to find Rapture Forums members here that I forgot to not be rude. Thanks for your nice welcome. Our forum was maintained like an oasis for those who believe in the pre-trib rapture. THose with other views were welcome to join but it was the only place on the internet where those with other eschatological views weren't allowed to argue with us. This gave us a place where we could openly discuss current events through the lens of Bible prophecy, the way we understand it and believe to be true, without our discussion being swallowed up by a debate. There were members there who are incredibly knowledgeable, and some of the threads I would have printed out had I known they would just be gone one day. I learned so much during my years there and it was so comforting to be with those who are like-minded. The whole board had such a peaceful vibe that I actually read posts to relax and go to sleep every night. I am grieving not only the loss of this oasis but people I truly care about and love. There is a lady there with cancer who actually ministered to me while I had covid and I am beside myself that I'll never see updates from her again. Several members were overwhelmed with problems and were depressed and counted on the fellowship there. And for some this was their only fellowship. I could go on and on. This is every bit as painful and shocking as when I went through a church split years ago. Our community really was like a church and the moderator was like our shepherd and I'm so sad and shocked to realize ,that he actually doesn't care that he was a shephard and doesn't care enough to try to keep us together. I guess I allowed myself to get too attached to people.
Sorry for the vent.

Frankly it was an astoundingly selfish and immature move. I'm angry that he wouldn't even consider raising up some Mods to help him out. You, Andy, Lismore and others were practically doing it already in so many ways, and you would have been very qualified and able. Im never going back to Rapture Forums (ironic name for the site!) ever again. Will get my breaking news and prophecy articles elsewhere.

TAll Timbers thanks so much for keeping your screen name - so glad to find you & the others here.

TAll Timbers thanks so much for keeping your screen name - so glad to find you & the others here.

I forgot to not be rude. Thanks for your nice welcome.

I suspect that the problems were with the administrator himself. He could administrate just fine, but the Moderation part came hard to him, I think. He did a lot of things without any real explanation that cut into the heart of what had become a close knit community. He rarely shared why he did certain things to the community so if we needed to change behavior in some way we were really in the dark. On a lighter note, I'll just say that when I posted that it was sinful to say anything negative about hamburgers... maybe that was the last straw . Chris should have had a few Moderators working the Board from day to day. He could have simply kept an eye on the Moderators and guided them where he felt he needed to (since it was his board).

@Magenta, I use Adobe Creative Suite apps mainly, but a few years back discovered Procreate which is amazing on iPad with the pencil. I use that mainly for sketching ideas, notes, etc, but occasionally for finished work. One of these days I will get around to making Scripture typography posters. Two ideas in the hopper are "Tetelestai", maybe in Greek characters, and "Via, Veritas, Vita", then with their verses integrated.

New member here was on Rapture Ready and Rapture Forums before they shutdown.

I wonder if we could make a thread with a searchable title as a signpost for other members?

Rapture Ready and Rapture Forums were always two separate forums. Many presume that RR morphed in to RF but when RR was shutdown after a virus pretty much made the site unsalvageable (would have had to have wiped everything clean and start over) just about any RR member who wasn't already registered with RF moved there. They were considered sister sites by most but were own and run by completely different people. I'd always looked at RF as kind of a mirror site to RR which was the predominant of the two and I believe remains so.

Hello Tall Timbers, Pixel and 3 Nails!! I was JoyJoyJoy over at RF. So sad it is gone
Hope to get to meet some wonderful folks over here.
Glad to see some other refugees.