Everybody,
I just learned of the sad decision of our Allen-T to leave due to religious conflicts within the leadership team. Since he, as a moderator, was privy to a lot of things I am not, there is not a whole lot I can say that is original and perfectly relevant, but I can throw out my two cents.
I am a Christian, and not only that, but I am sure most of you would agree that I am not just unspoken, but one of the very most boisterous posters around. I really have not felt the anti-Christian bias that a few posters have complained about at all. In that literal couple of occasions where I was somewhat perturbed, I either made a none-too-pleased post about it in the offending thread and then it was over (the mods locked the thread or the person in question and I worked our problem out). I think Chaim indeed sets a glorious example of interfaith relations among us and that 99.8% of the time this is borne out.
I have not remotely ever thought of leaving the forum because of this issue.
Allen, I really do hate to see you go, but from what I gleaned in your goodbye thread, you definitely had a hand in this. There was no reason for you to tell anybody that your first and foremost duty is to witness to people. That was really unnecessary and put our Jewish brothers and sisters here on edge, and I think I speak for all Christian believers when I say that real witnessing is about actions, not words or statements.
However, as a fellow brother in Christ, I do wish you well and urge you to reconsider this pending a final judgment from Chaim.
Chaimfan