Hello to Todd with @CommunityAdmin and to @wpwwusncorpsman and to others reading this post~
A few months back, I began trying to revitalize this group which had some degree of activity a few years back as evidenced by its archives. But it has been a painfully slow and frustrating process with only spotty and sporadic activity.
As for me, I sought a "safe" place where I could freely share my Christian faith and testimony and to have the opportunity to interact with other EX family members of the same mind. Of particular interest to me was the opportunity for a supportive prayer group.
This F&S group had already been designated as a "closed" group. This was not surprising to me as I am aware that another non-smoking support group also has a Christian believer's group which is designated as closed, presumably for the same reasons that were stated above by Todd. (So it's not just the EX management who have seen the closed-group designation from the same perspective.)
To effectively revitalize our Faith and Spirituality forum and to help it become more vibrant, I have two thoughts : First of all, I've come to sense that it needs someone other than me to be the "mainstay" since I appear to be failing at breathing life back into the group. And, I can visualize where opening up the group would offer more opportunity for others to interact and to become invested. I believe these two changes would be fundamental to revitalizing the group.
From my personal stand-point, however, should the group not remain Christian-specific, I strongly feel it would impose barriers to being fully open about common Biblical history, tenets, and one's personal connection to them. And so I would advocate for separate and specific F&S forums to represent varied faiths and perspectives within the open group framework.
I trust my input has been helpful and I still have hopes for this particular group to survive.
