Ban the CheerGuy?

[Elad OCS]

Its come to my attention that he is resorting to PM's in his arguments.
Which does not bother the rest of us, but maybe to the recipient's of the PM's.
Its very rare to be banned in forums, but if one is too annoying - so be it. 
He would be the 1st active forum member to be banned in forums (a few spammers are banned).
You all can let him know how you feel about him anonymously anyway. An interesting experiment.
Also, he is currently BANNED in the gameserver for arguing - as noted in other poll.

Note: You can change your Vote's anytime.....

[PureKnight OCS]

ban from forum for first part of vote?

It will be nice to hear each vote's voice. So I can be accuracy with my vote. For now, I will not vote until I know full story.

[Nighthawk]

Well Pure with all do respect its in the forum both sides of the story

[Navy CW4]

I won't post what the guy wrote to me.  But I can assure you all he was doing was being "cute".  Not to mention that someone has really mislead this boy on the history of America on its Christian heritage.

[Elad OCS]

I am partically banning TheCheerGuy in forums as well, as most here want it.
 He should be able to READ only... He will not be able to see PM's or send any.
Were not into arguments here Tex and your filthy ideas are not welcomed.

i hope we can agree to disagree (by tex)

No, I do not agree with this statement either.
Too long Christians have been 'tolerating' evil.
God does not tolerate it, so I won't...


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[LionOfJudah OCS]

THANK YOU ELAD!

[Cortath OCS]

I agree.

[neo42]

Thanks Elad.

[The Deacon OCS]

Hopefully he will mature and change his thought process to reflect the teachings of the Kingdom. I expect that if he does, Meerkat or Terminator will let us know. But even they kicked him out of =GA= as well as their own forum.

[Gunny OCS]

I think he has pushed way beyond any limits and caused enough hate and discontent....  I say good bye, good ridons and good luck.....

[neo42]

I agree Gunny.

[The Deacon OCS]

I was playing on SAE about a week ago and Cheer Guy / Tex now known as Stormchaser was playing.

He apoligized to me/OCS. He said that he was wrong and had done some praying and maturing. I challenged him on the prior heresy that he was pushing and other bad theology. He told me that he changed those beliefs and now knew they were wrong. We typed back and forth for a while while the game went on.

When a brother truly repents, we are charged with restoring that brother into the fellowship and to continue to teach him.

I throw this out there because we should find out if he has seriously repented. If so, then now is the time to help lead him to a better life in Christ.

[Gunny OCS]

I would like to see him post before anything happens on our end.  And I dont mean a quick message in the shout box.

[PureKnight OCS]

Gunny say the excat thing I say in the shout box if anybody notice. I ask him start the post to explain for his past action and post his apologize. Then we will gladly restore him back into fellowship almost immediately. It is about accountability. Deacon, I heartfelt agree with you.

Is it a possible that cheerguy cannot post because he is block from doing that?

[Mouko OCS]

I completely agree with you Deacon...if he has repented, then absolutely we must restore him and should want to.

By nature of forums, there will have to come a point where we have to trust, or not, what he's saying.  My opinion is that we should allow him to post or PM (and then post in member area) his heart and mind and how God has worked in his heart and mind over everything.  We can all take a look and discuss what we think and feel about it.

I do, however, also want to encourage everyone to do their part in this...and that is to pray and seek God's direction in dealing with this as well as praying for him.  I have seen too much lately of the lack of love and quick condemnation, by those confessing Jesus Christ, of other professed believers.  I pray that does not happen here.  Out of love we should be praying that God has and/or IS changing him for His glory.

[LionOfJudah OCS]

we can allow him to post and see what he says and hopefully GOD has shown him the right path. there are enough mature christians here that can tell if he is just telling us what we want to hear. i particularly think he was annoying and i was not and still not happy with the subject of homosexuality that he expressed, but GOD can change anybody and  anything and i pray he has. OH, we can always ban him again permanantly later.

[Goose OCS]

I think that if he says he has changed then I agree that we should let him post and find out if he really has before we let him back into the server. Maybe he has relized what he has done and God's light has shined on him and he now is on the right path. I think we should give him a second chance. However i will throw out there that if that kind of behavior happens again i think we should just ban and keep it that way, but a second chance is in order. just my 2 cents

[The Deacon OCS]

Great attitude guys. I agree with your comments.

I agree that he was very annoying in addition to other things but we don't always choose those who are in our family.

I believe that he was banned from posting here so that ban will need to be lifted so he can post. His future posts will give us insight on whether he is a man of his word.

Once in, we tell him to be respectful and that he is on a probation of sorts.

And I agree with Mouko in that God can change someone for his glory - he changed each one of us.

[Navy CW4]

When a brother truly repents, we are charged with restoring that brother into the fellowship and to continue to teach him.

I throw this out there because we should find out if he has seriously repented. If so, then now is the time to help lead him to a better life in Christ.

True, if he is saved, we should and I agree.

[Vafyrman]

As always you are some of the wisest and kindest men I am associated with that carry firearms.   

[The Deacon OCS]

As always you are some of the wisest and kindest men I am associated with that carry firearms.   

Now thats funny. 

[Goose OCS]

good one Vaf 

[PureKnight OCS]

Well... unban him for the post already, will you? (no disrespect here but it is something that we cannot afford to delay)

[Mouko OCS]

As always you are some of the wisest and kindest men I am associated with that carry firearms.   

Now thats funny. 

Yeah, lol...it is...

Alrighty then, sounds like we're pretty much all on the same page with this.  I'll take care of the ban but it is definately on a "probationary" basis.  He will have to demonstrate his change of heart and mind.  If it is truly of God, then it will be apparent in more ways than one...if not, then the situation will be dealt with again.

I am very happy to see everyone handling the issue this way.  It is never a light issue to remove someone from fellowship or from influence of the children of God.  Often times it seems to many to be too easy to do this when the not-so-easy thing would be to try to be a good influence for the glory of God.  Speaking for myself, if the grace of God was not what it is, well, let's just say I'm eternally grateful.  We should always show that grace to others while at the same time NEVER compromising the truth.

[The Deacon OCS]

After you lift the ban, make sure that you email him and let him know. Would not hurt to counsel him about his future visit here and that it will be probationary.

[PureKnight OCS]

I absolutely agree...

[LXS-StormChaser]

To Everyone:                     Im sorry. I let down myself. I let down my former squad members. I let down my brothers and sisters. I let down my Savior.           This past year has been incredibly tough and life changing for me. All I thought about was myself and what would glorify me instead of what would glorify Christ. My own well-being and status was thus put before Christ. I was a hardcore "Sunday Morning Christian". Sundays and Wednesdays i would just go through the motions of worshipping Jesus, while at the same time texting some friends about how "so-and-so is such a(n) _____(you get my drift, i hope...). I used profanity liberally, to the point where i suprised myself with all of the messed-up things i could say to someone. I found myself become a very bitter person. Then, i became incredibly depressed. The girl of my dreams and I had gone on our first date (we went storm chasing... ) and i knew i loved her. However, later that week, she text messaged me telling me that she hoped i would (blank) off and die in a fire. That crushed me. Then i just started living life like it was my last day and began to spiral out of control. In september, I was arrested for reckless endangerment for tripling the speed limit on a residential street. That was probably the climax of my "bad days", and I knew that massive changes would be coming for me. Well, I got word that my grandfather came down with pnemonia in November while i was far away at a volleyball tornament... and i lost it, and completely broke down. I don't think i have ever cried that much in my life. My grandfather means so much to me and to lose him... wow im getting emotional just talking about this... I knew that I was not the person he was teaching me to be, so I got back in touch with Christ, and became a middle school church leader at my church, (and, this April, i lead worship for my church and youth group), and re-dedicated my life to Him. Then January 30 came, and i fell in love again. She was a beautiful, small-town girl who had it all- she had a voice that sounds like Jennifer Nettles and Miranda Lambert, and did small-time band-playing in little bars and made a great living. Next year she will study music in college. Anyway, i met her and things were really looking up for me. I knew i loved her, and to make a long story short, she was a liar and hurt me more than any other person in the world ever has or probably ever will. She restored those bitter and depressed feelings in me again, and there were a few days where i wished i could just jump off of a bridge. But i perservered, and reflected on my decisions again. I was going for the earthly and not the heavenly in everything that i had done. Then, I became more aligned with Christ, and things have gotten so much better for me. I made cheerleader again, and recently got a steady job. This summer I will work just about every day except Wednesday and Sunday to get a new truck and deck it out like the guys at TVN do.  I posted the following on Facebook if i left anything out... : Deuteronomy 4:31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath.

Isiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you;do not be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.


This year has really been a roller coaster and has really helped me become a better person. I have gone from being in love to hating myself to "walking the walk" and loving myself for my inadequacies (?) and others; ... and, as most of you know, it all came to a head a couple weeks ago.

so what have i learned?

well...

i learned that no matter what goes on in life i'll always have Jesus; that God will never hate me despite what i think about myself, and that He blesses me every day.

I learned that love doesnt stop after high school. you all know the story, im sure... i meet amazing girl. i really like her. i dont have the guts to tell her. so i tell her i used to like her. i still did. you know... the same old same old. in fact i still did until here recently and had my soul searching episode. i came to a realization-- love doesnt stop after high school! in fact, some could say it begins! i mean, think about it! you get a whole new start in college! ( unless you go to AC ;P) so what if the girl you like doesnt like you? life goes on.

I learned who my friends are. Luke, Lacy, Elizabeth, Katie ( yes i did it like that to make it rhyme... oh yeah go me!), Logan, Ben, and Collin- ( sorry if i left you out but these are like my best, tell-stuff friends.) you guys are amazing. i know that i wouldn't be the person i am today without yall. i love every one of you very much and thank God for blessing me with you in my life every day. any time i have needed a friend, someone to vent to, draw fun things with, lift with, anything, i think of you. you have been with me through thick and thin and i know that yall are the real deal.

I learned that pride does go before a fall.

I learned how much i love my grandaddy and how devastated i will be when he is called higher.

in a sense, i'm learning who i am.

i love you all.

-Storm

[Goose OCS]

Well cheerguy i must say.....i am impressed with you. You have had many challenges in your life and there for awhile you weren't making good decicions. You turned your back to the lord and became very depressed, but i think now the light has shown and you are on the path to becoming the person you want to be. I am very pleased to see that you are devoting your life to God once again and you are taking the time to apologize to everyone here who you have wronged. The lord is forgiving and gives second chances, thus i will follow in his tracks and i am forgiving and give second chances. CheerGuy i belive you deserve a second chance. I feel kinda bad that this is not the CheerGuy whom i spoke to first as this new cheerguy i really want to know. I think you are a good person and you just went through some hard times, the one thing you have to remember is that the lord is always there and you can always count on him, never turn you back on him no matter what the situation. I myself have gone through some EXTREMELY tough times in these past few years and there was a point in time where i had the gun in hand and was thinking about pulling the trigger, but then i remembered my faith in God and he spoke to me and told me that wasn't the way to go. To wrap this up, CheerGuy, i am very glad you took  the time to apologize and i forgive you. I hope we can start over on a clean slate. You are welcomed by this family and we are glad to have you. 

                         God bless, Goose OCS

[The Deacon OCS]

Restoration of a brother is always what another brother in the Lord wants to see as long as there is satisfying evidence of repentance.

My grandfather was also one of the men who was extremely influential in my life.

God will use adversity, to bring those that have strayed, closer to Him. I have personally experienced that as well. The Christian walk is a hard one but the end result is worth it.

How a man acts long term after he does something wrong and repents can show the real charecter of that man. Christ is always watching us.

Welcome back into the folded arms of Christ.

[LXS-StormChaser]

i can't say how sorry i am for what i have done, again.

Finally "telling" someone this (not just facebook note posting) feels amazing. I have a huge weight off of my back. It's kinda funny, because at my work now, everyone is pretty much the way I used to be.. But on my second night working there, a guy came up to me and said that "there was something different about me" (i had never met him before), and after a little bit we started talking about Christ and what it means to be truly saved. I can only hope he took what i said to heart.

[The Deacon OCS]

It is always a great opportunity to share the Gospel with someone who has seen a change in us. You are building the Kingdom when you do this. It shows maturity. We are to be the light unto the world. When people see a change in us and we tell them that it is because of Christ, it makes following Christ attractive to the unbeliever. If we claim to be a believer and our life is a mess, there is no attractiveness to the Christian walk for the lost. Stay in prayer and the Word and God will create opportunities for you to share your faith.

A public apology is also used in Church when a member is being restored after being confronted with a sin. Although it can be embarassing, you are right, it does lift the "weight" (burden) off your back. Much like telling someone you love the truth after you have hid in a lie for some time.

This is restoration.

[Mouko OCS]

Through our conversations before, you know where I stand man.  I want the best for you in Jesus Christ as do many others.  I'm glad to see the things you've posted and pray that God continues to draw you near to him and grow you in faith and knowledge of Him.