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Originally Posted by reformedman  This is one reason that I can't understand why this board would require us to publicly post our real name. |
I think the most important reason for giving your real name - and your church - is accountability. You won't write something on this board that you wouldn't want your mother or pastor to read. When you put your name to what you write, you are taking responsibility for what you say.
Since I've become a member of this site, and a moderator at the
Christian Logic Discussion Board, I've had to let everyone know my real name. And since then, I've made that my personal policy. Any website or board I join or post one, will have my real name, if only in my signature.
I also try to post under the user name Civbert when my real name can not be used - which is a better way good way to
Google me. But if you follow a link to a Civbert post somewhere, you will often find my real name on the post in the signature.
Do I worry about my privacy? Some.
Do I stay up at night worrying about it? Not at all.
I'd rather be accountable for what I post then feel a sense of anonymity that can temp me to saying something I'd be embarrassed about if my daughter or a church member read it and knew it was me.