SouthernWhiteGentile said:
Being a mod or HP is solely a popularity contest and usually the most popular people are the ones that post lots of helpful responses so it is a feedback loop.
You are wrong
Real Clergy are confirmed by Satan and The Gods
Not everyone who had or has HP or HPS in front of their names is actually Clergy
It was explained in a sermon how things were at the beginning of the JoS and how some people end up being Clergy, it was written that those were only place holders
For me Real Clergy at this moment is only Maxine and Cobra
I will explain why
Maxine even she is not here anymore her work cannot be challenged by anyone, I could write 10 pages about how Maxine's work changed everything for the entire Satanic comunnity and still wouldn't be enough, JoS has tens of thousands of readers from all over the world, besides registered members, in other terms tens of thousands of people have found out the truth about Satan and The Gods, thanks to Maxine's work
Cobra alone maintains all the JoS websites and forums for so many years, he is here daily, writes sermons, answer questions, moderates the forums and so on, who could do this kind of work day by day year by year ? can you do it ? I for one, certainly no, I can't.
The distinction is simple to do , all you have to do is see one's work and the wisdom from their words
So how can you say that being HP is a popularity contest ?!
Maybe you want to think about this and reconsider your opinion
And about the mods is nothing to say because at this moment there are no mods
If by mods you you wanted to talk about the "off mod" members I hope you uderstand that off mod members and mods are not the same thing
About the off mod members on at least two of them you are right with the popularity contest, the one who is a drug user (Mage's friend) is well known for being an attention whore, the other one (Shael's friend) the deluded pathological liar thinks that if he has 5K posts means that it is advanced, and probably believes that when he will have 10K posts he will become automatically a God.
In my opinion to promote such people (like these two) as trusted members is a mistake and will put JoS in a bad light
Also it is complete useless, no one will take seriously or respect a drug user or a deluded liar both friends with traitors
I hope these errors are just part of some tests and will not remain like this.
PS. No offense to Shannon and Myla, but your presence and work on the forum is very rare, thats why I said that I consider only Maxine and Cobra as being Real Clergy (at this moment).