In an act of magnificent benevolence as the God of this site, 🙂 I, Bruce Almighty, have cleared the fourteen names on the banned list. I do this once a year, hoping that those on the list have learned the appropriate lesson. What is that lesson, you ask? Follow the comment rules. Some of them will immediately comment. Few will have learned anything and will quickly find themselves banned again. Sadly, some Evangelicals cannot and will not play well with others.
Currently, six people are permanently banned from commenting on this site:
- Victor Justice (who emailed me today, saying “I just might post Josh’s words here on New Year’s Day when my slate will be wiped clean.”)
- Revival Fires ( and all the name iterations he uses)
- Elliot
- Danny Kluver
- Becky/GraceOne/Rebecca
- Dr. David Tee, whose real name is Derrick Thomas Thiessen
As you can see, only a handful of people are banned or blocked. All of them are Evangelicals. I WANT people to read my writing and comment. All I ask is that they play by the rules. Readers who refuse to play by the rules will find themselves banned. Those who go outside of this site and slander and attack me, my family, or the readers of this site will find themselves blocked. Blocked readers are unable to access this site. Blocks, of course, are not foolproof. Evangelical assholes such as Victor Justice and Revival Fires find ways to evade blocks. Justice, in particular, is presently scouring the Internet looking for “dirt” on me. Wait until he finds the gay porn site I operated years ago. 🙂 Or the pro-polygamy site I was in charge of in the 90s. 🙂 Perhaps he will find my Sexy Santa photos (maybe he wants a signed copy?). As Agent Mulder famously said, “the truth is out there.” Jesus even said, “seek and ye shall find.” 🙂
Let me conclude by posting the Comment Policy.
Updated December 5, 2022
All commenters are expected to use a functioning email address. The use of a fake or non-functioning email address will result in your comment being deleted.
Pseudonyms are permitted. Please use the same pseudonym with every comment.
All first-time comments and comments with more than one HTML link are moderated.
Before commenting, please read the ABOUT page to acquaint yourself with my background. You might also want to read the Dear Evangelical page.
Evangelical commenters will be given one opportunity to say whatever they want. One, not two, three, or ten. Just one. Quote the Bible. Preach the sermon God has laid upon your heart. Put in a good word for Jesus. Deconstruct my life. Call me names, attack my family. You have one opportunity to impress readers with your John Holmes-like Bible prowess. After that, the following rules apply:
The following type of comments will not be approved after your first comment:
- Preachy/sermonizing comment
- Extensive Bible verse quoting comment (limited Bible-quoting permitted)
- Evangelizing comment
- “I am praying for you” comment
- “You are going to Hell” comment
- “You never were saved” comment
- “You never were a Christian” comment
- Any comment that is a personal attack
- Any comment that attacks the readers of this blog
- Any comment that is not on point with what the post is about
- Any comment that denigrates or marginalizes abuse victims
- Any comment that attacks LGBTQ people
- Unsolicited medical advice of any kind (and I mean ANY)
- Any comment that disparages my wife, children, or grandchildren
Please be advised that personal threats of violence or stalking will be reported to your service provider and law enforcement.
I write about issues that might not be child-friendly. Please be aware of this. I also use profanity from time to time, and I allow the use of profanity in the comment section. Any butt-hurt comment about language will be ignored, and if warranted, ridiculed.
The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser is not a democracy where anyone has a right to say whatever they want. This is my personal blog and I reserve the right to approve or not approve any comment. When a comment or a commenter is abusive towards the community of people who read this blog, I reserve the right to ban the commenter.
If you can be respectful, decent, and thoughtful, your comment will always be approved. Unfortunately, there are many people — Evangelical/Fundamentalist Christians in particular — who have a hard time playing well with others. They often use a passive-aggressive approach towards me and the non-Christian people who frequent this blog. This kind of behavior will not be tolerated and will result in a permanent ban.
This blog is also not a place for hardcore atheists to preach the gospel of atheism. While I am an atheist, many of the people who read this blog are not. Frank, honest, open, and passionate discussion about religion, Christianity, and Evangelicalism is encouraged and welcome. However, I do expect atheists not to attack, badger, or denigrate people who still believe in God. If you are respectful, decent, and thoughtful, you will be fine.
My writing is direct and pointed and so is my response to comments. Please do not confuse my directness and pointedness with me attacking you or your religion. This is a grown-up blog, so crying that I offended you or “attacked” your religion will fall on deaf ears.
If you can play by these rules, I hope you will become a part of our community and join the discussion.
Bruce Gerencser, 66, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 45 years. He and his wife have six grown children and thirteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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2 questions, are the 6 listed permabans cleared or not?
Also should we start a betting pool on which one gets the banhammer first in their race to the bottom of the evangelical barrel if they were cleared?🤣🤣
The permanent bans have been consigned to 🔥🔥🔥Gerencser Hell 🔥🔥🔥, never to be set free. No matter how much they wail or gnash their teeth, they have been deemed reprobates who cannot be “saved.” 🤣🤣
I say “never,” but if they repented of their sins, made public apologies, and removed their hateful blog posts and comments on other sites I might hear their prayers 🙏 and redeem them. 🤣I doubt these six will ever do so. 😢😢
Elliot did get banned pretty quick last year. Oh well, Gerencser hell is at least real because those boorish persecuted bible idolators are there. May their words continue to speak for themselves. 😁
You are very kind to these people, Bruce. I know I wouldn’t be as nice if it were me. Hope these folks learn good manners this time around. 🤞
Yeah! Time for a new crowd of trolls to show up, also?
3 cheers for the benevolent dictatorship!
Those permaban folks sure do like to try to preach their vitriol here, don’t they? They’re not very creative though. Their go-to statements revolve around “you’re going to hell”. It gets old.
How many ways can you say, “I’m praying for you” or “You are going to Hell?”*
In the immortal words of Christina Barrett Browning, “Let me count the ways.”
*–In practice, those statements amount to the same thing.