I have just finished setting up the Abandon All Fear Forums. The code was free from phpBB and automatically installed with the software offered by my hosts. It's a basic forum, I haven't done anything to change the scheme apart from swapping the header image. I'm receiving on average about 30 visitors a day, so I'm not expecting the forums to take-off soon.

From now on at the end of most blog posts there will be a link to discuss the post in the forums. This allows for more reader interaction, contribution and for subject matter to grow beyond the initial post. I don't have false expectations and I'm aware I may be jumping to forums a bit too early, but I reckon AAF forums have the potential to provide a place where:

• Both people with and without faith can engage with like-minds on faith, politics, culture and current events.
• Debate is encouraged between people of faith and those without.
• Blog posts can be discussed and extended upon.
• The community and post and read experiences, examples, information and how-to's on fighting the fear (legally challenging authorities that abuse their power).

There are many forums and websites that already specialise in different areas, such as consumer action and speed cameras, which I link to often. AAF is not seeking to compete with these sites, they have far more experience and have helped Alex Fear greatly. AAF seeks to bring it all under one roof, providing first hand experience from Alex Fear and directing those in need of more information and details to these excellent resources. The forums will hopefully allow anyone else to bring their experience and references to the more specialised source like these.

Hopefully we can all inspire and be inspired to take civil action, putting justice and mercy first before predatory systems and the database and tick-box culture.

Please feel free to register in the forums and create new threads under the appropriate headings. If there is no appropriate heading, or you think something should be added, make a suggestion.

Finally, if this works I will need moderators and I am looking people to write for this blog- details in this post.

Your thoughts? Don't just comment... discuss it in the forums.

Labels: about, Fight The Fear, Justice And Mercy, Predatory Systems, Rated F, Tick-Box Culture