ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Freedom Information Network (FINET). (609) 588-5183 voice º º ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ º º Why FINET? º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ We exist to serve God, glorify Him and delight in Him. We exist to provide fellowship among believers and witness to non-believers. We exist to discuss Christian and Jewish theology and world views on a mature level. Our historical scope is that of classical and philosophical apologetics, theology, counselling, teaching, ministry to the cults and occult, assisting researchers, pastors, educators and others with these matters, and exchange information on these issues. We are also interested in current events, international affairs and world cultures, the United States of America, Israel, captive nations, and human rights in a serious way. This is a family network. We wish to link Christians together, as well as provide reliable information of concern to believers, researchers and others. Those interested in current events and international affairs, particularly CIS/Europe, the Middle East and Israel will find FINET of special interest. We gladly will cross-link Christian networks or feed them ONLY IF they permit it. One goal is to encourage and make it easier for believers to talk and work with each other; we need not only chit-chat, we can work with one another. Another goal is to provide a forum for responsible exchange of ideas and world views. Other goals include making it easier for SysOps to participate with such fine networks as MJCN, which are difficult for many to implement technically, and generally assist and encourage new Christian and Messianic sysops and bulletin boards. We offer to provide communications for the administrative email and efile needs of apologetics ministries and linking others to share information jointly in their work. There are some small networks, some with only a few conferences, which are difficult for many to locate or implement. In time, we hope to help bring these together so that callers can readily participate and SysOps interface with these. The nature of some local boards as Freedom Infonet is such that very thoughtful messages are often posted but do not get shared with "networks"; this is an opportunity to share these messages. Freedom Infonet has many long distance callers. Having local access nodes has been requested for some time to make it easier for callers to stay in touch. We now have the technical means in place to offer this capability. FINET is a source of encouragement to help small boards grow or start. We started, in fact, largely helping other sysops start up, set up and maintain their boards, and offering resources not easily found elsewhere. We also offer apologetics and resource information, as well as discuss Israel in a responsible, informed manner without flames breaking out. This is an opportunity for boards electronically local to Freedom Infonet to share resources--not only messages, but expertise as well. We are not another "me too" network and do not compete with other Christian networks. We are here to complement them. We try to assist new sysops where possible, as well as provide RBBS support. Some networks are not apologetics oriented, or cannot discuss cults or the occult in detail, except in the macrocosm. Since I have a ministry in this area, I welcome such exchange of information here. Several boards have asked Freedom Infonet RBBS to share its interesting and unique conference(s), we offer these as FINET. We offer RBBS support for sysops as well. We offer MJCN, the Messianic Jewish Computer Network, for which a special burden exists in my heart to assist them, and other resources as they become available. Perhaps the most valuable resource we can share is each other and the gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ. ---------------- My main bbs number is (609) 586-4847, using US Robotics HST Dual Standard at 16.8Kbps. We have a second HST 14.4 only line. My fax number is (609) 587-1257 and voice number (24 hours) is (609) 588-5183. Note that we hub for several networks, inquire within! We offer some 160 conferences, 5 networks, 1600 MB of resources, and 2 lines. Freedom Infonet is New Jersey's premier forum for issues which matter--both temporal and eternal! Located in Mercerville, NJ (609) 586-4847 HST DS 16.8K and V.32bis with V.42, V.42bis and MNP available.