No more anonymous comments

I received a few emails recently from people saying they were unable to leave comments on my blog.  I'm sorry about this but there is no other way.  A few weeks ago I changed a few settings on my blog and removed the ability to leave anonymous comments.  If you can't leave a comment but have something you would like to say, my email address can be found on my for sale page.  

Sadly, I have to prevent anonymous comments because I am no longer willing to put up with the threatening and hateful comments that are being written by the leadership team of a church we left several years ago.  

After leaving that church, from time to time I would get a bunch of threatening comments left on this blog.  Some tell me to die, others tell me to kill myself, some call me an idiot, others ask me what authority I have to write anything.  They are unpleasant, but no one but me sees them, and I delete them.  I never thought too much about who may be writing these comments.  An example of the messages can be seen below. 

One of the many nasty comments left by church leadership

Lately, when these comments are left someone also unsuccessfully tries to hack into my email, paypal, and other accounts.  The comments were all 'anonymous', but nothing is truly anonymous nowadays.  

The timing of the last set of comments and log in attempts made me curious.  I don't know why I wasn't curious earlier, and I feel like a fool for being so trusting. 

I work with investigators and cyber security experts, so I asked if they could tell me more about these comments and unsuccessful log in attempts.  They did whatever it is that cyber security people do, then they told me that the attempted log ins had originated from the town our previous church is in, and they gave me a few other details that link this to the leadership team of our previous church.  I feel naive for not realising earlier that these comments were made by the leadership team of our previous church.  

A few things happened over the past few years that really should have tipped me off as to who was writing these hateful comments, but I never joined the dots.  It is frustrating that five years after leaving I am still being harassed by the leaders of our previous church.  Their ongoing actions say a lot about them.  Perhaps the lesson here is you should never give church leadership the benefit of the doubt.  Or perhaps the lesson is not everything that calls itself a Bible believing church is really a church at all.

If you are considering going to a church, be careful.  Make sure that you can leave if you choose to do so.  Some churches really are great, others less so, and some like my previous church cross the line from being controlling and toxic into being manipulative cults that will harass and threaten you for years if you ever leave.  

If you have a google account, you will still be able to leave a comment on this blog.  If you can't leave a comment on my blog, feel free to reach out via email.  My email address can be found on my for sale page. 

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Update February 2026: 

Removing the ability to leave 'anonymous' comments has entirely stopped the Baptist church leadership team from leaving hateful comments on this blog.  Perhaps they are only willing to make hateful comments anonymously because they realise how illegal and immoral their behaviour is.  

Anyone leaving that type of comment is bad, the fact that church leadership left them is disgusting.  

In case you are wondering, my great crime was quietly leaving their 'church' without permission.  I have not told people what they did, when speaking about the harassment since leaving I have never mentioned them in any ways that can be attributed to any individual.  This post is the first time I have even mentioned the denomination.  

Their unwillingness to be held accountable for their actions says a lot about them and speaks volumes about the Baptist church as a whole.  The Baptist Standards Unit was unwilling to investigate any allegations made, and apparently condone the ongoing harassment I endured.  It seems the Baptist church of ACT/NSW is not a Biblical church, at best it appears to be a worldly organisation that may better be described as 'the world in church clothing'.