This group is pretty much for anyone who is tired of all the boring stuff the usual LDS Ward list serves provide. WE DON'T HAVE AGE LIMITS, and WE DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE MARRIED OR SINGLE (although the bulk of our members are singles). We welcome everyone even the very well-educated young professional.

Abstract is about you using your free speech to express your ideas and voice your opinions. Talk about you plans to start an independent rock label, crazy people at work, a good hiking trip you once had, your views on the economy and government, or share a funny story. Rampant tangent discussions are encouraged, however anyone exchanging lemon square recipes, promoting slander, putting words in someone elses mouth, or who drops F or S bombs (or any other intentional offensive language) risks being KICKED-OFF!

If you have a personal dislike for someone on the list, Abstract is not the place to act on that dislike. Express your ideas, question others opinions, even be sarcastic towards each other, but don't harass one another, and please don't bicker. Also, please don't air your deep doctrinal concerns on Abstract. Some of us might seemed qualified to answer your questions but we probably aren't! Your Bishop, however, is qualified, and he is the one you should talk to about something of that nature, instead of this list serve.

Please, don't just sit around and read what other people are saying, instead form your own views, and push your own agenda. Say what is on your mind (keeping in mind the policies mention above)! Be warned, we have been known to clean-up our membership by removing people who never write anything at all.

Also please introduce yourself when first joining the list serv. Your introduction could be anything even something as simple as your favorite movie or your current place of inhabitance.