Thread:SouthWriter/@comment-5175866-20150724024441/@comment-5175866-20150724144052

I thought I would leave a message here concerning the main thing you seem to have constructive critism, and that is the writing style.

Firstly I would like to your address your remark "If I attempt doctrinal articles, I will be offering different points of view as held by true Christians of different denominational persuasions." As a ministry trying to proclaim the Gospel there is some core theology that is very plainly proclaimed in Scripture that has to be documented. These are the doctrines of things like the Trinity, the Salvation of Jesus Christ, the Creation of the world by God. To a certain extent this is unavoidable for people as humans, as this being a ministry where anyone of any denomination can contribute. The main thing is we have to focus on the Gospel message rather than getting into arguments about secondary beliefs. This is one of those non-denominational ministries that doesn't affiliate with a particular denomination, but (for example) doesn't agree with the Apocrypha or many non-biblically based doctrines.To a certain extent it can be avoided in the content, but discussions is where this will be most prevalent. In this case we have to make sure not to loose focus and not to engage in "foolish arguments"

"I noticed that you do not hesitate to offer interpretation of text and doctrine from your point of view (Baptist and 'free will').  I decided not to do so at my wiki, 'letting the text speak for itself.'  In doing so, my wiki is more like a standard Bible dictionary or even     ' "encyclopedia." '

I think you have misinterpreted the goal here by saying that. A big goal of this wiki is to become a mass-information source of biblical information falling into the historical, literary and theological aspects. As for me being a prime writer it can appear that way, but that is not my intention. I am sure you have noticed how many of the articles contain verse citations (for example John the Baptist is one of the most cite-heavy article). We do this to point back to the Bible in where we got this information. As an encyclopedia we would like to contain very factual articles with many declarations (John did this, Jesus did this, Mary did this) but also would like to use it as witnessing.

On our articles for people we contain a biography this is very factual and very historical. For nations we have a history and a government section. For books we have headings on the authorship and for many literary elements. For all types of articles we also want to be able to provide a theological standpoint. Right now in the amount of content we have people is the best example. We contain a "Characteristics" section. Many wikis contain these for people they discuss. In this section we want to talk about examples how their faith has been demonstrated, or how they have played an important role in the enactment of God's plan.

I can understand how you would like the style of a bible wiki to be, and we would like to be there someday. The expectations you have, my friend, I think are a bit out there in the future as in terms of quality of content. I have seen the Jesus Christ synopsis bio you have provided. That is something that would be great for a summary of the whole article and then we get into that in even more depth under the biography and characteristics. You seem to be aiming at much more summarizing rather than in-depth. I am better at all the details than summarizing. Our articles need both (summaries at the beginning and then details extended throughout) but I think at the state the wiki is currently at that expectation is hard to meet.

I aim and hope for this wiki to be very much about the historical mindset of things that is used as a study tool. I would very much like it to be the encyclopedia you have described and be a mass-info site. We are from that "mass info" but we have many highly-detailed articles. We have, have to, have to, include the message of these accounts and how God acted through people in order to carry out our message. I have high-expectations for the content myself and I feel God is leading this to more than just an encyclopedia, but a ministry. I love mass-info that is highly-detailed and factual but we need to include the theology and doctrine throughout it all.

Way back when this wiki was a "NPOV" or from a mythological standpoint. After that I began to feel the Holy Spirit and something didn't feel quite right about that. I discussed with a pastor (not the pastor I am working with now) who actually went to college with a degree in computer engineering. He helped confirm my convictions in that we cannot be neutral if we are proclaiming the Gospel. From that point forward the website has been trying to become an "alternative to Wikipedia" who claims they have neutrality. In the past few months, specifically I feel God has been calling this site more and more to not just be a factual encyclopedia but be a theological one. To be a ministry that proclaims Christ and shows how through the mass of facts, the Bible's historicity and how God uses people and events for His will.

I hope you understand the website's goal now. Very soon I shall be publishing some of the foundational documents for the site (our beliefs, our mission etc) that will explain what the site is.

In Christ, Superdadsuper, Biblicalapedia Administrator and Bureaucrat