Message 11 of 13 (453196) 10-07-2006 9:57 AM

Reply to: Message 1 by iano 10-06-2006 9:26 PM

RE: 1
IMO, you should not limit the forum to just science approach, since that will limit what creationists can post as explanations. Quite frankly, I like to see how creationists think when explaining what to some of us seems obvious cause-and-effect outcomes.

RE: 2
Go eat a roach !

RE: 3
Some posts are so full of information you want to "frame them" and be able to access them in a more structured way, such a navigating a tree of knowledge through basic questions to more detailed ones. Frequently, some veteran posters refer to those buried archive posts, and that should not be the burden of the poster. I think it's RAZD that has a geological mega-post that I like and I wish I could reference and even build upon.

The admins could be granted branches of the tree with the edit capability to save posts that build the tree.

Each branch could allow different viewpoints to explain the debate point (obvious example: E vs C views). But you can't limit the debate to just two viewpoints, since a Bible-inerrant Christian might have a different view than a Bible-is-just-a-story believer.

To summarize, the forum can be open discussion as-is, but the admins could create branches of the tree (perhaps using a wiki?) and cut and paste knowledge(perhaps starting at the root with "Is there a God (or two)"). Each branch can split into multiple alternative explanations and so on.