Suggest an answers forum

(Post copied here from Post 96 of the "Considerations...." topic by AdminBen)I agree with GAW-Snow, except that I wonder if it should be a special forum. Or perhaps two forums, one for questions on science issues and the other for questions on faith/religion issues.I'll describe how it would work for the answers on science:Anybody could propose a question, or a small series of questions.
The discussion in the thread would be limited to the question(s) in the OP.
The originator of the thread, and others from the faith side, could post asking clarification. But they may not make any faith-based challenges of the answers given by those on the science side.Those on the science side may answer the question(s). They may also ask (politely) for clarification of the questions. They may disagree with one another (part of the self-correction of science) provided that this disagreement is in the direction of answering the questions in the OP.The originator of the thread will always be treated as if on the faith side (while within this thread). Even if a scientist proposes questions, he/she may only ask for clarification and may not challenge the answer given.Topics should go through PNT, mainly to ensure the clarity of the questions raised.Comments: So far Faith's Some mutations sound too good to be true has worked out well. Similarly Purgatory is an example of a question on faith issues that might have been handled this way.The moderators gave Faith a hard time proposing her thread (for admittedly good reasons). I think it should not be that hard.This message has been edited by AdminBen, Monday, 2005/09/19 02:17 PM

Why do you think putting questions into a special forum will solve the problems that we've had in the past?

Using separate forum should make it a little easier to have (and announce) different acceptence criteria for PNTs, different moderation standards, and perhaps closer scrutiny.I would expect that relatively few topics would be appropriate for the new forum.

If somebody wanted a scientific question answered, rather than to present an argument, it might be handy. The only time I ever contribute to a sceintific topic is to ask questions, try to understand something, since my background is not scientific.