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9:09 PM

@JonEricson, I just edited this to remove some of the worst doctrine (with IMO no loss in answer quality): hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/2813/208 . It could probably use a more thorough review from someone else.

Jon Ericson

9:35 PM

@MonicaCellio Good call. (I have to admit, I struggled to even read the answer. I'm not sure I was doing more than scanning for potential links by the time I got that far.)

Personally, I think the sort of consistency the poster is looking for is over-rated. But it's only fair to point out the ways it could be reconciled if you are into that sort of thing. It was nice to have some sources too, even if they aren't very convenient.

Monica Cellio

@JonEricson I agree. I don't think it's a particularly fruitful path, but I'm glad he made the effort to answer.

@JonEricson I had trouble reading it too (and I didn't read the linked doc). I started to read but ended up skimming. The stuff I removed jumped out at me.

Jon Ericson

@MonicaCellio Heh. I probably read way more Christianese than you do. It just rolls over me after a while. ;-)

Monica Cellio

@JonEricson I hope you read more of it than I do. :-)

Dan O'Day

10:15 PM

@MonicaCellio and @JonEricson I don't get response either

In some ways it was more of an infomercial

Jon Ericson

@DanO'Day Well, that is another concern. I honestly can't read the document he is pointed to without installing Adobe Reader, so I can't tell if the product he's "advertising" is helpful or not. Feel free to weigh in on it in the comments and downvote.

Monica Cellio

@DanO'Day funny you should mention that. I kept typing and deleting a comment (here) about self-promotion; on the one hand we want people to bring in their outside work, but on the other this read like "read my book", but on the third maybe it's valuable (I wouldn't know). So I didn't say anything before because I thought it might just be me. I don't know where the line should be.

Jon Ericson

@MonicaCellio I consider it a victory when new users include any sources. It would help if we could evaluate them, however. This is very close to the line.

This post is influencing my thinking, by the way:

A: How do I write a good answer to a question?

The core criteria for writing answers on the Stack Exchange model, not only on this site but across the entire network, is one of usefulness; this can be reflected simply by hovering over the vote buttons on the side of every post: Usefulness, unfortunately, is highly subjective. Unlike our p...