@jack hey this is a first.

@BobJones Hi Bob. I'm fairly new here myself :)

It amazes me how much people choose to engage in meta discussions rather than just editing the question or answer.

I am just experimenting with different approaches to see what flies.

I think we are all doing that at this stage - this is still a baby site!

And each site works slightly differently...

... we have to find our own way

The real issue is if it is a NPOV or an ALL POV site

you'll have to spell that out for me :)

I think most are not able to discern the methods they use to arrive at an interpretation, nor the consequences of their presuppositions

Neutral-Point of view like wiki or All inclusive POV

ahh

multi POV

each contributor has their own POV

most are welcome

as long as the focus is the text

Yeah, as such a single answer should address them all rather than have competing answers

No, I don't think so. We want expert answers - most people are only an expert on their own POV

at most :)

the voting gives the impression of competing answers.

yes it does :)

it impies correctness

but people upvote for different reasons

eg: well researched

well argued

well communicated

well presented

I agree

etc

when it goes public it will just be agree withh

not on other sites it isnt

religion ain't linux programming ;-)

true, but the people are the same

if you give someone something they can understand and that interests them, they will appreciate

many of your contributions have made my think. for that I am grateful and upvote

also, our audience isn't the billions interested in religion, it is the few interested in deep study of the text of the Bible

It is kindof presented as an alternative to ask.com

to be honest I've never participated in any other internet forum - this is the first format that has got me interested. My profession is databases and dba.se is home from home for me. The jury is still out on whether this site can become a valuable resource and a fruitful community, but I think it has that potential - with much patience and work!

I do hope we will both stay the distance :)

The real limitation is that sensus plenior requires tight linking or extremely verbose justifications in every answer

neither are acceptable here

what is 'tight linking'?

consider posting a summary of the techniques on you site and linking to them from your answers?

In order to understand Jesus donkey ride into Jerusalem, you must understand the metaphoric meaning of garments, donkeys, sitting, earth, air, branch, tree, etc.

garments must also be understood when looking at John the Baptist, Adam and Eve, Elijah and Elisha, etc

another totally acceptable approach is post a question and answer it yourself, then link to it in your other answer.

They already negated that

who is 'they'?

JOn already said that they don't want thousands of those kinds of questions

answers shouldn't 'depend' on another answer, but they can and should refer to other answers if necessary

try a couple and then hit meta to sound out the community

sensus plenior depends on every metaphor being valid

meta is king

I need to go, but I'd very like to hear more...

valid means it is the same everywhere it occurs, and so it is an exponential referencing

see ya

I'll try pinging you from here during the week if that is ok with you?

sure after 4pm Mountain

Mountain?

UTC+?

Mountain time

I'll google it

Utah

8:30 right now?

yep

I'm 15:30 - we'll work something out :)

see ya

bye

and thanks for chatting

sure