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Frank Luke

2:46 PM

@Dan Dr. Nunnally's phrasing of that, "Even a blind squirrel sometimes finds a nut."

Dan

@FrankLuke excellent way of putting it!

Stack Exchange

2:56 PM

Q: What kind of site do we ultimately want to have?

There have been a lot of discussions on meta about different aspects of site direction, but none directly focused on the fundamental question: What kind of site do we want to have? What should our culture be? In particular, what style of answers are we looking for? This question is fundamentally...

Jack Douglas

@Frank, @Dan I'm hoping you'll both be interested in taking a look at this meta post ^^^^

Dan

3:53 PM

@JackDouglas reading it now

Dan

4:17 PM

@swasheck ^^^ see meta post ^^^

@JackDouglas voted, although I'm still not sure about the dichotomy. Do you agree that these are really the two poles/perspectives here?

Jack Douglas

4:59 PM

@Dan no, they aren't exactly opposed in a logical sense

I think we are open to further options

I hope they do capture the philosophical difference between Monica and myself, and it's been an interesting and eye-opening route to putting the posts together

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Dan

6:01 PM

@JackDouglas ok cool

Dan

6:12 PM

@JackDouglas I fear that adding options with some overlap with the existing ones will work against the goal of votes in either direction

I think I'll just leave this one be and see where the votes go

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Jon Ericson

9:53 PM

Happy birthday to us!

The Librarian

10:04 PM

Q: Studying the Bible vs. Bible Study

I've previously highlighted the distinction between Biblical Studies and Scriptural Studies, of which this rant is more or less a postscript. Stating the dichotomy as "Bible study" vs. "studying the Bible" is somewhat confusing, however, and the distinctions can often be subtle. This is why I pre...