On another topic: I finished a draft on my contraception article. Should I submit it for review? I'd like someone to look at it and point out any problems.
@JonEricson :). I'll take a look. @ElendiaStarman volunteered to actually edit. Also content is up to you guys as long as its topical I'm refraining from exercising editorial control...
I consider myself fairly well read on the philosophical issues of faith and religious commitment. I would love to write a series of blog posts on this topic where I survey Christian thinkers, Jewish thinkers and others (eg: Kierkegaard, Newman, Pascal, James, Descartes, Hume, etc.).
@ami nice to meet you, yeah, I think in an abstract way, a scholarly look at things would sort of represent a legit viewpoint which would fit in pretty well with what we're trying to accomplish.
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This is a topic I'm very interested in. The format of my post would be a survey/organization of the various philosophical positions that find voice within Christian and Jewish literature and how these various perspectives read pertinent biblical texts.
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Are there well defined doctrinal positions on broad philosophical issues? eg: do Catholics have a well defined position on the role of intuitive morality in the Bible?
or are broad philosophical issues totally off topic?
Interesting...I can't contribute a specific Christian perspective on any issue. In theory I could offer a Jewish perspective, but Judaism in so full of contradiction and debate that I don't know of any uniquely Jewish perspectives on anything.
@waxeagle Just so everyone is clear, I'll do syntax and grammar editing for the most part. I'll do my best to not change any meaning without telling the original author.
My interests lie in broad philosophical issues that are pertinent to religion in general...I'm not sure if that's a genre you want to have on the blog.
I'm changed a few things near the end and added some more on WP, but I don't think I can point you there yet.
@Ami It might be good to have a Jewish perspective on contraception if it's different enough from the other posts. Some of the other topics (if we run them) might benefit from a non-Christian perspective too. I'm not sure what others think, however.
@ElendiaStarman That sounds good. I'd also like to know if anything strikes you as unclear, but I appreciate any suggestions at all.
@Ami Oh. I've been meaning to ask about it on BH. But I haven't been able to think about a question that doesn't funnel into the answer I already have. ;-)
We only have one S.O.S. questions on BH, which is a shame since it's one of my favorite books.
I'll probably have to wait some time and see the direction this blog takes before being able to judge if I can make valuable contributions. @JonEricson, thanks for sending your piece - I love it. ttyl.
> There aren’t a lot of texts that address the issue since, until recently, contraception was unreliable, unscientific, and (among Hebrews at least) rare.
I personally would rewrite that as "Until recently, contraception was unreliable, unscientific, and (among Hebrews at least) rare. Hence, there aren't a lot of texts that address the issue."
That's really up to your style though.
Also, right before your Song of Songs reference, you capitalized both words in "High School". As you're not using it as a title or a name, those words should be lower-cased.
I consider myself fairly well read on the philosophical issues of faith and religious commitment. I would love to write a series of blog posts on this topic where I survey Christian thinkers, Jewish thinkers and others (eg: Kierkegaard, Newman, Pascal, James, Descartes, Hume, etc.).
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