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Ultimately this and many other questions come down to who you define as "Christians". Yes, there are certainly things that 99% of Christian groups believe. But the 1% exist, so what should be don...
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Nathaniel
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2020-11-16T14:29:34Z (about 4 years ago)
- Ultimately this and many other questions come down to who you define as "Christians". Yes, there are certainly things that 99% of Christian groups believe. But the 1% exist, so what should be done about them?
- This is further complicated because most of the 99% don't have any idea that the 1% even exist. So most users will say "yeah this question is fine; no one disagrees about the answer" until someone more knowledgeable or in the 1% comes along and says "actually there are at least two completely different viewpoints on this."
Thus in my view, the other site has it right when dealing with theology/philosophy/praxis question. You basically have two options:- * Ask for the viewpoint of a particular tradition
- * You can do this conditionally – "I'd don't think there would be disagreement on this, but if there is, I'd like the view of Roman Catholics"
- * Ask for an overview
- The point of an overview is that the answerer must make an effort to address more than one tradition, or attempt to demonstrate that there are no other views. Most of the time overview answers are less contentious and more academic. But they're harder to write, so such questions sometimes languish without answers for longer.
- Ultimately this and many other questions come down to who you define as "Christians". Yes, there are certainly things that 99% of Christian groups believe. But the 1% exist, so what should be done about them?
- This is further complicated because most of the 99% don't have any idea that the 1% even exist. So most users will say "yeah this question is fine; no one disagrees about the answer" until someone more knowledgeable or in the 1% comes along and says "actually there are at least two completely different viewpoints on this."
- Thus in my view, the other site has it right when dealing with theology/philosophy/praxis questions. You basically have two options:
- * Ask for the viewpoint of a particular tradition
- * You can do this conditionally – "I'd don't think there would be disagreement on this, but if there is, I'd like the view of Roman Catholics"
- * Ask for an overview
- The point of an overview is that the answerer must make an effort to address more than one tradition, or attempt to demonstrate that there are no other views. Most of the time overview answers are less contentious and more academic. But they're harder to write, so such questions sometimes languish without answers for longer.
#1: Initial revision
by
Nathaniel
·
2020-11-16T14:10:59Z (about 4 years ago)
Ultimately this and many other questions come down to who you define as "Christians". Yes, there are certainly things that 99% of Christian groups believe. But the 1% exist, so what should be done about them? This is further complicated because most of the 99% don't have any idea that the 1% even exist. So most users will say "yeah this question is fine; no one disagrees about the answer" until someone more knowledgeable or in the 1% comes along and says "actually there are at least two completely different viewpoints on this." Thus in my view, the other site has it right when dealing with theology/philosophy/praxis question. You basically have two options: * Ask for the viewpoint of a particular tradition * You can do this conditionally – "I'd don't think there would be disagreement on this, but if there is, I'd like the view of Roman Catholics" * Ask for an overview The point of an overview is that the answerer must make an effort to address more than one tradition, or attempt to demonstrate that there are no other views. Most of the time overview answers are less contentious and more academic. But they're harder to write, so such questions sometimes languish without answers for longer.