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Meta Are comments a platform for debate?

I think that theological discussion is nuanced and needs to be extrapolated, extended and debated. Otherwise I see this as less of a discussion and more of a "here's my point, let's see how many pe...

posted 3y ago by mattbrent‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar mattbrent‭ · 2020-11-22T12:12:53Z (over 3 years ago)
I think that theological discussion is nuanced and needs to be extrapolated, extended and debated. Otherwise I see this as less of a discussion and more of a "here's my point, let's see how many people agree or disagree" which there's nothing wrong with...but I believe there's something that grows out minds and faith when healthy respectful discussion takes place.

I don't think the platform enables that currently. I'm probably one of the people to start that off but there's also a lot of nuance around how other topics and sites would want it to function. It almost certainly needs to be toggleable.

I don't think this is something that will take a week so we need to find a suitable and maintainable discourse path in the meantime if we even do want discussion/debate