Faith-Based Threads as an effective means of discussion

[_The Nehor]

While I'm pretty sure that this experiment will die horribly and there are already several spoofs up (I plan to add one soon too) I think we should consider if the style of discussion works.

All the time while I was in the hallowed halls of academia we would have discussions. In some of them we would start from the standpoint of "assuming A is true, what follows". I wish they were not called faith-based. I suggest they be called presupposition-threads so that everyone can use them to focus on a specific item of interest with certain conclusions assumed to have been made. If the item is of no interest to anyone else, the thread will die. If you can't agree with the suppositions don't post there and instead post a thread about the suppositions.

Thoughts?

[_Moniker]

I agree! I don't like them being called "Faith based", either.

There are PLENTY of discussions that can be had on this board that don't necessarily deal with faith -- merely some of the beliefs those of faith have. For instance, asbestosman started a thread on Christianity and conservatism -- we could discuss THAT without the need for someone to tell us that God is not real and Christianity is false!!!

[_Scottie]

I think this is exactly what we're trying to get at.

[_asbestosman]

For instance, asbestosman started a thread on Christianity and conservatism -- we could discuss THAT without the need for someone to tell us that God is not real and Christianity is false!!!

True, but for what it's worth the topic of my thread didn't depend on assuming that God is real or the Christianity is true. In my thread, we only needed to assume that Christians exist (they do) and that many are conservative (it also turns out that many are not, but that's a great on-topic discussion too).

That said, I do make threads that build on assumptions such as when I talk about Adam and Eve, or steal Tidejwe's idea about worm spirits. (By the way, Tidejwe has a new youtube video).

[_Dr. Shades]

[MODERATOR NOTE: The new rule on flagging a thread as "faith-based" is hereby overturned.

Now back to your regularly-scheduled programming.]