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Member Survey: Would You Be Interested in Writing Posts About Your Religion or Worldview?

Debater Slayer

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
Hi, all,

Currently, we are considering introducing a "Featured Content and Guest Posts" forum under the "Introductions" category. While guest posts would be submitted to the site via emails from guests/non-members, featured content would be written by RFers and posted in highlighted threads in that forum.

So, a central question here is how many members would be interested in writing such posts and having them submitted for review in order to be placed in the new forum. There would be a few guidelines:
  • Posts should not denigrate or talk negatively about another belief system or worldview. They should focus on one's own in an informative, positive manner.
  • Posts should primarily be focused on religion. They might include politics or another subject only in relation to a religious theme but not on its own.
  • Posts should preferably use keywords or tags that give more hits on search engines, such as "religion," "life," "marriage," "people," etc. This is of less importance than the first two guidelines, however.
What are your thoughts? Would you contribute to this project by writing about your religion or worldview?

Thanks in advance for the feedback.
 
exchemist

exchemist

Veteran Member
Debater Slayer said:
Hi, all,

Currently, we are considering introducing a "Featured Content and Guest Posts" forum under the "Introductions" category. While guest posts would be submitted to the site via emails from guests/non-members, featured content would be written by RFers and posted in highlighted threads in that forum.

So, a central question here is how many members would be interested in writing such posts and having them submitted for review in order to be placed in the new forum. There would be a few guidelines:
  • Posts should not denigrate or talk negatively about another belief system or worldview. They should focus on one's own in an informative, positive manner.
  • Posts should primarily be focused on religion. They might include politics or another subject only in relation to a religious theme but not on its own.
  • Posts should preferably use keywords or tags that give more hits on search engines, such as "religion," "life," "marriage," "people," etc. This is of less importance than the first two guidelines, however.
What are your thoughts? Would you contribute to this project by writing about your religion or worldview?

Thanks in advance for the feedback.
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It's a nice idea and I'd be interested in reading some of the entries. However, personally, I find that the longer I live the less easy it is come to a definite worldview at all. Perhaps I might contribute one titled: "Worldviews: the Shallow Certainties of Youth" or something - that should set the cat among the pigeons :D.

One thought that occurs to me is whether the threads would involve the author being expected to respond to questions from readers about what they have submitted. Or would they just be a collections of essays, to be read and maybe discussed via threads started separately by interested parties?
 
Debater Slayer

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
exchemist said:
One thought that occurs to me is whether the threads would involve the author being expected to respond to questions from readers about what they have submitted. Or would they just be a collections of essays, to be read and maybe discussed via threads started separately by interested parties?
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We haven't worked out that detail yet, so it could go either way. One consideration is that not everyone will have enough time to address all questions, so the latter option you outlined would be more convenient. On the other hand, it would be quite interesting to allow a Q&A as well.
 
sun rise

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
I would but only if I could be honest about how I found my path and the role drugs played. That of course violates the "illegal activities" rule even though that activity was many decades ago. So based on that rule being absolute, my answer changes from yes to no.
 
ChristineM

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
If anyone is interested in atheism i could do a post. How boring do you want it?
 
VoidCat

VoidCat

Use any and all pronouns including neo and it/it's
Ok I'll think on it. Big problem is I'm very busy. College classes, working all day, volunteer work...im also worried about how complex my views are it'd be hard to put a lot of it into words...
 
Debater Slayer

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
VoidCat said:
Ok I'll think on it. Big problem is I'm very busy. College classes, working all day, volunteer work...im also worried about how complex my views are it'd be hard to put a lot of it into words...
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No pressure. You don't have to if you can't or don't want to; the door is just open if you want to submit something.
 
Vinayaka

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
Debater Slayer said:
Hi, all,

Currently, we are considering introducing a "Featured Content and Guest Posts" forum under the "Introductions" category. While guest posts would be submitted to the site via emails from guests/non-members, featured content would be written by RFers and posted in highlighted threads in that forum.

So, a central question here is how many members would be interested in writing such posts and having them submitted for review in order to be placed in the new forum. There would be a few guidelines:
  • Posts should not denigrate or talk negatively about another belief system or worldview. They should focus on one's own in an informative, positive manner.
  • Posts should primarily be focused on religion. They might include politics or another subject only in relation to a religious theme but not on its own.
  • Posts should preferably use keywords or tags that give more hits on search engines, such as "religion," "life," "marriage," "people," etc. This is of less importance than the first two guidelines, however.
What are your thoughts? Would you contribute to this project by writing about your religion or worldview?

Thanks in advance for the feedback.
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I think it's a decent idea, but personally, I'd like to know if there was any interest before putting in the effort. I wouldn't want to write non-fiction for no audience. I did write a long article once upon a time for India Abroad, a journal in America for NRI (Non Resident Indian) some time back. If I did it, it would be a personal commentary on existing stuff about my religion.
 
Debater Slayer

Debater Slayer

Vipassana
Staff member
Premium Member
Vinayaka said:
I think it's a decent idea, but personally, I'd like to know if there was any interest before putting in the effort. I wouldn't want to write non-fiction for no audience. I did write a long article once upon a time for India Abroad, a journal in America for NRI (Non Resident Indian) some time back. If I did it, it would be a personal commentary on existing stuff about my religion.
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I'm starting another survey to gauge interest, yes. We won't start accepting submissions unless we know there's interest.
 
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