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

[Twilight Hue]

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.

I dunno. It sounds redundant in light that many beliefs and worldviews are already present throughout the forum.

It might be interesting to see what makes people 'tick' as it applies to their beliefs or views, but I'm not sure weither if it is unique or uncommon enough it that would garner a fair read past what people commonly express already.

 

[Heyo]

I dunno. It sounds redundant in light that many beliefs and worldviews are already present throughout the forum.

I don't think it would be redundant. What exists are fragmented, ad hoc, made for the occasion, explanations. The new format would be more like comprehensive, thought out, general, information, much like an encyclopedia article. Something you can link to instead of explaining it over and over again.

 

[sayak83]

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.

Interested

 

[Twilight Hue]

I don't think it would be redundant. What exists are fragmented, ad hoc, made for the occasion, explanations. The new format would be more like comprehensive, thought out, general, information, much like an encyclopedia article. Something you can link to instead of explaining it over and over again.

It's not very difficult to access information in a manner not unlike an encyclopedia. I mean that's what Wiki is for. Albiet for convenience I suppose.

People seem to like the unusual or unique stuff out there mostly. Like George Noory on coast to coast.

I also noticed brief descriptors in individual DIRs on a givin religion are already in place albiet accuracy is a bit hit or miss givin a single religion has variations.

It might work for people who are not involved in the mainstream trademark religions or individual religious beliefs that are not on the radar. That would be interesting I think.

 

[Debater Slayer]

Thanks...I'll have to be patient, as writing such articles takes a bit of time, anyway. So nobody's rushing.

Dear members ... my topic would be monistic Saiva Siddhanta, a common philosophy in South India, especially Tamil Nadu, sometimes called Tamil Saivism, and how it is applied in my life. Articles would include basic information, then my personal take on said information. This philosophy and way of life stands out as rather different than many more common religious ideas, especially in the west, where the common version of Hinduism is Advaita Vedanta, as taught by Vivekananda, many Sivananda swamis, and more. Saiva Siddhanta not that common in the west, but is the religion of many AdiSaiva priests who work here, and of many immigrants, especially those from Sri Lanka. If you would like to hear more about this unique philosophy, as well as the testimony of one adherent who adopted it 50 years ago, please give this post a 'like'. Do not give it a 'like' because you like the post itself.

(I'm trying to gauge interest.)

Unfortunately, the addition of the forum caused lag for a lot of members, so it had to be deleted for now:

Is the Forum Slower than Usual for You Today?

The software issues are out of our hands as volunteer staff, so we have to wait for the tech people to fix them.

 

[Vinayaka]

Unfortunately, the addition of the forum caused lag for a lot of members and had to be deleted for now:

Is the Forum Slower than Usual for You Today?

The software issues are out of our hands as volunteer staff, so we have to wait for the tech people to fix them.

It was highly unlikely I was going to be a contributor to it anyway. Insufficient interest. Glad I found that out though. May the sun shine and the flowers bloom in Egypt.

 

[JustGeorge]

It was highly unlikely I was going to be a contributor to it anyway. Insufficient interest. Glad I found that out though. May the sun shine and the flowers bloom in Egypt.

Well, I'm not sure I'd judge the interest off of a second/third page post in a thread of another topic, but I might be biased here('cause I wanted to read it ).

 

[Vinayaka]

Well, I'm not sure I'd judge the interest off of a second/third page post in a thread of another topic, but I might be biased here('cause I wanted to read it ).

It's a very long and boring story. But thanks for expressing an interest. Monistic theism has both ideas, monism, and theism. I'm 80% theist and 20% monist. The temples we (all Hindus) attend are about 95% theist, and 55 monist. (Just how often do you actually see people meditating at a temple?) The monastery in Hawaii is about 80% monist, and 20% theist. Maybe I'll finally do an AMA instead, but I'll have to think about that more. A lot of stuff is so personal.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Unfortunately, the addition of the forum caused lag for a lot of members, so it had to be deleted for now:

Is the Forum Slower than Usual for You Today?

The software issues are out of our hands as volunteer staff, so we have to wait for the tech people to fix them.

Well, that's a bit sad. But I'm making progress, so maybe I'll just use my musing in the Philosophy forum. It's going in a good, quite positive, direction.