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Nigel J
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I don't see that any of the questions or answers which you link to have been in any way disrespectful. There has been no sarcasm, no ridicule, no rudeness.

Some of the answers, as I see them, are logically conveying what appear to be inconsistencies in what is advertised on official websites regarding doctrine related to the holy bible.

It may be that these websites are inadequately conveying the doctrine that is held in which case you might be able to offer corrective comment (or an alternative supportive answer).

I have to say that I felt very dissatisfied with one of your own answers :

There is no official LDS doctrine on what earth God lived on. The LDS believe in continuing revelation so this may be revealed at a later time.

There are plenty of questions that we currently don't have the answer to, but IMO those questions aren't pertinent to one's salvation and so don't matter currently.

September 10th 2021 10:41

Note : my italics - both times - for emphasis.

That a question asking of fundamental features of Deity (the matter of what Deity is and where Deity is located) should receive such a non-answer is truly astounding to me.

And no less astounding (to me) is the fact that you consider such a fundamental question regarding Deity to be 'not pertinent to one's salvation'.

And I think this underlies at least some of the reason for the disparity between questions and answers in this area.

Also, the idea that only denominationalists of a particular denomination should answer or that such persons should be preferred to answer is, to my mind, discriminatory.

The site is an academic site and answers should not contain bias due to a person's affiliations.

Factual answers should be just as competent from information gathered from online (and other) documentation and, in some cases, will actually be closer to denominational teaching than an affiliate who, perhaps, is not sufficiently schooled in their own denomination's terms of reference.

I don't see that any of the answers which you link to have been in any way disrespectful. There has been no sarcasm, no ridicule, no rudeness.

Some of the answers, as I see them, are logically conveying what appear to be inconsistencies in what is advertised on websites regarding doctrine related to the holy bible.

It may be that these websites are inadequately conveying the doctrine that is held in which case you might be able to offer corrective comment (or an alternative supportive answer).

I have to say that I felt very dissatisfied with one of your own answers :

There is no official LDS doctrine on what earth God lived on. The LDS believe in continuing revelation so this may be revealed at a later time.

There are plenty of questions that we currently don't have the answer to, but IMO those questions aren't pertinent to one's salvation and so don't matter currently.

Note : my italics - both times - for emphasis.

That a question asking of fundamental features of Deity (the matter of what Deity is and where Deity is located) should receive such a non-answer is truly astounding to me.

And no less astounding (to me) is the fact that you consider such a fundamental question regarding Deity to be 'not pertinent to one's salvation'.

And I think this underlies at least some of the reason for the disparity between questions and answers in this area.

Also, the idea that only denominationalists of a particular denomination should answer or that such persons should be preferred to answer is, to my mind, discriminatory.

The site is an academic site and answers should not contain bias due to a person's affiliations.

Factual answers should be just as competent from information gathered from online (and other) documentation and, in some cases, will actually be closer to denominational teaching than an affiliate who, perhaps, is not sufficiently schooled in their own denomination's terms of reference.

I don't see that any of the questions or answers which you link to have been in any way disrespectful. There has been no sarcasm, no ridicule, no rudeness.

Some of the answers, as I see them, are logically conveying what appear to be inconsistencies in what is advertised on official websites regarding doctrine related to the holy bible.

It may be that these websites are inadequately conveying the doctrine that is held in which case you might be able to offer corrective comment (or an alternative supportive answer).

I have to say that I felt very dissatisfied with one of your own answers :

There is no official LDS doctrine on what earth God lived on. The LDS believe in continuing revelation so this may be revealed at a later time.

There are plenty of questions that we currently don't have the answer to, but IMO those questions aren't pertinent to one's salvation and so don't matter currently.

September 10th 2021 10:41

Note : my italics - both times - for emphasis.

That a question asking of fundamental features of Deity (the matter of what Deity is and where Deity is located) should receive such a non-answer is truly astounding to me.

And no less astounding (to me) is the fact that you consider such a fundamental question regarding Deity to be 'not pertinent to one's salvation'.

And I think this underlies at least some of the reason for the disparity between questions and answers in this area.

Also, the idea that only denominationalists of a particular denomination should answer or that such persons should be preferred to answer is, to my mind, discriminatory.

The site is an academic site and answers should not contain bias due to a person's affiliations.

Factual answers should be just as competent from information gathered from online (and other) documentation and, in some cases, will actually be closer to denominational teaching than an affiliate who, perhaps, is not sufficiently schooled in their own denomination's terms of reference.

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Nigel J
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I don't see that any of the answers which you link to have been in any way disrespectful. There has been no sarcasm, no ridicule, no rudeness.

TheSome of the answers, as I see them, are logically conveying what appear to be inconsistencies in what is advertised on websites regarding doctrine related to the holy bible.

It may be that these websites are inadequately conveying the doctrine that is held in which case you might be able to offer corrective comment (or an alternative supportive answer).

I have to say that I felt very dissatisfied with one of your own answers :

There is no official LDS doctrine on what earth God lived on. The LDS believe in continuing revelation so this may be revealed at a later time.

There are plenty of questions that we currently don't have the answer to, but IMO those questions aren't pertinent to one's salvation and so don't matter currently.

Note : my italics - both times - for emphasis.

That a question asking aof fundamental featurefeatures of Deity (the matter of what Deity is and where Deity is located) should receive such a non-answer is truly astounding to me.

And no less astounding (to me) is the fact that you consider such a fundamental question regarding Deity to be 'not pertinent to one's salvation'.

And I think this underlies at least some of the reason for the disparity between questions and answers in this area.

Also, the idea that only denominationalists of a particular denomination should answer or that such persons should be preferred to answer is, to my mind, discriminatory.

The site is an academic site and answers should not contain bias due to a person's affiliations.

Factual answers should be just as competent from information gathered from online (and other) documentation and, in some cases, will actually be closer to denominational teaching than an affiliate who, perhaps, is not sufficiently schooled in their own denomination's terms of reference.

I don't see that any of the answers which you link to have been in any way disrespectful. There has been no sarcasm, no ridicule, no rudeness.

The answers, as I see them, are logically conveying what appear to be inconsistencies in what is advertised on websites regarding doctrine related to the holy bible.

It may be that these websites are inadequately conveying the doctrine that is held in which case you might be able to offer corrective comment (or an alternative supportive answer).

I have to say that I felt very dissatisfied with one of your own answers :

There is no official LDS doctrine on what earth God lived on. The LDS believe in continuing revelation so this may be revealed at a later time.

There are plenty of questions that we currently don't have the answer to, but IMO those questions aren't pertinent to one's salvation and so don't matter currently.

That a question asking a fundamental feature of Deity (the matter of what Deity is and where Deity is located) should receive such a non-answer is truly astounding to me.

And no less astounding (to me) is the fact that you consider such a fundamental question regarding Deity to be 'not pertinent to one's salvation'.

And I think this underlies at least some of the reason for the disparity between questions and answers in this area.

I don't see that any of the answers which you link to have been in any way disrespectful. There has been no sarcasm, no ridicule, no rudeness.

Some of the answers, as I see them, are logically conveying what appear to be inconsistencies in what is advertised on websites regarding doctrine related to the holy bible.

It may be that these websites are inadequately conveying the doctrine that is held in which case you might be able to offer corrective comment (or an alternative supportive answer).

I have to say that I felt very dissatisfied with one of your own answers :

There is no official LDS doctrine on what earth God lived on. The LDS believe in continuing revelation so this may be revealed at a later time.

There are plenty of questions that we currently don't have the answer to, but IMO those questions aren't pertinent to one's salvation and so don't matter currently.

Note : my italics - both times - for emphasis.

That a question asking of fundamental features of Deity (the matter of what Deity is and where Deity is located) should receive such a non-answer is truly astounding to me.

And no less astounding (to me) is the fact that you consider such a fundamental question regarding Deity to be 'not pertinent to one's salvation'.

And I think this underlies at least some of the reason for the disparity between questions and answers in this area.

Also, the idea that only denominationalists of a particular denomination should answer or that such persons should be preferred to answer is, to my mind, discriminatory.

The site is an academic site and answers should not contain bias due to a person's affiliations.

Factual answers should be just as competent from information gathered from online (and other) documentation and, in some cases, will actually be closer to denominational teaching than an affiliate who, perhaps, is not sufficiently schooled in their own denomination's terms of reference.

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Nigel J
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I don't see that any of the answers which you link to have been in any way disrespectful. There has been no sarcasm, no ridicule, no rudeness.

The answers, as I see them, are logically conveying what appear to be inconsistencies in what is advertised on websites regarding doctrine related to the holy bible.

It may be that these websites are inadequately conveying the doctrine that is held in which case you might be able to offer corrective comment (or an alternative supportive answer).

I have to say that I felt very dissatisfied with one of your own answers :

There is no official LDS doctrine on what earth God lived on. The LDS believe in continuing revelation so this may be revealed at a later time.

There are plenty of questions that we currently don't have the answer to, but IMO those questions aren't pertinent to one's salvation and so don't matter currently.

That a question asking a fundamental feature of Deity (the matter of what Deity is and where Deity is located) should receive such a non-answer is truly astounding to me.

And no less astounding (to me) is the fact that you consider such a fundamental question regarding Deity to be 'not pertinent to one's salvation'.

And I think this underlies at least some of the reason for the disparity between questions and answers in this area.