Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Are anti-semetic theories allowed in answers?
This answer https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/97617/62932 contains the following rant:
All of the genealogical records that proved each tribes ancestry were stored in that temple, and were ...
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Unitarian sock puppets?
I've been seeing a lot of "questions" that seem to be actually intended to oppose the divinity of Jesus, rather than seriously asking. Different names, and always answered and/or commented ...
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Gray Area: semi-link-only answers
While parsing through the review queues, I’ve encountered a few answers that primarily consist of links, but not entirely. I’m seeking advice on the best approach to address these. Some options I've ...
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Is Stack Exchange experiencing something like another Eternal September?
In a recent post,
Steve can help ♦ commented:
We've had a number of low quality questions remaining open for weeks without VTC, so it'll take a bit of work for all of us to find the right balance.
I'...
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Avoiding the 'Great Wall of Textus'
Atop a great question about style and formatting from some of the original users on the site and another about Bible citation here, we have the issue about writing questions or answers that are:
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Why was one question about Trinitarian hermeneutical approaches to the Hebrew bible closed but another left open?
Recently https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/posts/96567/revisions - "How do Trinitarians distinguish whether the Hebrew bible is referring to the "being" or "person[s]" of ...
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Gospel tag question
So I tried to add a gospel tag, but it was said to be too similar to the 'gospels' tag which seems to be specifically in reference to the first 4 books of the New Testament. Is there a more ...
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Are there required conventions for quoting Bible texts? [duplicate]
I recently answered a question on this site. A few hours later it was edited in various ways, all of them at the level of minor proof-text amendments. I was relaxed about the result of the edits, but ...
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What happens when a user dies?
I'm not expecting the moderators to tell me about the afterlife. ;-) I do want to know if there is a policy about what happens to a user's posts if the moderators learn of the person's death.
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What is a good picture for the "Page not found" webpage of Biblical Hermeneutics?
The Biblical Hermeneutics site has a nondescript default "404" image for its "Page not found":
But the Christianity site has a very suitable picture below for its "Page not ...
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Time for site logo?
This was the main proposal, refined and agreed on by all voices here from our site's community.
An alternative is listed as an answer from the OP, but that alternative may not be preferable.
It has ...
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Does a LLM need to "understand" in order to be a useful tool in Hermeneutics?
There are 2 questions here:
What criteria are there so that something/someone can be considered of having understanding of something?
Does an LLM even need to fulfil these criteria in order to be a ...
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Is the Holy Spirit necessary for hermeneutics?
Basis for this question is this answer:
https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/95280/32251
In particular:
This answer is likely to be closed as off-topic. The reason is multi-faceted but the main ...
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Is there an example that shows that a LLM is completely wrong on a biblical interpretation?
The usage of LLMs for biblical interpretations/hermeneutics will probably spread and increase.
So I was wondering if there are examples where an LLM is completely wrong and not just inaccurate.
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What do answers that feature a LLM based text have to include as well to not be deleted? [duplicate]
LLM-based answers are in general not trustworthy for a multitude of reasons.
However, I still think that in some cases an answer could feature a LLM-based answer when OP asks for one.
Example.: Are ...
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How trustworthy is ChatGPT 3.5, GPT‑4o and GPT‑4 with bible quotes?
When working with ChatGPT, I generally don't trust that the quotes that ChatGPT produces are accurate. However, I do note that they often are correct.
Here I would like to know how accurate ChatGPT 3....
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Can a question about Genesis 2 be a duplicate of a question about Genesis 1?
Question about Genesis 2: Given its context, is Genesis 2:7 sufficiently ambiguous to support the interpretation that God spent millions of years forming Adam's body from dust?
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Why is asking about how Christians should feel about something suitable for this site?
The question Since it's no longer Paul who sins, but rather sin living in him that does the sinning, should he feel any guilt or shame, any need to confess? doesn't ask about the meaning of the cited ...
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Can a moderator close an answer by alleging it's a rant, but doesn't provide evidence to support his allegations?
Here's moderator Jesse's comment on my answer to the question " Does Lord in the NT after the Gospels predominantly refer to Jesus, except for when the OT is in view? (Limiting to Acts 1:5 for ...
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Why is a comment that alleges without substantiating shown but the responses to it are deleted?
User Dottard commented on my answer to the question "Does the"Lord" in the Gospels predominantly refer to Jesus, except for when the O.T. is in view"?
Here's Dottard's comment.
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Prevention of substantial edit by new user?
I reviewed an attempted edit by a new user who had not posted any question or answer and who had begun their activity with the site in attempting a substantial and wholly unwarranted edit of an answer....
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Topic scope of Jewish synagogue
This meta question seeks to provide community-driven guidance for the site #synagogue tag.
Jewish synagogues affect many SE sites, including History and Judaism. But, there are indeed some Bible-...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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What defines a proper question?
I was looking through the questions and found this one. I found the comments to be somewhat odd. So I thought here would be the place to ask a clarifying question.
On the one hand, I probably wouldn'...
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What is the proper way to respond to comment?
I answered a question. And, as often happens when we answer questions, there are comments.. It is impractical, if not impossible to answer the comments with other comments. In the past, I responded ...
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How do I create a new tag - "messiah"
There may be an inactive tag for this already. It showed up as having no questions, and when I tried to enter it, nothing happened. The explanation for creating new tags on the help page says one just ...
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Our attitude toward ignorant questions
Today a new user asked a question that is objectively based on a misunderstanding of the biblical text. He thought Paul was addressing the father of a virgin when in fact it was the virgin's husband. ...
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Where does Stack Exchange-Biblical Hermeneutics draw the line?
Many of us may have been KJVO and young earth fanatics while starting here, but slowly we developed ourselves closer towards reason to abandon childish shit. Any bizarre area of question should be ...
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Shouldn't KJVO be rejected as a premise of Biblical Hermeneutics?
Biblical scholars of every stripe have rejected KJVO as being bigotry, not scholarship. Shouldn't they be denied their Alex Jones/QAnon platform on a site ostensibly about scholarly analysis of these ...
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What precisely is "Biblical Hermeneutics?"
Having answered a number of questions and engaged in comments, my conclusion is that BHSE is hamstrung by two factors:
A lack of clarity in defining what Hermeneutics actually is. I've taken many ...
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Is BH missing the point by elevating theology over careful Biblical exegesis and Hermeneutic process?
Most answers posted by trinitarian/binitarian believers frame their answer around common tenets of traditional doctrines. Some examples are:
Jesus became human
Jesus had always existed with God
the ...
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What is the proper way to thank someone?
I was about to thank a person for a good comment. And then, in greyed-out text, it seemed to say that I shouldn't write, "Thanks bro" (or some other similar action).
What then is the proper ...
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Is it against the rules for the OP to ask for clarification of an answer to their question in the comments?
I am fresh off a seven day suspension without warning or clarification as to why.
I walk in the light. I do not work in darkness. Therefore I will openly share the correspondence from the mods ...
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Is assuming that the Bible doesn't have to be self-consistent an appropriate position for answers on this site?
Note that this is not a complaint, and definitely not about any particular person or posting.
An answer to Did the disciples go out preaching to "Jews only"?
is based on:
The problem with ...
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Is this criterion for closing a question invalid?
One of the options available for closing a question reads, "Questions about biblical topics but without a specific Bible passage are off-topic as hermeneutical methods cannot be applied when no ...
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Why was Vincent Wong's Account Suspended
I notice that @Vincent Wong's account has been suspended, and his recent answer deleted. This is disturbing since I found the answer useful and referenced it in my own answer in that thread. I see he ...
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Should Largely AI sourced content be allowed on this site?
Serious question. I for one am disinclined to use AI for answers here, but they could generate valid responses useful to inquiring minds. Is the concern the truth or how that truth is arrived at?
I've ...
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Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible
I am looking for a Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible in PDF (but not scans) or Word (or maybe Adobe InDesign) format. Is it available (do download) somewhere on the web? (Or maybe some of you have one ...
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Search English word (ex: "carve" in Hebrew) and return each occurrence in The Bible
I want to type in "carve" and show everywhere that Hebrew term appears in The Bible. Any websites do this? 2) Also, where can I open the concordance and simply scroll down the words ...
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Proverbs Question Downvoting - "This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful"
That's the message one gets when hovering over the downvote arrow.
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Good question - Does training up a child really work out?
Sure it's a bit complicated and bewildering as initially presented
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Viewpoint swarming in comments
Recently, this came up in a discussion:
I think we need to try and break this norm of answers from X viewpoint always being besieged with comments. It must be exasperating.
All depending on the ...
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Kindness, Collaboration and Mutual Respect
As Site Moderators, we typically spend most of our time doing three things:
Cleaning up excessive/non-constructive Comments (we don't enjoy this)
Handling Flags raised by site users (do raise a flag ...
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Cuneiform / Akkadian tags?
While BH has considerable depth for hebrew or greek, aramaic has a bit less and there isn't currently an Akkadian tag. I would like to get a sense about what other users think about the potential for ...
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User shares link for his book without disclosing affiliation
I flagged this answer as Spam a while back because
The answer links to a book in Amazon.
The author of the book has the same name of the user - Stephen Disraeli.
The user didn't disclose the ...
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What is a "word study"?
So this site has a word-study tag, but there's been some debate over what it means and how it should be used.
This site doesn't have to use the term in exactly the same way that others do, but it's ...
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Do we lose readers by migrating questions from ChristianSE to BH?
Some questions that deal strictly with hermeneutics clearly need to be migrated to BH, but I worry that readers may not follow other questions to BH because the atmosphere here is more technical/...
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Why was my Meta question deleted without an answer?
Why are we deleting helpful references in this library?
NO actual Answer was provided to be critiqued at all.
https://hermeneutics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3980/explanation-needed-my-account-...
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What about the incarnation? [closed]
While the topic and inclusion of the incarnation is (reasonably) acceptable on Christianity SE, I am perplexed why it is so often included and referenced on BHSE when it has zero Biblical/scriptural ...
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Are we needlessly scaring people off?
As a newish user I want to give some feedback to veterans who close questions by brand new users. It can be pretty intimidating to have one's question shut down as off topic or opinion-based when one ...
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