ChristianDiscourse.com

Doc B said:

Gao Lu said:

as been working very poorly for quite a while

So if I were to argue with you about how well the site was working, would that be considered a theological debate?

Wikipedia: Augustine of Hippo defined the Latin equivalent, theologia, as "reasoning or discussion concerning the Deity."

I think it would be!  Let me give an illustration:

Years ago I was flying TWA (remember way back then?).  I was kicked off a flight because it was overbooked.  Then I was informed there were no more flights for 3 days due to all flights already being overbooked. Upon further questioning, I learned that I could get no voucher for a hotel or meals because the whole situation was brought about by bad weather which was "an act of God."  I then asked her if she believed in God.  She wasn't sure.  I then asked if God had overbooked the flights.  She asked me to please go to the end of the line and wait for further developments.   

If getting kicked off overbooked flights is a theological discussion, then surely getting kicked off a website would be.

RIP ChristianDiscourse.com.

Faithlife recently did maintenance on their servers, but CD apparently escaped.  I worked hard to contribute to ChristianDiscouse and try to help build it into something beneficial that would attract helpful contributors, as did some others. I imagined a place where, eventually, knowledgeable, capable people with diversity of views could gather to share understanding, a place where the knowledgeable could help build up those hungering for more. We were not quite there yet, but although success was slow I maintained hope.  Now, for an extended time, the site seldom works or and works unreliably.  Naturally I am disappointed.  

I have received no feed back from Logos / Faithlife other than acknowledgement of receipt of my request for attention.  Others have had similar experience. I would offer quotes of vague responses from Faithlife, but the site remains down.  

Maybe no one at Faithlife cares or they are too busy with other things or they want the site to go away (very possible) and this message will disappear into the ether.  

If so, I tried.

alabama24 said:

JRS said:

But still, I wonder if it isn't draining precious resources away from the primary goal(s) of FaithLife.

If I remember correctly, it was designed by an intern doing a summer project. It was useful in that the intern gained experience and secondly, that FL would have a place to direct controversial threads. 

That also explains why there hasn't been much work on it. 

This is another instance where Faithlife might benefit from very willing, carefully selected volunteers.