5 years ago I founded /r/AskBibleScholars and I’ve been wanting to bring this knowledge off-Reddit and into the wider Internet. Thankfully, @Penguincoder@beehaw.org has been instrumental in getting this set up for us.
I have a handful of scholars that have agreed to run through some beta testing and they have their accounts set up.
Right now, we could use any of you to make accounts there and ask some questions. This will give us all the opportunity to test out the software and generate feedback.
If you would be so kind, then please head over to AskBibleScholars.com, create an account and ask some questions.
Thank you.
I’m an atheist, but since I consider the Bible an influential part of our cultural history, I don’t need to believe in its contents to find discussion of it interesting and worthwhile from a contextual point of view. So I’m happy to help out. :)
Just an update for you. Your question is a good one and the scholars are eager to answer it. However, we’ve identified one of our first major bugs with the software and it is preventing the scholars from answering your question. The developer is working on hunting down the root cause of the problem so it can be fixed.
All of that being said, thank you for helping us test out the software. It’s going to pay off huge for the future of the site.
I’m looking forward to seeing their answers, and in the meantime, I’m glad I helped locate a bug! :)
The developer finally got that bug fixed and there are a couple of responses waiting for you. Thanks for your help and patience!
I got emails about the responses, so I’m happy to confirm that site feature is working, too.
Great! Thanks for letting me know. I didn’t know that was a feature.
Thank you!
So without wanting to be critical of the idea or to start any kind of flame war or provide any kind of antagonism …
did I miss that beehaw is kind of a Christian thing in someway?
The Beehaw project is not affiliated with any religion and neither is the Ask Bible Scholars project. Ask Bible Scholars has always been concerned with textual criticism inside the greater field of humanities.
You may want to rework the name then… It doesn’t come across that way
Is this an intent to make kids joint this cult? It’s 2023, we need more than faith.
Why do you need an account to ask questions? Just let people post a question.
Slows down the influx of trolls.
Same, I see the bible as a cultural phenomenon. Good to see these discussions moving from away Reddit toward a more independent internet platform.
It’s interesting that this a generic website. It would seem more natural to move to from a subreddit to a Lemmy/ActivityPub community. Is this motivated by the issue with moderating and federation experienced on Beehaw?
Is this motivated by the issue with moderating and federation experienced on Beehaw?
No. I just wanted something that functioned as a Q&A platform and not a social media site.
Are atheist welcome to ask questions?
Absolutely, yes!
No
Yes?
A ruby for me?!?!?! How sweet 💕 Thanks!
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