BBS networks and forums began to die after 2000, partly because much of the software that made them so useful was not Y2K compatible, and there were bugs in the date format, and partly because Windows 95 and later versions hid the software one needed to access BBS networks.
But I still miss that forum.
There were interesting people there, like Deke Barker, Soonand Myosurus, John Eveland and many more.
Recently there has been a proposal for an interfaith synchroblog. That is OK, but it is not really the best medium for interfaith dialogue. In a blog individuals express their views, and people can respond to each individual by way of comments. But there is no real back-and-forth discussion.
A couple of us have therefore started an interfaith discussion forum, called Religionrap. I hope that if any of the people from the old RIME religion conference are around and see this, they may join in. I hope that the people who want an interfaith synchroblog will also join in -- after all, there has to be somewhere where one can discuss the topic for the next synchroblog, and some of the points raised in the synchroblog.
For anyone interested, the people who started it are me, Steve Hayes, an Orthodox Christian from South Africa, and Yvonne Aburrow, a Wiccan Unitarian from England. For the time being we are the moderators, to try to keep discussion civil.
Group Email Addresses
| Post message: | religionrap@yahoogroups.com |
| Subscribe: | religionrap-subscribe@yahoogroups.com |
| Unsubscribe: | religionrap-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com |
| List owner: | religionrap-owner@yahoogroups.com |
Or got to the web site at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/religionrap/
1 comment:
I've posted about it at Metapagan » Interfaith dialogue and synchroblog.
The way I had envisaged the synchroblog part working is that we would all blog on the chosen topic (such as spiritual formation, what interfaith dialogue means to us, the environment, or whatever) from our personal perspective, and then comment on each other's blog posts (that's where the dialogue part comes in).
I like the new look of your blog, by the way.
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