I'd like to start one and would like to see if anyone else is interested. If at least 1 person is, we can work out more details. For starters I'd like to give a few options:

Method of communicating on the web:
1) IRC, some other chat system (although IRC would be the most practical as one does not need an account)
2) A forum (Like CGO does) most likely CCN.

Bible Study Date:
Friday night, every week (with exceptions for certain holidays where people would say they won't be able to attend). Weekends where (if you're not out) you may not be as busy.

Saturday night, every week (with exceptions for certain holidays where people would say they won't be able to attend). Another weekend, in this case people might be less busy at night than on Friday.

I know this may sound like I'm copying CGO. In a sense, I am, as my satellite internet hates CGO for some reason (I have a dickens of a time logging in and loading forum pages).

Anybody up for it? (Like I said, we can work out more details later)

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"worst" case might be a continued discussion thread...sort of like a drawn out Bible study?

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Originally posted by NetCog:
"worst" case might be a continued discussion thread...sort of like a drawn out Bible study?

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Yes. I'm not too sure about a discusion thread. If we did decide on the forums.. would we use one thread for everything or start a new thread every week?

Do you prefer a real time chat or the forums?

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Originally posted by CPUFreak91:
Yes. I'm not too sure about a discusion thread. If we did decide on the forums.. would we use one thread for everything or start a new thread every week?

Do you prefer a real time chat or the forums?

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Forums allow people to get full ideas out, it's tougher - especially for a lot of people (more than 2...or even 1) - to get out complete thoughts in text or voice chat, especially if it's more complicated than a sentence or two....that and the subject can move so fast by the time you're done typing even one sentence, your response is sometimes far removed from what you were responding to.
-- at least that's been my experience.

Probably a different thread for different topics, I'm not *that* familiar with bible studies in group format but I wouldn't think you'd have to cover a new topic each week...just keep continuing on the topic at hand.

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I'd think - okay let's start in Romans....or let's start on the subject of...????...I don't know but whatever subject then go through the time as it follows along.... Like I said, I'm not that familiar w/ group study.

I've only done it a handful of times.
Most of the studies I've been in either follow a predetermined "fill-in-the-blank" printout or we sit in a circle reading a verse, asking what it means, half a dozen people restate the verse by switching nouns and verbs or using synonyms, everybody's like "wow deep", then onto the next verse.

The first method is okay in K-8? sunday school, and I don't really like the second method.

I'd rather participate in a study topic...like a group research and discussion on a subject. Bringing references from the Bible or other books of philosophy, history, ethics, relationships, whatever to study a subject, what our views or the world's view might be and how that jives or compares to Biblical and God's view. I figure a simple topic might take a week or two, while we could be on a major topic for weeks.

???? Or is that different than a Bible study you were thinking of?

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-- That and a forum allows for people to come and read or reference back. I'm a big believer in indepth, long-lived information that allows people to see different sides of an issue then make their own conclusion....with enough information that the truth can be seen, and understood.

eg. In linux you are told to type apt-get install X (X being a program name). What you aren't always told is that you need to type "sudo" infront of the command OR type sudo -s then the password at prompt to get to root. Or even that "sudo" means "root permission". Or even that prompt will look like #/ or $ or some derivation thereof.

Another e.g. is troubleshooting. Too many times someone makes a suggestion or asks a problem then returns later with a simple "I fixed it" without giving any information as to what they did to fix it or what the basis was behind the suggestion or troubleshooting questions asked. Making the recorded conversation nearly worthless for anyone following afterwards with a similar problem.

Information is only so good as the basics contained therein or understood. When you are talking about the world wide web not everyone has or starts reading a topic with common operating basics. A forum conversation has the capability document such basics. Chat (usually) is here today, gone tomorrow.

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Originally posted by max:
Friday nights are big nights at college though. I'd do the forum thingy.

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Hmm. Would Saturday nights be better then? (For either of you).

@Primarily netcog: As for time. When do you think we should start and when should we try to finish?

Romans sounds fine to me.

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Whenever is good. I guess we just need a forum or a thread somewhere.
As for ending? I haven't a clue. I've started studies before both on my own and under the direction (sort of) of a pastor-teacher but I have yet to "finish" any of them.

I work a full time 8-5 job and I generally am up till midnight (too often "or later" ) so timing really *isn't* an issue for me, especially with no wife or kids.

and to CPU below - sounds good

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Originally posted by NetCog:
err....where? On one of the forums here?

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Oops. Sorry. Yes. The forums here.

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EDIT: I've been thinking, Why not continue the Bible study (and/or discusion) until the next week?

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