[MF] the way forward for MoQ discussion lists

[Wim Nusselder]

Dear Sam,

I don't think an MD list as at present and MF replaced by several 'themed'
streams would work. The problem now is that MD takes too much energy from
too many people and bled MF to dead.
In my opinion MD has to be slowed down in order to make the alternative MF
work. Let those with excess time have a chat box if they want.
Well, on second thoughts... adding a chat box to the (unchanged) MD might
also do the trick. It might take the chatter out of it and prevent those "on
a slower, more considered, correspondence cycle" (as Ian described it 2 Nov
2:31 +0800 on MD) from being swamped out.

I wouldn't be able to distinguish 'MoQ from a Christian perspective' from
'MoQ and mysticism/mythology/religion' as from my perspective true religion,
including true Christianity, including that which I recognize as valuable in
Anglicanism, IS mystical.
Mystical in the sense of the following definitions of 'mystical' that I
found in online dictionaries:
- "having a divine meaning that is beyond human understanding" Encarta
- "having a spiritual significance that transcends human understanding"
Compact Oxford
- "a : having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the
senses nor obvious to the intelligence <the mystical food of the sacrament>
b : involving or having the nature of an individual's direct subjective
communion with God or ultimate reality <the mystical experience of the Inner
Light>" Merriam-Webster.
I guess Merriam-Websters translation a appeals most to you, whereas
translation b appeals most to me, but it is not something accidental that
these translations belong to the same word...

With friendly greetings,

Wim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam Norton" <elizaphanian at kohath.wanadoo.co.uk>
To: <moq_focus at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MF] the way forward for MoQ discussion lists


> Hi,
>
> This seems about right:
>
> an MD list as at present;
> MF replaced by several 'themed' streams - and we now have the flexibility
for
> people to choose which and how much to subscribe to, and how it might be
> received.
>
> By the way, thinking about the different 'streams', I'd quite like to have
a
> distinct 'MoQ from a Christian perspective' stream - distinct from a 'MoQ
and
> mythology/religion' stream - but perhaps that's selfish (although
presumably
> anyone can start up a thread appealing to their own interests, and then
it'll be
> a question of 'survival of the fittest' - appropriately evolutionary for
the
> MoQ?) I just think there is an awful lot of material that could be
fruitfully
> considered, and separating it out from the general mysticism/Campbell/New
Age
> stuff would stop it from being drowned at birth.
>
> Any thoughts? (Maggie?)
>
> Sam