User:SouthWriter

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Thank you for visiting my wiki. My name is Henry Martin and I live in Greenville, South Carolina. I am what you might call a seasoned citizen (not quite elderly, mind you!) and a graduate of what is probably the most conservative Christian School System in the world. I received my Master of Divinity degree (training to be a minister) in 1980.

That being said, you know where I am coming from with this wiki. I am fully aware that the wikia community is mostly made up of twenty-somethings and below, but I hope that I can use this site to promote an honest and respectful look at the Bible as the Word of God.

'Rules' for editiors
This project is far too big for me to fulfill on my own -- even if all I did was import articles from other sources -- so I look forward to contributors to fill in the blanks that I create with the 'bare bones' outline (Main Page and Books of the Bible). As a general rule, all material needs to be true to the text. Speculations should be kept to a minimum and any educated anaysis of others should be referenced. If an editor has an original analysis of something in the Bible (such as I have done on the Creation article), it should have support drawn from the text if at all possible.

In short, treat this as many other wikis have been treated -- a "fan page" of the chosen subject. This is a place to show respect for the Bible. Disrespect will lead to swift action by the Founder and subsequent trusted Administrators. Respect requires an acceptance, in principle at least, in the authoritative nature of the text of the Old Testament (as in Orthodox Judaism and Traditional Christianity) and the New Testament (as in Traditional Christianity).

Long Term Goals

 * A page for every book of the Bible
 * A definitive article on God
 * An interactive time line of the Bible
 * An interactive genaology ("Family Tree") of the people mentioned in the Bible.