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NEXDRUM – THE “NEXUS DEBATE FORUM”

 

 

Copyright August 17, 2005 2:56 PM CST

By Dr. Michael J. Bisconti

 

 

 

CRITICISM:  Criticism And Discernment

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:52:45 AM CST

Updated Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:33:43 AM CST

 

Click here to read “Criticism And Discernment.”

 

 

 

MESSAGE BOARDS:  Results Of Intensive 10-Day Study And Future Plans

 

By Dr. Jerry Fields, Ph.D. and Debate Tactician

 

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:37:34 PM CST

 

A 3-man team here at the L. F. Nexus, working ten hours a day for ten days has just completed an exhaustive study of over 1,000 message boards across the United States and globally.  The focus was on “debate-style message boards.”  Here are their conclusions:

 

  1. 95% of the debate-style message boards, hereafter referred to as “DSMBs,” are more chat rooms than anything else.

 

  1. 99% of the DSMBs do not know how to conduct intelligent debates, though 75% do know how to conduct informed debates.

 

  1. Christian message boards fare no better than nonchristian message boards in understanding intelligent debating.

 

  1. The principal failure of debaters in the area of intelligent debating is their ignorance of the “Moral Exclusionary Rule.”  The Moral Exclusionary Rule states:

 

No debater is permitted to allow their moral and ethical insights (called also “discernment,” “illumination,” “revelation,” “special revelation,” “moral insight,” “discrimination,” “perception,” “penetration,” “acumen,” etc., etc.) into (the character and motives of) other debaters to intrude into any debate.

 

As a result of these findings, the L. F. Nexus has disbanded the MBT Crew and will no longer study U.S. and global message boards.  We ask that our subscribers no longer inform us of what is being said on the message boards about the L. F. Nexus.

 

The resources formerly devoted to the work of the MBT Crew will now be devoted to the creation of an “intelligent debate forum” here at the L. F. Nexus, where Christians can learn at an accelerated pace by following “intelligent rules of debate.”

 

Everyone will be welcome, even our critics.  OF COURSE, EVERYONE WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE MORAL EXCLUSIONARY RULE, INCLUDING OUR CRITICS.

 

The timetable for “NEXDRUM,” the “Nexus Debate Forum,” will depend on how much funds we have available to implement the project.

 

Note that when the “MX Rule,” the Moral Exclusionary Rule, is followed, debaters are persuaded more quickly about the strength or weakness of their position.

 

Everyone will be allowed to express their view BUT, AGAIN, they must follow the MX Rule, as well as other rules of intelligent debating, which we shall set forth on an upcoming web page.

 

Finally, Dr. Bisconti is looking forward to this project.  He intends to participate personally in the debates.

 

– Jerry Fields