08-25-2004, 09:00 PM
I'm not sure if I inspired the changes, but someone has been changing articles such as ones on "Bible" and "New Testament" at Wikipedia and are violating the principles of NPOV (Neutral Point of View). It is enough for those articles to state that there is a minority opinion that the NT was originally written in Aramaic, and then have a link to the Aramaic Primacy article.
The point of such open source encylcopedias is to state the opinions of every side of contentious issues, not to say that "X is a fact" even if it is.
The "Aramaic Primacy" article is currently an example of how to write and acknowledge both points of view. It is not to give every argument and persuade by itself. The Peshitta and Rabbulas articles could actually use some updates to acknowledge how the Aramaic Primacy opinion disagrees with parts of what is stated.
The point of such open source encylcopedias is to state the opinions of every side of contentious issues, not to say that "X is a fact" even if it is.
The "Aramaic Primacy" article is currently an example of how to write and acknowledge both points of view. It is not to give every argument and persuade by itself. The Peshitta and Rabbulas articles could actually use some updates to acknowledge how the Aramaic Primacy opinion disagrees with parts of what is stated.