• glimse@lemmy.world
    23·
    3 months ago

    There really aren’t any alternatives. At least nothing as all-encompassing as those two

    I stand by that Wikipedia is truly the greatest site on the entire Internet, no real reason to create a competitor when you can download the entirety of it for free

  • SpikesOtherDog@ani.social
    9·
    3 months ago

    I think the next step down from Wikipedia is an actual encyclopedia. Also news websites for archives.

    What are your concerns with these sites?

  • amio@kbin.social
    7·
    3 months ago

    Specifically what is your problem with those? You haven’t really explained anywhere in the thread. It’s kinda relevant for knowing what to recommend.

    • VanHalbgott@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      110·
      3 months ago

      They aren’t really good at giving facts and information compared to what I want to believe.

      I read the Bible for a living and would like to believe in that or anything about the Bible rather than go down a Internet rabbit-hole.

      GotQuestions.org is a ministry I trust that deals with appropriate information based on the Bible itself whereas on Wikipedia or TV Tropes people can put and believe anything they want whereas I want some form of authority to have.

      They say you shouldn’t believe everything you see on the Internet and I would rather follow a religious text that benefits me more.

      Unfortunately, some people tend to abuse their own humanity at the expense of their own kind.

      • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        3 months ago

        They aren’t really good at giving facts and information compared to what I want to believe.

        I read the Bible for a living and would like to believe in that or anything about the Bible rather than go down an Internet rabbit-hole.

        I can actually offer you a resource that might help. It isn’t precisely what you’re after, but it is a Christian non-profit organization that seeks to mend the gap between science and faith, and let people know they can live in both worlds. They have some great resources.

        They’re called BioLogos.

        Good luck, man, but my advice? Maybe consider shifting some of your positions to fit the real world.

        The way I see it, in Christianity God has spoken to us in two categories: His Word and His Creation.

        To reject what we learn about His Creation due to our interpretation of His Word is the epitome of hubris.

        I had a discussion once with a friend of mine who is a Lutheran pastor. I mentioned that the evidence for evolution and an old earth/universe is incontrovertible. And this was a shock to him, because I had previously been a pretty staunch Young Earth advocate in my younger, more ignorant years.

        He asked me how I square various things from the Bible with that, and he was a bit troubled by my response:

        “You’re the pastor, you tell me how to square it.” As in, I’m telling you something that I have more expertise in than you do. Rather than denying it, please use your theological expertise to help bridge this gap.

        Because continuing to push strict interpretations of scripture against the realities of the world we live in has never served the Church. Ever. Galileo being declared a heretic for his heliocentric theory is really no different than denying modern scientific discoveries. Even now it only harms the Church, leads to people having crises of faith or abandoning the Church altogether because in far too many churches a dogmatic, rigid understanding of Scripture is more important than the Gospel itself.

        This is why I admire churches that are open and affirming, preaching the Gospel to sinners, rather than using the Law as a way to shame and exclude. For all have sinned and fallen short, no one is better or worse than another.

        Christ ate with prostitutes, criminals, and tax collectors. The Church needs to be more like Christ.

        I guess I got a bit off topic at the end there, but I hope I helped in some way. To me it’s all intertwined.

        • amio@kbin.social
          6·
          3 months ago

          Speaking as a mildly militant atheist, this is some of the smartest shit I’ve ever seen a religious adherent say.

        • VanHalbgott@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
          14·
          3 months ago

          Thanks for the reference. I bet the contributors on GotQuestions.org would understand, and reading parts of it brought more clarity to my faith than before…so it really helped.

          I suspect its because I’m still reading the Old Testament in my own Bible without yet studying the works of Christ in the New Testament.

          Granted, they don’t have everything the other website has, but they both still go hand in hand as ministries working under Christ, so it helps to look at both.

          I’m sorry I caused much fuss on here than intended, but God knows our hearts as they say, and I’m just growing as a person.

          Take care.

          P.S. Watch out for trolls: one tried to get me over an anime.

      • Susaga@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        10·
        3 months ago

        I was afraid of that, but given some of your previous posts, I’m not all that surprised.

        Since both those sites are just descriptions of things that exist, it sounds like you want an echo chamber where you don’t need to acknowledge that certain things exist. I think it’s better to try and figure out why you’re so offended by reality.

  • stinerman [Ohio]@midwest.socialEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    I don’t know if it’s good yet, but I think one of the Lemmy devs is trying to make a federated Wikipedia. I honestly don’t see the need for it, but it’s his time and if he wants to work on it, great. I wish him well.

  • Asidonhopo@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    Everything2.org was a significant wikipedia competitor back in the early 00s. It’s still up but I havent been there in a decade and a half. Could be worth your time, it was interesting to get lost in back in the Web 1.0 days

  • poldy@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    archive.org is great for borrowing old books, that you probably can’t get your hands on otherwise. Just need a bit of research following references to find titles to search for.