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I’m delighted to see that David Field is putting a series of notes about the relationship between Science and Christianity on his blog.

My final post (for now) on internet etiquette – which (you will remember from the first one) is about helping those who wish to be courteous online to avoid unwitting discourtesy.

Time to talk about forwarding e-mails / attachments on to other people.

Continuing a mini (cathartic?) series on internet etiquette:

Just so we’re clear, the convention on capitalisation is that capitalising a phrase / sentence / paragraph is intended to convey shouting. One of the downsides of e-mail, and forum posting, is that it is hard to convey emotion, a twinkle in the eye, a gentle tone of voice and so on. It is easy for people to misunderstand the nature of something you say.

You’ll find the introduction to this series of posts at the top of my first post on net etiquette.

Here’s number 3.

You’ll find the introduction to this series of posts at the top of my first post on net etiquette.

Here is my second plea. Please type a subject when you send an e-mail.

Websites / blogs / e-mails / forums are increasingly a part of modern life. One side-effect is information overload.

There are ways in which people can contribute to the net that help with this. There are ways that do not help. This is the first of a series of short posts that plead for considerate net use. I’m sure nobody is deliberately obstructive in any of the ways I will outline. In which case, people need to point out what consitutes good etiquette and why – otherwise considerate people will continue making cyberspace more difficult to navigate – without realising it.

Acts 5:33-39 ³³ When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them. ³⁴ But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while. ³⁵ And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men. ³⁶ For before these days Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.

How I love having “good news stories” to report.

Doing some work on Matthew’s account of the first Palm Sunday, I’m struck again by how helpful R T France’s commentary on Matthew is.

Some highlights:

Why have I not seen this before? 2 men, in white, asking the disciples why they look for Jesus in the wrong place, but telling him where they will see him.

“While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.”“ (Luke 24:4-7)