User talk:Joshbuddy/Alt Belief Copy

Motivations

 * Need to combine practices and beliefs (doctrines)
 * Want to give the human insight of what being a jw means
 * Saturday morning service, coffee breaks
 * Family study
 * Quick builds, the sense of camaraderie
 * The fears around df'ing, the fears around apostasy
 * Whatever other human experiences one has as a JW
 * Concise, no lengthy quotations from watchtower articles

Style
Avoid phrases like "Jehovah's Witnesses believe..." "The Bible teaches..." "The Governing Body teaches..." Its a) a potential POV issue among JW's/former JW's about the basis of JW teaching. Instead layout belief in simple present tense. If former beliefs need to be introduced.. perhaps "Prior to 1995, organ transplants were...." Doctrinal history is interesting, but I'm not sure how to present this, will develop later.

Only use phrases like "Jehovah's Witnesses ..." when its talking specifically about them as a group.

When presenting critical views of beliefs, need to avoid phrases like "Critics say..." "Some critics contend..." Source critical views, reference the source in speaking about it. Generally, there needs to be more counterweights to this article.

If there are side articles explaining a point, direct the user to the side article Avoid content replication where possible.

Future
Ultimately, we need to fuse together Beliefs and Practices. This section (on the main page) will act as a nucleus of how that work will go.