Discussão:Scripture index

This page was started at Nathan Richardson's suggestion. There is no way to automate this index, so any time a new article is created, the author will need to add all its scripture references here. --MikeParker 18:01, 17 Apr 2006 (EDT)

Main idea

I think it'd be good to have a page where people can look up resources, not by topic, but by the verse or verses in question. For example, a user hears the Rev. 22 argument against continuing revelation. Instead of trying to decide what heading to look under in the topical guide (prophets, canon, revelation, Bible, etc.), they just come to the scripture index and look under Rev. 22.

I think we should probably limit it to criticisms directly related to the verse itself, and exclude criticisms only tangentially related to a passage. In other words, many articles and topics will not be within the scope of this index. For example, Mountain Meadows articles probably wouldn't be indexed here at all. And articles about Joseph Smith's practice of polygamy wouldn't be indexed under "D&C 132." Rather, the only polygamy articles (that I can think of) that would merit an entry in the scripture index would be those that address verses like Jacob 2:24 and its apparent contradiction of D&C 132:38–39. Does that makes sense?

Also, should it be a table? Should an entry consist of just the passage and the related links? Or should an entry also include a brief summary of the argument it's being used to support, in case there are any passages that are used to make more than one point?