Religion-wiki:Multiple points of view
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Multiple points of view (MPOV) is one of the principles behind Religion-wiki. It is a response to the better known neutral point of view (NPOV) policy of Wikipedia.
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What is MPOV?
Religion-wiki is a place for all religions and none to coexist. For this to be true, it is necessary for every member of the community to be able to express their religious beliefs as natural fact to them. Here a Zoroastrian is able to state that Ahura Mazda is the ultimate creator of the universe and a Muslim is able to say the Allah is almighty. On Religion-wiki these two statements are not considered to be contradictory, but are considered to be genuine statements of sincere religion and human spirituality.
What MPOV is not
MPOV is not an invitation to fill the pages of Religion-wiki with personal rants and inaccurate statements about religion. Multiple points of view is a policy for genuine and sincere religious thought and practice. One may not use this policy to denigrate another's point of view: that would be against the open arms policy.
MPOV is meant for faith matters. Therefore, if someone was to state that the Jewish Temple was in Amritsar, it would not be considered one of a multitude of points of view but plainly wrong.
What if there is real disagreement?
Community resolution
In the event of a disagreement between two or more members it is important to let the entire community at Religion-wiki help decide the way in which to progress. Disagreements about a particular article should be discussed on that article's talk page; disagreements about the definition of MPOV should be discussed on this page's talk page. The forum may be used to invite over members to help with the resolution of the disagreement, but the discussion of disagreement should not be let to spill over into it.
Role of forgiveness
Religion-wiki sets itself a high ideal -- all religions and none -- multiple points of view -- ideals that the world has regularly failed to meet. Whenever we fail to meet these ideals there should be the opportunity for forgiveness. We might ask forgiveness of others with whom we have disputed. On occassion, we may feel we need to ask forgiveness of the wider community. As this electronic medium is so often disjointed, we may often need to seek forgiveness in and of ourselves for failing to see the humanity behind our monitor screens.
