Does anyone remember Geek codes that people used to put in their signatures to say what kind of geek they were?
http://www.geekcode.com/
I thought it would be informative if we had an optional PuritanBoard version so that you could look at someone's signature and see where they stand on a particular issue. It might make it easier to address a particular person in a forum if that person's views were made available.
Basic suggestions:
Baptism
First char: B for baptism
Second char: c for credo, or p for paedo
Third characters: i for immersion, s for sprinking, p for pouring, 3 for theefold immersion (could be more than one)
examples:
Bci = credo-baptism by immersion
Bpsp = paedobaptism by sprinkling or pouring
Bc3 = credo-baptism by three-fold immersion
Church Government
First char: G for government
Second char, e for episcopal, p for presbyterian, i for independent, c for congregational
Psalter
Ps+ = Exclusive Psalter, no instruments
Ps = Exclusive Psalter, instruments
Ps = No exclusive psalter
Sabbath
S++ = Saturday Sabbatarian (SDA)
S+ = Sunday Sabbatarian
S- = Non-sabbatarian, Lord's Day observance
Eschatology
First char: E for eschatology
Second char(s): p for preterist, f for futurist, h for historicist, s for spiritualist (could be more than one)
Third char(s): -- for pretrib premil, -+ for postrib premil, nothing for amil, + for postmil, ++ for theonomic postmil
And so on and so forth. So, your 1646 WCF subscriber would be:
BpspGpPs+S+Eh
Your DTS dispensational would be:
BciGiPs-S-Ef--
And so on and so forth. Short and simple. We could add more, and a person doesn't have to put down a view for all of these.
Suggestions?