# 01 — Project brief

## What it is

A reference site that takes every hard question people ask about the Bible and answers it with the evidence in plain view. Each question shows:

- a **status** for how settled the answer is (Green, Yellow or Red),
- the **domains** the evidence comes from (Scripture, History, Archaeology, Science, Philosophy, Textual Criticism, Context),
- a short answer, and later a full article,
- **related questions**, so readers can follow a thread from one question to the next.

The site starts as an index of about 150 questions across 13 groups and grows into full articles one question at a time.

## Who it's for

1. Christians who've been hit with a hard question (often from a friend, a video or a class) and want a straight, trustworthy answer fast.
2. Honest skeptics checking whether Christians handle the evidence fairly.
3. Youth leaders and teachers who need a reliable reference to point people to.

Most visitors arrive from search on a phone, read one answer, and leave unless the related links pull them further in. Design for that.

## The site's promise

**Show the evidence, then the conclusion, and say how sure we are.** The status system is the site's credibility. A Christian site that admits "this one is debated" or "nobody knows who wrote Hebrews" earns trust for the times it says "this is settled."

## Principles

- Evidence first, verdict second. Every full article separates what Scripture says, what the outside evidence says, where they meet, and what's still open.
- Steelman the other side. State objections the way their best defenders would.
- Calibrated confidence. Green means settled; Yellow means a strong case that's still debated; Red means open. Never inflate a status.
- Plain language. Short sentences, no jargon without a quick definition.
- Everything connects. No dead ends; every page links onward.

## Out of scope for now

User accounts, comments, a CMS, multiple languages, and donations. The architecture should not block adding them later.