To be honest, I stumbled across Obsidian because I found out “Gates of Roam are currently closed to new users”. I have been trying to understand what the differences between the two really are, and what that actually means in terms of extensibility. I really don’t want to switch back and forth for my personal knowledge management system.
Personally, I am most excited about the use case of studying the Bible with it and saw this video (https://youtu.be/nplokaE6FKY) regarding how Roam Research was being used for this purpose. However, after creating over 1,200 notes in the last 2 weeks for this purpose, I really love using Obsidian.
Here is how I decided it would be most convenient to reference scriptures in Obsidian:
[[Book Chapter]]:Verse(s) Like what is suggested in the video for Roam (e.g. [[Matthew 28]]:18-20).
Anything more granular really affects the speed of note taking while listening to someone speak live, but I can see the benefits of being more granular while writing later. What kind of challenges would be created with copying and pasting scripture, or essentially quotes for comparison in other use cases, as those don’t change?
Also, since we can reference headers, why not just make everything a header and thus get the ability to reference every line like “blocks” in Roam Research?
Here is a quick example:
[[Matthew 28#18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.]]
[[Matthew 28#19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,]]
[[Matthew 28#20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”]]
The only reason I haven’t done this myself is that it would take an incredible amount of time to go through all of my existing notes and add a #’s in front of the lines in a way that preserves the hierarchy. Does anyone see why that wouldn’t work?