So once again I am going to try to start blogging. I've done this several times, and each time I never got past the first post. I couldn't see the point of rambling on about my own ideas or experiences--who would actually care? Heck, I don't usually even care ;).
But recently I've been doing a lot of commenting on other people's blogs, and thought it would be nice to try to bring a few amateur commentators here. It's so much better when we actually have a discussion. In that vein, I'm going to try to leave every post with a question. Feel free to give your perspective.
Of course, I don't assume a rousing discussion is going to take place anytime soon, so in the meantime, I will commence talking to myself.
Those of you who know me know that I've come from a pretty traditional American Evangelical Christian background. Throughout college I had several mind-opening experiences (which haven't stopped--in fact, they continue to come all the time) and my world view has changed, if not dramatically, certainly noticeably. And yet, I still felt (feel) the need to interact with my past. I found Focus on the Family's blog for single 20somethings, Boundless, to be great in that regard. Here, finally, was a forum with which I could discuss some of the demons I felt were lurking in my closet. I could get some intelligent Christian feedback on many of the issues I'd been wrestling with the for past few years.
Unfortunately, a lot of the feedback I got wasn't very Christian-like. Which I thought was really a bummer! More than anything I wanted to interact with the "Christian Right" in a way that would bring light to both side's point of view. In the editor's most recent post, the question was raised as to whether the conservatives on the blog (which I suppose is Boundless's target audience) are bothered by all of the liberal opinions. Which kind of made me feel rejected, a little. Like that was a club that I wasn't a part of, even though I have pretty orthodox views on Scripture.
Another surprising thing was the disconnect between what kinds of statements people thought were "inflammatory" or not. Are liberals and conservatives really that much from another planet?
So, here's the question: What do you think? Are you liberal/conservative, and are you offended by the other side? What offends you, and what do you think it would take for the two sides to come together?
2 comments:
An ode to blogging:
Writing, for that matter thinking, is a gift from G-d to you. Use it.
As such one must overcome the crucible of the common thought. Those that charge or engage you with emotion without independent thought, denying it, create a star chamber of conformity. Conformity to the lowest common denominator of public think…to the point of imbecility.
Rather rise up, out of the confusion created by others. Seek to discover the truth….by which, once found, savor it in all its fullness; that light by which one, as she goes through life, separates fact from fiction, good from evil, better from the best…to choose blessing and not the curse.
Do not get dragged down like Pilate who suffering from censorship and lack of character, found the depths of cynicism in asking, “What is truth?”
One must actually ask "what is truth" (even with a little cynical sarcasm) in order to discover it. I like to think that Pilate's question wasn't the end of the story for him.
Thanks for the encouragement:).
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