“thinking all christians are represented by fundamentalism.”
Hrm. I hadn’t really spent much time thinking about it because I know better, but I guess that really is the general opinion. Even Meghan tends to fall into the “most vocal = whole group” trap, and if it weren’t for her experiences with Shawn Isenhart and Dave Eggan (A great ambassador for Christ that I haven’t seen in a good three years) she’d still believe that all christians were generally spiteful, rabid hypocrites, or at the very least false-faced professors of doctrines they don’t follow. I really think the church has room to grow here and want to challenge them to do so. Let’s face it, the body of christ is very unhealthy, and it shows. Where’s Paul when you need him?
“if they have a reason to get to know me, it tends to go away, but mostly people don't ask me what i really think”
That’s one of the reasons I tend to avoid talking about my beliefs for the most part. People ask fairly regularly, but it’s not usually spurred by intellectual or spiritual curiosity so the question gets dodged with a simple “That’s personal and I’d rather not talk about it right now.” There are a fair number of self-professed “pagans” in the public eye as well. I figure, christianity has people like Jack Thompson, paganism has people like Jonathon Sharkey. Neither are really connected to anything about their respectively claimed religions, but they get a lot of press.
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Date: 2006-04-03 02:18 pm (UTC)Hrm. I hadn’t really spent much time thinking about it because I know better, but I guess that really is the general opinion. Even Meghan tends to fall into the “most vocal = whole group” trap, and if it weren’t for her experiences with Shawn Isenhart and Dave Eggan (A great ambassador for Christ that I haven’t seen in a good three years) she’d still believe that all christians were generally spiteful, rabid hypocrites, or at the very least false-faced professors of doctrines they don’t follow. I really think the church has room to grow here and want to challenge them to do so. Let’s face it, the body of christ is very unhealthy, and it shows. Where’s Paul when you need him?
“if they have a reason to get to know me, it tends to go away, but mostly people don't ask me what i really think”
That’s one of the reasons I tend to avoid talking about my beliefs for the most part. People ask fairly regularly, but it’s not usually spurred by intellectual or spiritual curiosity so the question gets dodged with a simple “That’s personal and I’d rather not talk about it right now.” There are a fair number of self-professed “pagans” in the public eye as well. I figure, christianity has people like Jack Thompson, paganism has people like Jonathon Sharkey. Neither are really connected to anything about their respectively claimed religions, but they get a lot of press.