jueves, diciembre 14, 2006
The most divisive name I know
The 5 points. A lawyer. A Reformer. Jerry Springer? Mike Tyson? A political candidate? Jim Jones, David Koresh, 'Do' leader of Heaven's Gate, O.J. Simpson, Rodney King, Malcolm X., Martin Luther King, Charles Darwin. These are all divisive names, most, charismatic leaders who had followers aplenty, and dissenters, too. One name, not yet mentioned, though, has been tossed around a great deal ,and has been at the root of heated and ugly controversy among people who should be the last people to argue with each other in such an ugly, hitting-below-the-belt sort of way. The people doing the arguing, backbiting, and "devouring one another" are Christians, and their passions are not aroused so much by Christ (as they should be), but a lawyer named John Calvin. I have rarely heard his name unless it is in the context of some heated debate. Christians who identify themselves not primarily as Christians, but as Calvinists, seem as ready and willing to say, "I love and worship John Calvin", (if not more so), than to say, "I love and worship God the Father, the Great I Am." I acknowledge the man was a great thinker, and had inspiring religious thought. I'm just tired of arguments in the church and division among believers over this man's logic.
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I say we go buy a vase of "tulip"s for good measure. :o)
As I have grown older, I have come to value "thoughtful" people over "right" people, as heretical as it may sound.
Show me that you have thought through and digested the issues at hand. Show me that you have taken "ownership" of what you believe and your conclusions.
Thoughtfulness provides for good discussion points and room for dialogue even if two parties come from polar opposites.
In contrast, be the 10,001th person to repeat the same set of talking points and rhetoric that I have heard 10,000 times before and I will tune you out regardless of whether I agree with you or not.
Seldom am I in the mood to repeat and regurgitate the same talking points over and over. Where thoughtfulness ends began vitriol and invective.
Among believers we are sorely lacking thoughtfulness. Yes, stand up for truth, but I don't think God designed us to be a bunch of thoughtless robots.
Come let us reason together, saith the Lord..
Right on, brother!!! That's exactly what I was trying to say.
And mama, I always knowed you was smart!
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