After checking out Clarity Amidst Chaos I found out that evangelical groups are among the most hated in America. Razor Mouth also had something to say about it. This is not something that I was all that surprised to hear being an evangelical Christian myself. To top it all off I am a conservative, evangelical Christian who likes our president Mr. Bush so I am probably in the group who is at the top of the list of the most hated people in America.
Well to celebrate being one of the most hated people in America it’s fine time that we take a look at the past and create a comprehensive list of people that I have somehow upset in the blogging world beginning with some of the most recent.
First on the list we have Keegan from thinkerson.com. I don’t think I really made him angry, but here is what he had to say about me and the Christian blogging world in general: “But these Christian blogs have been a fun and scary read. Fun because I get to read how they think, what concerns them, and what not. Scary because of how influential they are in our government and our media.” He mentions that my “blog is scary” and “my faith is the evil”. What is Keegan’s point of view? “Atheist is the moral and superior position for man and his survival.” Can’t say I agree with the position that an Atheist is superior or moral but his website is fun, check it out.
Next we have Ronessa from unapologetics.org. I did in fact make her a bit angry with me because of my unexplained, sarcastic comment to her post about being “ashamed of being an American.” I was a bit out of line on my comment because I didn’t explain why I said what I did I just let it rip and she responded by calling me a “Hypocrite”. It was really my bad and I apologized and explained my position, so I think we are good now.
A third person who showed his disapproval of me just this week was Dave. In his first comment he basically said I was wasting my time with my blog. “This is a scary site. Wouldn’t time be better spent improving the world.” I spend plenty of time attempting to improve the world and my blog is a part of that process including many other things that I commented about. “I simply grow weary of people running about, claiming that everyone else is evil unless they entirely agree with their religious view” Hmmm, don’t remember forcing anyone to read my blog or accept my views. He did misunderstand me on a couple of issues, but he did apologize in advance for it, “I apologize if I inappropriately assumed anything incorrectly.” I can respect that and Dave I appreciate your comments.
A while back I was chastised for singling out homosexuals in my post about Capitol Punishment. I stated that I thought it was interesting that homosexuals were put to death in the Old Testament and in our modern society they are defended and protected and Kevin from The Sakamuyo Log responded in this way, “Guess I’ll go get in line for the gas chamber, then. I’m not homosexual. But, if I remember what Jesus had to say about sexual sin, the small stuff is just as bad as the big stuff & I know I’ve committed plenty of the small stuff.” Well first off I don’t think Jesus ever said that about SEXUAL SIN. In fact sexual sin is separated and placed in another class different from other sins in 1 Cor 6:18 “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that you body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” Homosexuality is a sexual sin and is condemned in the Bible, yes along with many other sins and as Christians we have every obligation to remove these things from our lives and to tell others about the evils of the acts. I still read and sometimes I even enjoy Kevin’s blog, but I don’t think he cares much for mine anymore…
My post about Atheism also brought the anger down upon me. Candice dissagree’d with me to the point of declaring my Webster’s New World Dictionary to be wrong. “Why don’t you find something that’s actually doing harm to the world to speak out about?” Well I find Atheism a threat, but not to the world itself instead to the afterlife of those it deceives. “Your dictionary is incorrect. Check the word’s roots, and you will find the real meaning of the word…” I guess my trusty dictionary is not so trusty. Thank you Webster’s for deceiving me and printing false information. That was an expensive dictionary too, I am bummed. Candice did provide a lot of websites that had information on Atheism and I did appreciate that, it’s always good to look at others opinions if for the only reason of strengthening your own.
But I would have to say that one of the most memorable and controversial posts ever written here at A.E. was the Friday Five post about Religion. The thunder and lightening came down upon my head after that post let me tell ya. After every Friday Five I would go around to other blogs who also did the Friday Five and I would post a comment or leave a link to my site to show that I read their answers to the questions and was inviting them to come read mine. This was never a problem before and no one ever said anything about it. Well when it came to the Friday Five that was about religion everyone thought I was spreading my dogma on their blogs and boy they were ticked. No one had ever said one word about me doing what I did until this particular post, funny how that works. I was simply sharing my beliefs not forcing them on anyone and I was chastised and ridiculed and put down for it. It began with Scratchmittens saying “I see you have your own weblog. Please do not use mine to spread your dogma.” and then Smitha from “Lets try this again…” chimed in and left this fun comment, “You have your beliefs and we have ours, and nobody’s better than anybody else, and nobody’s right or wrong–let’s just leave it at that.” Perfect example of relativism and tolerance. Twiggy came next with “i just don’t understand why you felt the need to go around virtually “spamming” other ppl’s blogs (including mine) as if it were some half hearted attempt to get assist the down trodden in finding the light or something.” Well needless to say I was chastised for doing something that really was not my intention. But people were angry about what I had to say about my beliefs and that is the only reason they said something about “spamming.” Had I popped off some relativistic, postmodern comment about my religion that did not convict them in anyway then they wouldn’t have had a problem with it.
Here are a couple other controversial blog entries. Due to a surfeit in abuse of other people many of the comments were deleted in these sections:
Are We Free?
Are We Free? Part 2
Evangelism: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
It’s All About Me (Humanism)
Existentialism (Secular Worldview)
Evangelical Christians may be one of the most hated groups in America but that doesn’t give us any reason to keep quiet. We are obligated to speak out against those things that God is against according to His word regardless of the surplus of objections that we receive.
“…all Christians should stand up and tell it like they see it. Let the chips fall where they will. Don’t worry if the public doesn’t even agree with your most basic assumptions. Your job is not to win. Your job is not to control this society. Your job is to say what God wants said.” - John Piper
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