In trying to read the new earth vs old earth discourse on Eric’s blog, it occurred to me its much easier and comfortable to engage your computer than a person. Eric made a great point regarding the nature of the “age of the earth” debate and I believe it applies to these blogs in general. It’s in-house and shouldn’t take up valuable time that could be spent spreading the gospel. So why I am I still typing? I am not sure…
I didn’t mean to say that the debate was not worth having, whether through electronic media or face-to-face. Do you really think that time spent discussing the nature of how God created the universe is being cut out of peoples evangelizing time? It is more likely coming at the expense of TV watching or other aspects of the daily routine. But hey, that would be an in-house debate wouldn’t it? 🙂
I think Eric’s right. Today it has become a Christian way of avoiding thinking about something by saying, “We should not worry about that we, should spend our time evangelizing instead.” If you one does not want to talk about something they should just say that it is boring and they don’t care instead of making comments like the one mentioned unless they TRULY mean it.
sorry for all the mistakes in my grammar. I’m not good at typing.
You all fell into my trap. You responded to a blog about that was anti-blog in nature. HEHE.
Unfortunately, text does not afford the luxury of tone of voice to the message. It was partly tongue in cheek. The other part was a veiled confession that I could spend less time on the internet and more time sharing Christ with my wife and children.
By no means was I saying we should not think. To quote Ravi Zacharias, “Let my people think!”
Yeah, I hate how when sending e-mail sarcasm can’t be picked up or somebody confuses what is serious for sarcasm.
Hey Kevin, I know you’re more of a “real life” kind of person so I too found it interesting that you would use the blog to make an anti-comment. I don’t think you were being completely sarcastic – you know there is some truth in there about how you really feel. 🙂
Think of it this way … there are people on the other end of the computer. (Hopefully.) So it’s not just cold technology but another tool that allows communication that would never be able to happen without it.
P.S. Always use emoticons to indicate sarcasm or tone. 🙂
P.S.S. See how you read that as a helpful tip instead of a cold imperative, thanks to the emoticon?
Try to understand it as easy and cheap as it is!