http://willbop.breebop.com/2006/02/07/evangalistas/ Just a Bee in the Bree Bonnet Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:56:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://willbop.breebop.com/2006/02/07/evangalistas/#comment-54 jocelyn Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:24:09 +0000 http://willbop.breebop.com/?p=47#comment-54 ordinarily I'd agree with you on that last comment - that's what a christian would say to a secular who was struggling with "The big questions," but in this case, it is more of a frustration with the "christian culture" part of the faith. It's a friction I come up against fairly frequently. Many people don't get that there is an "essence" of the faith, and then there's a "culture" of the faith: the way people practice it that is particular to them, their area, their country... GQ ran a really interesting <a href="http://awaketodream.net/?page_id=119" rel="nofollow">article</a> several years ago about what they termed the "christian media ark." - and this is exactly what I'm getting at. But back to your point... I truly believe that there is a place for questioning the faith. Without that, it is brainwashing. You've probably heard the proverb, " As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" - maybe I'm just disagreeable, but I believe that disagreement can be productive. Especially about areas that make the faith bloated and ineffective. ordinarily I’d agree with you on that last comment - that’s what a christian would say to a secular who was struggling with “The big questions,” but in this case, it is more of a frustration with the “christian culture” part of the faith. It’s a friction I come up against fairly frequently. Many people don’t get that there is an “essence” of the faith, and then there’s a “culture” of the faith: the way people practice it that is particular to them, their area, their country…
GQ ran a really interesting article several years ago about what they termed the “christian media ark.” - and this is exactly what I’m getting at.
But back to your point… I truly believe that there is a place for questioning the faith. Without that, it is brainwashing. You’ve probably heard the proverb, ” As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another” - maybe I’m just disagreeable, but I believe that disagreement can be productive. Especially about areas that make the faith bloated and ineffective.

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