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I don't want to go among mad people
4 days ago
"You know you make the world a special place, just by being you."
Fred Rogers.
Fred Rogers.
I subscribe to a blog called Old Man Talks, which dispenses pearls of wisdom. One of them was, "you're not an introvert; you just want to be around intelligent people." Right but wrong.
I'm an introvert who covets the company of thinking people. I do need my alone time, but I want to engage in productive dialog.
My goal isn't to persuade or convert anyone; instead, I want to exchange ideas and express my feelings. That can't happen when one side is pre-convinced that their ideas, opinions and "truths" are absolutely right, no question.
Worse still are those convinced that said truths aren't theirs, but God's.
God wants me to vote Republican. God wants me to hate all forms of extramarital sex. And so on.
Jesus never endorsed a political party; his friend Mary Magdalen was a prostitute. How does that square with evangelical doctrine? It does not.
I checked out a Star Trek book, Crossover. Spock delivers its premise when he says that a complex system (whether the Romulan Empire or Christianity) must change, or it will die. Here's a Vulcan not too proud to live among, teach and learn from his "enemies"!
He may not be a Christian, but I think Jesus is very fond of Mr. Spock.
It's Halloween, a holiday that's been juggled between Christians and pagans while being enjoyed by atheists the world over. That's wonderful. For myself, I see it as a chance to thumb my nose at death and celebrate life.
I'm going to try my damnedest to get along with my Christian friends and family...but it's hard. I wish they'd put down the shield of rightness for one moment.
I'm so very lonely, especially at home.
I'm an introvert who covets the company of thinking people. I do need my alone time, but I want to engage in productive dialog.
My goal isn't to persuade or convert anyone; instead, I want to exchange ideas and express my feelings. That can't happen when one side is pre-convinced that their ideas, opinions and "truths" are absolutely right, no question.
Worse still are those convinced that said truths aren't theirs, but God's.
God wants me to vote Republican. God wants me to hate all forms of extramarital sex. And so on.
Jesus never endorsed a political party; his friend Mary Magdalen was a prostitute. How does that square with evangelical doctrine? It does not.
I checked out a Star Trek book, Crossover. Spock delivers its premise when he says that a complex system (whether the Romulan Empire or Christianity) must change, or it will die. Here's a Vulcan not too proud to live among, teach and learn from his "enemies"!
He may not be a Christian, but I think Jesus is very fond of Mr. Spock.
It's Halloween, a holiday that's been juggled between Christians and pagans while being enjoyed by atheists the world over. That's wonderful. For myself, I see it as a chance to thumb my nose at death and celebrate life.
I'm going to try my damnedest to get along with my Christian friends and family...but it's hard. I wish they'd put down the shield of rightness for one moment.
I'm so very lonely, especially at home.
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