Why Do I Write Here?
Why do I write here? It’s a fair question. My wife and I talk about it frequently. The truth is we all know that the chances of changing those we write about is somewhere between zero and never. I had a talk with a friend of mine and he asked me point blank, “Why waste your time? Those people are just out there; they’re never going to get it. Why waste your time?â€
That has started a serious time of reflection for me. I can’t get around the logic of it. They post, we post, and then we go ‘round and ‘round. We can’t comment there (which is why they killed their old site and started under a new name), but they come here and call us names (just scan Chris P’s comments) fail to answer questions and in general lack logic. (Chris Rosebrough being the exception—his comments are always thoughtful and clear, even if we do disagree). They call us apostate (at least me), we would never type it but I bet everyone of us that contribute here secretly wonder about their eternal destination. They attack Godly men and some we call friends. It’s a vicious cycle.
So what’s the point? Should I just quit? Should I just take my G4 and go home? The answer would have to be yes, if I thought the purpose was to write to effect change in Ingrid, Ken, Chris P, Dwayna or whoever chooses to write over there. Before I go further let me quote the stated mission of this webpage.
It is our intent to gather articles from the blogosphere here which give background to Slice and its writers, refute its often false and malicious claims, to offer space for original post-length commentary by those who have been blocked from doing so on Slice, and to give space for those directly maligned by these modern-day Pharisees to defend themselves and to refute the pernicious lies spread about them.
That’s from the original “about us†page long before I ever came on board here. But the essence stays the same. If you want to read the mission of this webpage click on the “about us†link.
So why do I write here? The truth is, I don’t write for any of contributors over there. I don’t write for them to change. I write for the person who might go to their site and think what they write has merit. If I can keep one person from being swept up in the delusion that is that site then I consider my effort a success.
I don’t know who’s saved and who’s not. I ‘m glad I don’t have to decide who is or who isn’t. God does that. I do know I don’t see a whole lot of love coming out of that webpage, or in their comments here. Further I read the Apostle John telling us that if we claim to love God that we can’t see, but we can’ love our neighbor who we do see, we’re liars and God is not in us.
Here’s the thing, I’m going to keep writing. I’m going to keep pointing out the lies (see Nathan’s latest post). I’m going to keep writing about the lack of logic, the lack of love and the downright silliness. Not to cause them to stop (although that would be great), nor to effect some sort of change in them (although that too would be great). I’m going to write so that somebody who might see their stuff and be swayed by it has another opinion to weigh in on. That’s why I write. I imagine that’s why we all write here. As Chris so succinctly put it in the “about†page,
…a blight in the Christian Blogosphere, had reached a point where, like The Onion, ignorant folks sometimes mistook it for having well-researched stories or news of substance. It was a home to writers who referred to leaders in churches they don’t like as ‘Spiritual Pedophiles’, ‘Anti-Christs’, or (sometimes) ‘the False Prophet of Revelation’, referring to these churches as ‘whorehouses’ or worse. (And this is when they’re being nice.)
I believe with all my heart that CRN/AM/Slice 2.0 is a cancer on the body of Christ. Like any cancer it must be addressed. It must be dealt with and shown for what it is. To ignore it is to invite death.
That doesn’t mean that I don’t think my friend has some points that I need to consider. I am going to make some changes. Ken doesn’t like me (in fact he has said that my soul is damned to eternal punishment) and truth be told I don’t really like Ken. We both know it, anyone who reads our comments can see it. So the back and forth commenting stops here 
and now. I’ll still reserve the right to enter into honest discussion with Ken, but when he’s doing his “slippery moves†I will not engage. How he and I interact with each other is not honoring to God nor is it helpful to the bride of Christ. This verbal jousting of ours is a poor representation of my Savior and LORD. If it were up to me I would ban Ken, I understand that Chris L has final say there and it’s his call. I’ll respect that. I do not have to respond to Ken simply because he can comment here.
We will no longer get into a “tit for tat†conversation. One of my favorite maxims is “You can’t push a rope.†It’s time I live by that here too.
