Okay, so it seems like it’s not obvious enough when I’m quoting other people’s stuff here… so let’s all be perfectly clear on this: I think this article written by someone who is not me has some good food for thought, regardless of whether you or I completely agree with it or not.
See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense), following human tradition (men’s ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah). — Colossians 2:8 (AMP)
I regularly refer to thoughts with which I do not necessarily agree. It is in dealing with those opposing thoughts and their implications (as well as the blind spots they reveal in our currently-held beliefs) that we truly learn–to do otherwise is to subject yourself as a captive of one man’s (or one group’s) “crude notions.” If you can’t handle reading anything that doesn’t echo what you already believe, then you either think you know everything (arrogance) or you have no desire for knowledge (foolishness). Either way, this blog will probably be nothing but an exercise in frustration for you.
That is all. Thank you.
It’s like I’ve tried to tell ya–you’ve got to add some more of your thoughts when you post something… even a comment like, “Gee, this is an interesting thought.”
No one is a mind-reader and if you leave yourself open to interpretation… well, don’t be surprised if you find yourself misinterpreted.
::smooch::
Not when the entire point of a post is to quote something someone else said. Providing my own commentary is contrary to the whole idea of such a “pull-quote post.”
LOL! I feel like such a dope for not seeing the giant quote on the other post, but I have to agree with your wife. Your own commentary is helpful. It highlights that the quote is indented. But, yeah, the huge quote should make it obvious,too.
I totally agree with that last paragraph. That is what I have been learning the last couple of weeks as I have started blogging more and reading other blogs and thought-provoking books more.
Aack! The girls are all ganging up on me!
Okay, okay… I’ll start including my own thoughts, too. Except when I don’t want to. In that case, I’ll write something like, “I would tell you what I think of this, but then I’d have to kill you.”
Elaine said: “It highlights that the quote is indented.”
See! See! What did I tell you!
=P
Huh. Must be a guy thing then.
Okay, okay. You win. Just when I think I have a shred of intelligence and observation skill, sometimes proves me wrong. But can you please do me a favor and look back at the form of the post where I was …um…obtuse?
I saw a big grey set of quotation marks. I read down to the end of the first paragraph that ends with a double set of quotes. Those usually mean “end of quote,” right? So
then I read, “In my criticism…” and I thought you were the speaker. (I was looking for big grey endquotes, and didn’t see them. I paid little attn to the big word “Source” at the bottom, other than to process (too quickly and carelessly , making great fodder for the trough of mockery). ‘
And no, this will not be an exercise in frustration. I purposely read things that make me look differently at life and God. I just have to be careful that I’m not swept up in
a big complaint fest against those with whom I disagree. As you have gathered, it’s an easy temptation for me.
So if I don’t come back often and comment, it may be that I actually agree with you but am afraid to launch a mission of destruction again. Or maybe that I’m still an ignoramus, who knows?
Even though you are saying that you may or may not agree with the quotes you are posting, it seems that it’s there for a reason. Perhaps it’s a way to say what you want to say without being too harsh — even with the additions of the smiley faces and sad faces. Who blogs about things that we may or may not agree with? It’s like me blogging about decorating with teal and plaid. It’s just not going to happen.
That “someone with questions” is Beth Y.
I think I like your wife, Travis.
I think I like my wife, too. (LOL)