Okay, so having experienced a severe public spanking via the comments section of yesterday's post, with the lynching rope at the ready, and yet to have any soul offer a positive comment, I am left with little option but to recant my previous statements and return to the cesspool with my tail firmly between my legs.
Having experienced the full force of online rebuke from merely a few loose comments arising from the simple observation that two books written to refute the other were advertised side by side I'm quite taken aback. It was never my intention to begin or engage in an in-depth discussion on the merits or dangers of the New Perspective.
Those closest to me have suggested I quit the blogosphere and in future talk only to "real" people who will see the twinkle in my eye and the wry grin as I deliver my at best mildly amusing anecdotes. I have given this option serious consideration but have decided to delay a decision for a week or two.
In the meantime, I will continue my musings on subjects I actually know about, and only jump on less controversial and more frequented bandwagons such as bagging the Prosperity gospel.
[UPDATE] Thanks for your messages of support. I hope my threatening to leave the blogosphere was not perceived as some spineless twerp who couldn't take a little (rightly given) criticism. It was more out of the fears of some friends who expressed privately to me that people would build their view of me, based upon the blog, which in the case of "Two koorongs" is not really a balanced or accurate view.
As a result, good friend Nathan has been thinking deeply recently on what it means to blog, with his conclusion the responsibility lies both with the blogger (I need to watch what I say) as well as the reader (who must understand the medium.)
Consequently I hereby return from the cesspool to continue speaking with my virtual friends.
I liked yesterday's post. Blogging is a fora for expressing opinion. Don't let disagreement get you down.
ReplyDeleteWow, biggest amount of comments yet and you are ready to throw in the towel?
ReplyDeleteDont be discouraged, this is the great thing about sharing your thoughts. You are sharpened and made wiser through talking with 'real' people even if it is on the net.
Also your blog yesterday looked more like a 2 way go. One at koorong. The other at N.T. Wright. Make sure your comments show your intention. Which they did on the Koorong part. Kudos for that.
One last comment. Don't 'ad hominem'(play the man). Your attack on Wright, albeit sound in trusting possible experts in the area, was a little on the bad side of a joke.
But i see your point having read your comments yesterday and also today.
turn that frown upside down.
p.s. love to chat about Wright and justification.
Stick with it. I like your blog.
ReplyDeleteI shared and liked via Google reader. Just didn't comment.
ReplyDeleteI'll refrain from saying anything about Wright for fear of showing you up as a lily livered lounge lizard.
Blog on!
I often follow a new blog for a while and then get bored. I haven't got bored with yours, man you have a strong writing voice and you post interesting thoughts.
ReplyDeleteAs Nathan says - lots of heated comments is a sign of blog success!