in the interests of my integrity, I am warning my faithful readers that this entry will contain a certain amount of hypocrisy.

Okay, a lot of hypocrisy. So here it goes (and I know Lowlandz is going to make me eat a plateful of crow after this one).

I watched the last episode of Survivor Wednesday night. Actually, I taped it and watched it Thursday morning. This was my rationale:

- if viewers only tuned into the last episode, then there would be no program to begin with, and

- I wanted to validate all that I had critiqued about the show.

While it was the cause if a great amount of internal struggle, it turns out I was fairly accurate in my observations, to me at least. Talk about a metaphor for the rewards of some of the darkest of human behavior in a capitalist society.

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I received a modicum of negative backlash as a result of my Mary Had A Humble Little Lamb essay. I must say from the outset that I certainly did not intend to offend people. Nevertheless, being on the far left of mainstream ideology, I know in my heart of hearts that I have to expect a degree of eyebrow raising from time to time. However, I do not begrudge anyone their personal beliefs, and still find myself surprised that others begrudge me of mine. I may staunchly disagree with a person's point of view, but that does not effect how I feel about them as an individual, at least until they give me reason to evaluate those feelings. When someone not only internalizes my opinions, but treats me disrespectfully as a result, it merely serves to validate why I feel the way I do.

To give credence to the integrity of my words, I invited one of my Evangelical Christian friends, one of my closest friends and confidants I may add, to write a guest entry in rebuttal to my thoughts on prayer in schools. I think it important that if I am going to voice my opinions in public, even if it is in my own journal, I have an obligation to let others voice theirs.

This is one of the reasons I set up my notify list as an open forum to discuss the issues I write about in my journal. Some would rather unsubscribe than take that opportunity.

And that's okay.

Freda, in her infinite wisdom, had this to say in response:

The biggest cause of atheism today is Christians; who honor Him with their words and then deny Him by their actions. This is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. Speaking on behalf of true Christians, who understand and live by His message, it makes us all look like hypocrites.

And since I could not say it better myself, I will close this chapter of this issue...

... for now.

 

Be Well