Making the Argument Worthwhile by Denise Morris on 11/07/2006 at 7:42 PM

I really liked Suzanne's post, For or Against. The quote from Cal Thomas about people knowing Christians for what we're against instead of what we're for is something I've noticed lately.

The website I edit has a forum where our readers can post their thoughts about our articles. I've noticed that when we publish an article about community, pride, faith or even helping the poor, we don't get more than a handful of comments. But when we publish an article about abortion, homosexuality, women's roles or politics, we get people arguing about the topic for months. In fact, one of our first discussions about abortion is still going strong -- it started more than a year ago.

Perhaps these topics are so popular simply because they are divisive. We all know that we're in favor of things like strengthening our faith and carving away at our pride. We know these things are righteous goals for someone seeking to glorify God. But people (Christians included) are divided about politics and the status of homosexual civil unions. And, for some reason, there seems to be something within us that wants to argue. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. It can probably be both.

Perhaps if we spent a little more time doing something to support the issues we feel strongly about (e.g. being involved with a crisis pregnancy center if you're pro-life), then it would end up making all of the arguing worth it.

Making the Argument Worthwhile by Denise Morris on 11/07/2006 at 7:42 PM

I really liked Suzanne's post, For or Against. The quote from Cal Thomas about people knowing Christians for what we're against instead of what we're for is something I've noticed lately.

The website I edit has a forum where our readers can post their thoughts about our articles. I've noticed that when we publish an article about community, pride, faith or even helping the poor, we don't get more than a handful of comments. But when we publish an article about abortion, homosexuality, women's roles or politics, we get people arguing about the topic for months. In fact, one of our first discussions about abortion is still going strong -- it started more than a year ago.

Perhaps these topics are so popular simply because they are divisive. We all know that we're in favor of things like strengthening our faith and carving away at our pride. We know these things are righteous goals for someone seeking to glorify God. But people (Christians included) are divided about politics and the status of homosexual civil unions. And, for some reason, there seems to be something within us that wants to argue. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. It can probably be both.

Perhaps if we spent a little more time doing something to support the issues we feel strongly about (e.g. being involved with a crisis pregnancy center if you're pro-life), then it would end up making all of the arguing worth it.