So my last 2 blogs have been about TV shows. I feel really weird about this but I think that it's mostly because I'm watching more tv this week. I usually don't have time for much primetime tv because I have alot going on in the evenings but with VBS this week everything in the evenings is canceled and I don't have any energy anyway.
Anyway. I was watching the wife swap show and they had an interesting one. They had a liberal christian family and a conservative christian family. It was interesting to watch. As someone who doesn't come from a Christian background I can see both sides of what they were saying. From a secular background I'd say the liberal Christians came off better but still alittle crazy. Now that I'm a pretty conservative Christian I think that the conservative Christians made more sense, although they were alittle crazy. It was also interesting because the conserative husband didn't come from a christian background (he also called his former life "sinful") so he seemed to lean more toward legalism.
The most interesting thing to me though was the liberal husband. Coming from a liberal background it's interesting to see liberalism in action. My only defense for being a liberal is that I never really stopped to think about and draw everything out to it's logical conclusions (oopss!). Anyway, at one point in the show the liberal husband declares that he doesn't have to live is life by the Bible. Later during an argument he declares that he has lived his life with the Bible as the center. These statements can't both be true but I'm sure they both seemed true for him for arguments sake at the time.
Not to get too political but I think that's why people who are liberal tend to "flip-flop" more. If your foundation isn't solid you are going to be blown around because the conclusions you reach will not make sense.
Believe me, I've tried.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
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so wait... does that mean i shouldnt use bible verses out of context to help my case... :-)
Not only out of context but maybe even showing opposite things different conversations! How exciting!
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