Conversation and debate seem to be dying. Social media, especially forms like twitter are probably not helping with this. I reflected on this a little bit more over the past couple of days from two observations. First, I’ve noticed a pattern on social media. It runs like this: Original Poster “Here’s my particular hot take. … Continue reading The death of conversation
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Can we make it more Biblical?
I remember a few years back that we had issues with a particularly disruptive church member. They liked to see themselves as the guardian of orthodoxy and so they would regularly find ways to protest and object. They would also write to us to tell us how we were somehow in league with some person… Continue reading Can we make it more Biblical?
We are literally broken by our hyperbole
Every year, my wife and I have a kind of traditional conversation. I ask her what she is working on and she tells me that she is preparing the “persuasive writing” class for her students where they will learn about a number of rhetorical devises. I then respond with a grumble about how that is… Continue reading We are literally broken by our hyperbole
Blocked
If you are on social media then you are probably familiar with the idea of being able to “block” someone. The function is available on facebook and twitter. Blocking means that they can no longer see your messages or interact with you. On Twitter it means that you won’t initially see their tweets though you… Continue reading Blocked
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