christian4dean (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} christian4dean) wrote,@ 2004-04-24 16:02:00 |
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An important discussion at The Village Gate I hope you will check out.
How Can We Defuse the Anger and Bitterness? | The Village Gate
Allen writes:
Did I ever sleep through some excitement! Last night, Atrios at Eschaton blasted Melanie and me--of course, without mentioning us by name or giving us a link. He complains about discrimination against atheists and the bogus claims of persecution coming from White Christian Males.
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One has to admire Atrios and Kos. They've built the left side of the blogosphere into a more-than-equal counter to Reynolds and company. But if they continue to dominate conversation in the progressive blogosphere while holding to the attitudes that both have toward religion and specifically, Christianity, the potential of this medium to mobilize the Left and counter the corporate-controlled media will never be realized. It's not their being atheists or agnostics that's the problem. It's not that they bash the Christian Right. It's that they express and/or countenance such an intense hatred of religiosity in any form so that their sites will offend the overwhelming majority of the public and ultimately be an embarrassment to politicians who must seek votes from those 90% of Americans who consider themselves religious.
I wish I knew how to defuse all that anger. From the feedback I receive on this site, it seems that those who actually spend time here, even if they came full of justified anger and bitterness against Christianity and Christians, usually find something at The Village Gate/The Right Christians that counters their previous negative experiences. But one must take the risk of being exposed to the feared and the hated "Other" in order to be freed from stereotypes."
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How Can We Defuse the Anger and Bitterness? | The Village Gate
Allen writes:
Did I ever sleep through some excitement! Last night, Atrios at Eschaton blasted Melanie and me--of course, without mentioning us by name or giving us a link. He complains about discrimination against atheists and the bogus claims of persecution coming from White Christian Males.
...
One has to admire Atrios and Kos. They've built the left side of the blogosphere into a more-than-equal counter to Reynolds and company. But if they continue to dominate conversation in the progressive blogosphere while holding to the attitudes that both have toward religion and specifically, Christianity, the potential of this medium to mobilize the Left and counter the corporate-controlled media will never be realized. It's not their being atheists or agnostics that's the problem. It's not that they bash the Christian Right. It's that they express and/or countenance such an intense hatred of religiosity in any form so that their sites will offend the overwhelming majority of the public and ultimately be an embarrassment to politicians who must seek votes from those 90% of Americans who consider themselves religious.
I wish I knew how to defuse all that anger. From the feedback I receive on this site, it seems that those who actually spend time here, even if they came full of justified anger and bitterness against Christianity and Christians, usually find something at The Village Gate/The Right Christians that counters their previous negative experiences. But one must take the risk of being exposed to the feared and the hated "Other" in order to be freed from stereotypes."
To add your own comments at The Village Gate, you need to register. You can register for free and comment, or you can join as a contributor or subscriber for additional privileges, such as submitting articles and maintaining your own blog at The Village Gate.
