Thought it was about time I updated as I’ve been slack over the past few weeks. All is going well here in Woombie town. Just finished 4 weeks of training for my new job. All-in-all it’s going well, but there’s definitely a learning curve that I’ll need to overcome.
I’ve been planning on writing some meaningful posts about a number of different topics that have crossed my mind. Topics such as the recent sentencing of Shapel Corby, my frustration with uneducated views of Christianity, thoughts on recent scripture passages I’ve been reading, and the seeming futility of daily life. Unfortunately I’m that tired from work that until I settle into this new job I don’t think I will be writing much of anything.
The other day I got an email from a girl in Victoria who read my testimony. The email was really interesting, and she made many good points. One thing I felt stood out was the way she saw this website. This lady didn’t feel comfortable writing a comment on my website so she sent me her honest thoughts via email. Her view was simply this, “…you give the impression of being a closed, tight-knit group…”
The reason I found this interesting was because it was written from the perspective of someone who openly admitted to not believing in God. Granted, there are a great percentage of those who comment regularly here that also do not believe (it’s roughly half-half), but this didn’t sway the impression this lady got from our discussions.
I like to think of this site as being a place where anyone, believer or not, can throw in their two cents without feeling intimidated by the fact that there are believers who comment here. The outside perspective though seems that we come across as a Christian clique, the very type of dynamic I have come to hate. The validity of this statement isn’t really the issue here. It’s the fact that a person got this impression that concerns me.