tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259928642995486244.post5566452393922527658..comments2023-10-08T07:15:19.060-04:00Comments on One Day At A Time: Casting BallotsMaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05716971493153383770noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259928642995486244.post-50874466597431324502010-03-22T23:27:47.016-04:002010-03-22T23:27:47.016-04:00We should be the kind of people for whom truth mat...We should be the kind of people for whom truth matters. Our culture communicates just the opposite. Everywhere you turn in the media or in your personal life people are expressing opinions. Almost everybody has some gospel to share. It may be "sex over sixty" or "the joy of jogging" or "the delight of organic dieting" or "the power of intimidation and self-assertion" or a hundred other things that people get interviewed about on the radio. The world is rife with opinions about the good life. But how often do you hear a solid statement about the basis of those opinions? Does not this barrage of unfounded opinions communicate that truth does not really matter? That one opinion is as good as the next? When was the last time you heard someone make an effort to clarify and defend his foundational understanding of reality which might make his convictions plausible? Most people probably regard this concern for well-founded truth as a stage in later adolescence that you get over after a few philosophy classes and perhaps some sleepless nights. Real adult daily life doesn't have much to do with questions of solid truth; and so most people aren't driven bananas by the thousands of unsupported opinions that pass for gospel in the media.<br /><br /> <br /> Let it not be so among the people of God. At least for us the question of truth must matter terribly. It must not sit well with us when people give their opinions with no concern to show that they are true because they conform to ultimate reality. We are the light of the world because we care about truth in all areas of life. We are the salt of the earth. And the tang of our seasoning is a life based on the rock of truth and not the sands of opinion.<br /><br /><br /><br /> BTW.....it is my opinion that today.... even though I turned 60....I don't look a day over 75:-) For some reason....60 doesn't register??Ikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595879576794400791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259928642995486244.post-78565921148776084822010-03-18T21:32:24.845-04:002010-03-18T21:32:24.845-04:00Hi Deb! I didn't really blog; it is an old art...Hi Deb! I didn't really blog; it is an old article, like a year old I think. So I cheated.<br /><br />Speaking of blogging.....when are you going to post something, hmmm????Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716971493153383770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259928642995486244.post-20283436819320575122010-03-18T21:31:12.860-04:002010-03-18T21:31:12.860-04:00Hi Ruth! I miss you too. Have to get chatting one ...Hi Ruth! I miss you too. Have to get chatting one of these days soon.<br /><br />Yes I know what you mean about listening to opinions. And yes, they are everywhere, and there are many varieties. Sometimes it is hard to just listen and not respond, but we are most blessed who are firmly fixed on the Rock.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716971493153383770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259928642995486244.post-17489667595443205742010-03-18T21:10:55.898-04:002010-03-18T21:10:55.898-04:00You blogged!!!!!
I'm going to take a poll on h...You blogged!!!!!<br />I'm going to take a poll on how many people think it should happen more often :o)<br /><br />Debmercygracewordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122197949766258533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259928642995486244.post-59831992175095790612010-03-18T19:54:52.313-04:002010-03-18T19:54:52.313-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073390714770168329noreply@blogger.com