Cheryl Schatz

Lin,

Sarcasm definitely has its place in revealing truth.  It is hard to see how the SBC doesn’t get it.  Why the fear regarding even mentioning that there are women pastors?  And why inactivity when an issue is serious like the issue of predators in the pulpit?

It is a lesson to all of us that we need to be cautious that a personal agenda does not blind us.

I am not comfortable at all with milieu control.  It appears to take the form of “lording” it over others not giving them opportunity to learn to discern truth.  Truth has to be discerned for you.  That is what the cults do and it makes me shiver at how some have used it to control and manipulate information.  This is why I do not have a problem here of linking to an article that I am refuting.  If what I am doing by my refutation is fair and is not just knocking down a “straw man”, then it will be seen by referring to the original.  Those who want to manipulate and control people’s opinion have a great fear of letting people see the other side.  When both sides are presented side by side, the control is not there.  If I have misrepresented someone’s teaching, I deserve to be corrected in gentleness and love.  I would expect that others would appreciate a correction on their view too.  The bottom line is that we should not fear people from seeing both sides.