After being part of this blog for a little while, I've noticed a few things:
1. People share things anonymously on a blog that they never would in real life.
2. There is an abundance of advice from many sources to anyone willing to hear it. Not all that advice is good!
3. Sometimes we believe things because we want to believe them, and can't be swayed even by the right advice.
It makes me wonder: has our society become so isolated that we'd rather communicate on a screen than face-to-face? Do we even feel close to the people around us?
Also, we often have different opinions, and often we're too quick to write each other off. Are we even willing to learn from each other? Do some of us just want to hear ourselves talk? Are we so set in our ways that we won't listen to the advice that will solve our problems? Are we inflexible and unwilling/unable to learn from each other? I sincerely hope not.
lidstrom82 posted on Jun 29, 2006
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hunter_boyce_chandler said on Jun 30, 2006....
Duh.... Whats the point. You expected something different??? -
hotaka said on Jul 01, 2006....
One thing about these kind of blog sites is that they give people from all over a chance to meet and discuss things in their own time. If we wanted to have a serious discussion about Jesus's life, homosexuality, on-line adult chats, or the longevity of Vegemite, we might be hard pressed to schedule such a meeting and have a good variety of participants. Blogs make it easier for us to get involved and when we have time. I have read a number of interesting discussions about things that I can't imagine discussing with my friends simply because most of them would not be interested. Of course, you meet a few people who lack certain social decorum. They are the blog equivalent of the guy on the street who fingers you because you politely commented on his parking job taking up two stalls. Some people are better at lashing out than listening. -
rahatx1 said on Jul 02, 2006....
i quite agree with u, u have well highlighted some things about blogging which usually remain behind the curtain -
hunter_boyce_chandler said on Jul 02, 2006....
The learning process is facinating. There has to be a hook or central idea or emotion in the discourse to energize the process otherwise it is just rote memorization. Like the wise old nun who rapped your knuckels with a ruler while you were daydreaming and therefore forever burned the understanding of the concept of ratios into your long term memory. -
lidstrom82 said on Jul 03, 2006....
I think ratios are one thing I purged from my memory for just that reason. -
FaithfulDisciple said on Jul 04, 2006....
That's the beauty and the instant appeal of blogging, writng without being prejudiced by anyone. In the cloak of anonymity, the blogger is protected and is encourage to speak his mind and pour his heart out. Sticks and stones can hurt my bones but words can't hurt me cause you don't know the real me. -
twist said on Jul 07, 2006....
lidstrom, you appear to be a very interesting and insightful person, and I believe that is the attraction of soulcast, that we can all express our thoughts anonymously, because our culture has raised us to be as little transparent as possible. Without any doubt we are all at least two completely different people, one person the world gets to see and the other one nobody knows, except God. I guess you could make a case that not even the individual knows him/herself. Yet deep down we crave an opportunity to express our innermost thoughts without having to reveal who we are, because that may invite rejection, and nobody likes rejection. Are we close to the people around us? That depends, I believe we should strive to be, but again our culture makes it very difficult, because there are so many distractions, and also to be close to someone else would require transparency, and for that subject, see above. -
anonymous said on Sep 07, 2007....
Just to go off the subject a little. I was laying in bed the other night and I was thinking of the yahoo groups I belong to. The reason I joined was to help people. I Realize there are so many people out there who are turning to strangers to talk, which in some cases are dangerous. I was wondering and pondering all night for some reason, why aren't these individuals turning to their church family, family, husband, wife, children, or parents? I usually ask if they belong to a church and a majority of them reply yes. I am just not understanding where is the fellowship amongst these individuals. I know that if I need to turn to anyone in the church I can, we have people there who will listen no matter what the time is. So what do you think is the problem?