Comments on: From my inbox today

By: dorothy (vicar of vibe)

dorothy (vicar of vibe) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:04:21 +0000

@carie what a great thing to say and thanks for being so openminded.
I sure I speak for lots of people here that you are always welcome here!

By: chris

chris — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:10:26 +0000

This is cool. i love it that people who may not agree with our stance on God still feel welcome enough to stop by and interact with us…ink and all.

By: Sovann

Sovann — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:07:35 +0000

hmmm, I thought ““In fact, if you were not Christian, or at least not as public about it as you seem to be, I would probably think you were a pretty cool guy.””

was pretty funny and a compliment.

By: soozieque

soozieque — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:09:04 +0000

I’m reading “The God Delusion” right now by Richard Dawkins- he says in his preface something along the lines that his goal for the book is that if you begin reading it with religious beliefs, you will lose that faith by the end of the book. My natural inclination would be to be protective of the church, which he slams in every other (extremely well written, mind you) sentence, but I find myself really looking at this guy to see where we Christians went wrong with him. I think the only way to reach these people is through people like Los, and places like here, where there is authenticity without judgement. Just my two cents

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:43:02 +0000

ha ha!

I win?!

Well gosh. I’m flattered, really. That made my night. Good discussion, y’all.

By: Rhi

Rhi — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:19:37 +0000

well look at that! God is good ALL THE TIME! and in every way…

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:01:37 +0000

I just love how if you weren’t a christian you’d be a cool guy.

Hmm…

I wish I could read your inbox for a day. (without the responsibility of replying to them all of course)

http://www.vagabondrunn.wordpress.com

By: carie

carie — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:16:20 +0000

I’m not Christian, religious, etc. And I read your and wife’s site everyday. I AM inspired by it. And it does make me think a lot. And I can relate to what the poster said, although not how crudely they said it. But, I think that the reaction comes from having met a lot of people when you were younger, who were preaching to do this and that, being active in their religion…and then actually being very unforgiving, judgmental, hypocritical jerks in real life. So….then you develop that stereotype of people. And you avoid people who talk about religion a lot, because you automatically assume they’re just spouting B.S., and are probably not very nice people. Use religion as their “free pass” to be bad people. I do think that “bad” representations, if that makes sense, can really leave a bad taste in one’s mouth. Sorry, but just being honest… Just giving perspective of my past experiences, and how that shaped some of my own judgments. But, yeah, you’re kind of shocked sometimes when you meet “cool” people living that life/faith, etc.

I really like this blog because I can relate on other levels, but also because it challenges my beliefs about how people with strong faiths act, what it really looks like to follow God, the normalcy of life, the challenges to remain faithful, etc.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:07:10 +0000

I was watching a church video yesterday about having the aroma or “stink” of Jesus, bringing hope to others and I thought of how many non-believers are repulsed by the stink of religion but people call it Jesus. We need to get our stink right!

By: Pat Callahan

Pat Callahan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:03:56 +0000

First the cocksuckers post and now this. I love you for it, bro! Keep up that which only you can do!