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Bad Tither
First of all, I have to give credit to the snappy title of this post to its creator, Mr. Wes Whitener. It’s a song of his by his band The Sheeps. You should totally check them out. They rock. I’ve been thinking about that song a lot lately. I hope he’s not going to expect any royalties. Cuz I ain’t got ’em. As you’ll soon realize further into this post. So, a while back, in this post, I mentioned duplicity. Duplicity is basically another word for deceit; having a different intent than what is being professed or projected. Saying one thing but doing another thing entirely; double-mindedness. It is the…
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Dualing Banjos
Well, I got such great feedback from everyone with the last post. So, if you haven’t had enough of dualism yet, there’s a whole lot more where that came from, and I think it’s my new found calling in life to bring it to the masses ad nauseum. 🙂 I read this article by Nancy Scott called “Dueling with Dualism” not too long ago, and it really struck a chord with me. I encourage you to read the whole thing, but I will share with you my favorite passage: To separate our experience into spiritual and material, leads us to place value on the pursuit of “spiritual” things over the…
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Regarding Dualism
I mentioned dualism in my last post. I’ve been reading a lot about dualism lately. I was first introduced to the concept by reading Michael’s blog over at The Christian Monist. He’s got quite a story to tell, and it’s really good stuff. He writes a lot about dualism, and how much it pervades our culture and colors many of our beliefs. Dualism has many different meanings, depending on the context in which it is being discussed. But for here and now, dualism, as it relates to the modern American evangelical Christian, is a way of viewing the world in very black and very white terms; having a very defined,…
