It may seem like a strange subject to discuss but this train of thought was instrumental in whisking me off on a wild search for answers. Prior to thinking this thought I had always been content to keep my searches for truth safely locked inside my cozy house with the comforts of familiar names and authors, no theological loose ends and answers I half-knew already. After thinking this thought I was startled to hear a booming knock on the door of my cozy house; it was the beckoning of Christian perspectives and traditions I had never before considered, all asking me to come outside and play. I had rarely played with the other kids on my block. My cozy cast of familiar experts said there was no reason to give them due consideration.
Good thoughts often come at times that do not seem to suit them. The particular line of thought that is now on my mind came to me when I was unloading supplies for my youth center's cafe. Somewhere between hauling flats of Mountain Dew and boxes of Kit-Kats it hit me. I don't specifically remember what triggered this thought. Something to do with somebody about something. Anyhow this something said by this someone had really stuck in my craw. I remember muttering to myself (as I often do when I get ruffled) the words spoken to me by this someone: "Oh. Oh, I see. So you disagree with [Joe Expert]?" said this someone. "Do you think you are smarter than they are? How many Ph.Ds do you have? How many books have you written?"
I was a little upset. Actually I was pretty stinkin' annoyed. The nerve of this someone to accuse me of arrogance and pride simply because I disagreed with a so-called expert. It was a poor argument on their part, I knew it but I didn't have a good reply and I knew in their eyes I had "lost" that round. Too bad I didn't have a good comeback: Oh yeah, well the Jerk Store called and they're running out of you!!!!
I was a little upset. Actually I was pretty stinkin' annoyed. The nerve of this someone to accuse me of arrogance and pride simply because I disagreed with a so-called expert. It was a poor argument on their part, I knew it but I didn't have a good reply and I knew in their eyes I had "lost" that round. Too bad I didn't have a good comeback: Oh yeah, well the Jerk Store called and they're running out of you!!!!
