Amos "I would suggest an alternative approach. Try embodying the enlightenment you have experienced into your acts, and not your words. Use ordinary languiage to show kindness, compassion, and inspiration, instead of citing institutionalized, authoritarian categorical power-buttons at people. It would, oddly enough, not only be more effective communication, it would be far more Christian in the deepest and best sense of the word"

I understand what you're saying..... I agree a good Christian should show their faith by acts, but how is someone supposed to demonstrate their faith by ACTS on an internet forum like Mudcat?

Now, language, of course that's another matter. But I think Slag was using ordinary words, and just telling it as he sees it and understands it. At least the words he was using were ordinary enough for other believers. I know non-believers might have a problem with words like 'God' and 'bible' and so on. But the organised churches have already shown the futility of diluting God's word to attract bigger congregations - using hip hop terms etc, which ends up with no-one taking them seriously anyway.

And there are some neighbourhoods in the city where I live where ANY of the words over one syllable we used on this forum to discuss philosophy science and religion would gaurantee us a good beating. So we can't keep everyone happy all the time!