tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post4299759815476329231..comments2023-06-09T12:46:12.932-04:00Comments on The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia: You don’t learn to fish by going to fishing schoolArthur Sidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-82859322061277464112012-08-21T13:38:54.145-04:002012-08-21T13:38:54.145-04:00dle
Change and insecurity make people nervous and...dle<br /><br />Change and insecurity make people nervous and fear is a marvelous motivator, even if that motivation is indecision. When i look back at my time in mormonism, it is hard to understand why I stayed so long but at the time I was secure and comfortable and that was preferable to asking hard questions.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-11875657166829083332012-08-20T17:22:13.168-04:002012-08-20T17:22:13.168-04:00Arthur,
"Lots of assertions. Little evidence...Arthur,<br /><br />"Lots of assertions. Little evidence."<br /><br />Woe betide the one who challenges those assertions, and questions the lack of evidence.Aussie Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199918171163666399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-50670162207010228672012-08-20T14:35:50.329-04:002012-08-20T14:35:50.329-04:00To quote Paul Simon:
"Still, a man hears wh...To quote Paul Simon: <br /><br />"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear/ And disregards the rest."<br /><br />That's pretty much every side in every conversation anymore. No one has enough humility to wonder if the other side is making any astute points that should be heard.<br /><br />I'm sad to keep harping on the American Church, but the level of "nah, nah, nah, we're not listening" among supposed leaders has reached pandemic proportions. No one is open to change. No one is open to even examining the components of that change, even if it means saving the whole endeavor. It is as if people would rather go down with the ship than admit it is sinking. Better to drown than to be found wrong. The lunkheaded logic of that should be clear.dlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475467561892290120noreply@blogger.com