following politics, pursuing holiness
Some might wonder how calling someone a scumbag is consistent with Christianity, meekness, turning the other cheek, etc.
Perhaps it isn’t kind, and someday maybe I’ll wish I hadn’t, though that seems very unlikely. But it’s truthful. And a good deal milder than what I would have said a few years ago.
[...] Fellow philophronos blogger Laura is pretty annoyed with William Arkin for what he wrote about the troops in The Troops Also Need to Support the American People. She has demonstrated that here and defended it further here. [...]
[...] didn’t apologize for what he wrote about the troops, and instead tried to justify it. I unapologetically called him scum, and after reading this, my opinion hasn’t really changed. He’s a [...]
Read more by Laura Curtis at the Washington Examiner and in Hot Air’s Greenroom.
But...
//But it’s truthful//
Saying “scumbag” was nice. I’m sure there’s lots worse things that could have been said that were also true. Jesus called the pharisees snakes and vipers, so He wasn’t above telling it like it is in a metaphorical sense.
I guess the reason I feel (somewhat) bad about it is that I’m devoting this much emotion to a worldly, political issue.
Imagine if I devoted this much passion to the cause of furthering God’s kingdom!! During this dry time I’m in, I can’t seem to do it. But I’m praying I will be able to soon.