{"id":926,"date":"2008-10-03T08:36:49","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T16:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/10\/03\/well\/"},"modified":"2008-10-03T08:36:49","modified_gmt":"2008-10-03T16:36:49","slug":"well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/10\/03\/well\/","title":{"rendered":"well…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the dust has settled a bit, what shall we say?<\/p>\n

First, I think that Chris was rightly offended at the category tag I put on my earlier post. He was right, I was wrong. The tag has been removed.<\/p>\n

But what about the substance of my complaint? Chris dismisses my complaint and thinks I should take down my post since he was merely offering a citation<\/em>, nothing more. <\/p>\n

A citation?<\/p>\n

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ci\u00b7ta\u00b7tion<\/b> <\/a>     (s?-t?’sh?n)  Pronunciation Key<\/a>
n.   <\/p>\n

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  1. The act of citing.\n
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    1. A quoting of an authoritative source for substantiation.\n
    2. A source so cited; a quotation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      [citation. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage\u00ae Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition<\/i>. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. <\/font>http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/citation<\/font><\/a> (accessed: October 03, 2008).]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      This is the headline<\/em> of the post in question: <\/p>\n

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      Driscoll on the Emergent Church<\/a><\/h5>\n

      By Chris on Mark Driscoll <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      Prominently displayed is a picture of Driscoll himself (apparently while ‘preaching’.)<\/p>\n

      There are a few other citations in the post, it is true. But what is the post about? It’s about Driscoll. He is the centrepiece and his mp3 is the main point of the post.<\/p>\n

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      Side Note:<\/strong> There is an attitude among some who wear the label ‘fundamentalist’ that seems to think it ‘cool’ to show how cutting edge they are by talking up and quasi endorsing men who are not fundamentalists. It’s real cool when you can promote someone like a Driscoll and yet say you still hold your fundie bona fides. Am I right or wrong, my readers, to say that such an attitude exists?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

      Now, in my mind, what Chris did with his post was more than citation, it was promotion. My perceptions are admittedly affected by Driscoll’s most recent outrage, but I have been repeatedly asking (and no one has really been answering) if the Christian church should do anything but shun Driscoll for his blasphemous talk?<\/p>\n

      The outrage in our little circle has been directed instead at me, for expressing my dismay at what seems to me to be promotion, not just citation. I have argued with Chris in the past concerning his support and promotion of conservative evangelicals. I have a great deal of misgivings about what Chris says and does in that respect, but Driscoll is (and has been) far further afield than a conservative evangelical. Am I right in saying Chris’ post is promotion not citation?<\/em> (I realize opinions will differ here.) Am I right in thinking that it is at best highly questionable if not completely inappropriate to promote Driscoll in any way? Or in this way?<\/em><\/p>\n

      Now then, what should we do? Chris wants me to take down my post, and I still find his strongly objectionable.<\/p>\n

      These posts are probably all archived by now on Google, I am sure. But if Chris is willing to take down his (both of them), I will take down mine (both of them). That would mean, of course, dear readers, that all your immortal comments would be lost. Can you live with that?<\/p>\n

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