Comments on: Fear of the Truth http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Life, times, and musings of a seminarian & family Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:56:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christopher Gillespie http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-5114 Christopher Gillespie Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:05:25 +0000 http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/#comment-5114 Indeed! I had chosen to be anonymous until the winter of 2005/6. I was persuaded otherwise mostly due to my lack of restraint when hiding behind a pseudonym. I dropped the anonymity banner at that time. This was the post where I came out of hiding: <a href="http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/02/08/anonymity/" title="Permanent Link to Anonymity" rel="nofollow">Anonymity</a>. I still hold to my reasons for doing so. You are right! It does open me up for all sorts of pain, anguish, and suffering. Oh well. Indeed! I had chosen to be anonymous until the winter of 2005/6. I was persuaded otherwise mostly due to my lack of restraint when hiding behind a pseudonym. I dropped the anonymity banner at that time.

This was the post where I came out of hiding: Anonymity. I still hold to my reasons for doing so.

You are right! It does open me up for all sorts of pain, anguish, and suffering. Oh well.

]]> By: Der Bettler http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-5113 Der Bettler Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:00:44 +0000 http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/#comment-5113 Ah, but there <i>is</i> a third option. True, the words we speak can be (and often are) used against us. It can also harm the conscience to remain silent. However, writers since the infancy of literature have known the third option, which I intentionally chose when I began blogging: the pseudonym. Is it cowardly? Sometimes. However, if you Google my full name you'll only find a bith announcement in the local paper, and then about sixty hits down. Those who need to know who I am know who I am, and everyone else can simply read or choose not to read the rantings of a pseudonymous author. Ah, but there is a third option. True, the words we speak can be (and often are) used against us. It can also harm the conscience to remain silent.

However, writers since the infancy of literature have known the third option, which I intentionally chose when I began blogging: the pseudonym. Is it cowardly? Sometimes. However, if you Google my full name you’ll only find a bith announcement in the local paper, and then about sixty hits down. Those who need to know who I am know who I am, and everyone else can simply read or choose not to read the rantings of a pseudonymous author.

]]> By: ghp http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-5110 ghp Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:48:53 +0000 http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/#comment-5110 You are most certainly welcome, Sem. Gillespie. And I thank you for your faithful service, and the admirable execution of your vocation as a pastor-in-formation. Plus, your blog rocks out loud! :wink: -ghp You are most certainly welcome, Sem. Gillespie.

And I thank you for your faithful service, and the admirable execution of your vocation as a pastor-in-formation.

Plus, your blog rocks out loud! :wink:

-ghp

]]> By: Territorial Bloggings http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-5108 Territorial Bloggings Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:51:13 +0000 http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/#comment-5108 <strong>Fear of speaking the truth...</strong> Every so often, even a cynical pessimist like myself is given cause for optimism. There are good men in our seminaries. The remnant will not be left without proper care. For that I am thankful. The immediate reason for this surge of optimism is this po... Fear of speaking the truth…

Every so often, even a cynical pessimist like myself is given cause for optimism. There are good men in our seminaries. The remnant will not be left without proper care. For that I am thankful.
The immediate reason for this surge of optimism is this po…

]]> By: Christopher Gillespie http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-5101 Christopher Gillespie Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:32:37 +0000 http://dizzysound.net/blog/2006/11/11/fear-of-the-truth/#comment-5101 Thanks Mr. Piper for your words of encouragement. --------------- <a href="http://blog.gpiper.org/blog/archives/2006/11/11/fear-of-speaking-the-truth/" rel="nofollow">Territorial Bloggings » Fear of speaking the truth</a> Every so often, even a cynical pessimist like myself is given cause for optimism. There are good men in our seminaries. The remnant will not be left without proper care. For that I am thankful. The immediate reason for this surge of optimism is this post over at Outer Rim Territories. In the past while, it seems as there has been a shakedown of sorts at the sems, as the political climate in Synod (which is, sadly, derivative of the larger cultural climate) has had a chilling effect on any discourse amongst blogging-inclined seminarians. This is, IMO, both unfortunate and misguided. Better that seminarians should learn through discussion and be open to the opportunity for loving correction, than they should learn to keep their mouths shut, “go along to get along”, and “cooperate to graduate”. We, the sheep, need bold confessors & proclaimers of the Truth, not company men! You see, though, the Truth can — and will — be twisted by the enemy. That does not mean that it should not be loudly proclaimed and taught. Timidity must not be tolerated, much less encouraged. I thank God for the sure hope & knowledge that we will be sustained. (even as my sinful self cowers in fear & wallows in despair… that guy gets drowned every day!) Thanks Mr. Piper for your words of encouragement.

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Territorial Bloggings » Fear of speaking the truth
Every so often, even a cynical pessimist like myself is given cause for optimism. There are good men in our seminaries. The remnant will not be left without proper care. For that I am thankful.
The immediate reason for this surge of optimism is this post over at Outer Rim Territories.
In the past while, it seems as there has been a shakedown of sorts at the sems, as the political climate in Synod (which is, sadly, derivative of the larger cultural climate) has had a chilling effect on any discourse amongst blogging-inclined seminarians. This is, IMO, both unfortunate and misguided. Better that seminarians should learn through discussion and be open to the opportunity for loving correction, than they should learn to keep their mouths shut, “go along to get along”, and “cooperate to graduate”.
We, the sheep, need bold confessors & proclaimers of the Truth, not company men!
You see, though, the Truth can — and will — be twisted by the enemy. That does not mean that it should not be loudly proclaimed and taught.
Timidity must not be tolerated, much less encouraged.
I thank God for the sure hope & knowledge that we will be sustained. (even as my sinful self cowers in fear & wallows in despair… that guy gets drowned every day!)

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