Difficult doesn't even begin to describe it. Your gut answer--for reporters to stop being arseholes, yeah. But what if they stop, then what? Ready for a statement of the obvious? It is possible that the best language with which to describe the religious experience is found in...religion? Journalism, right?, best describes what you can see and touch. Religious language describes what you can't see and can't touch, but what you feel. And there's nothing truly objective about it. You and I can both agree that the bottom light on a stoplight is green, and we can be reasonably, not definitely, but reasonably sure we are talking about the same color. You can't even do that with religion.
One more question, please? Are we allowed here to mention our own websites and blogs, because I'm trying to address this issue. Not saying I'm succeeding, but I'm a' tryin'.
naftali
Amen Bro
Difficult doesn't even begin to describe it. Your gut answer--for reporters to stop being arseholes, yeah. But what if they stop, then what? Ready for a statement of the obvious? It is possible that the best language with which to describe the religious experience is found in...religion? Journalism, right?, best describes what you can see and touch. Religious language describes what you can't see and can't touch, but what you feel. And there's nothing truly objective about it. You and I can both agree that the bottom light on a stoplight is green, and we can be reasonably, not definitely, but reasonably sure we are talking about the same color. You can't even do that with religion.
One more question, please? Are we allowed here to mention our own websites and blogs, because I'm trying to address this issue. Not saying I'm succeeding, but I'm a' tryin'.