Erik's Rant
 

September 15, 2003

Old Oligarch has a good one here...

The Old Oligarch is one of the blogs that I like to read. The author, who goes by a nome de plume, teches theology and is also a gun aficionado, holds his liquor, as they said in the good old days, and writes quite well. I highly recommend his blog, and am adding it to the links list.

In this post he writes about the need for lay theologians to be on call, ready for the pastoral dimension of their work that they did not think they were signing up for. He makes some outstanding observations about the many people out there who thirst for knowledge, and have no one to turn to. It is not really so surprising that garbage like The Da Vinci Code can be so popular, as people want to learn, and this stuff comes along pretending to offer the knowledge they seek, and they do not have the academic tools needed to verify (or they are too lazy, or a mixture of both is at play) what is offered.

A very interesting post.

Posted by erik at September 15, 2003 11:37 AM | TrackBack
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