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I have a topic in mind upon which I’d like to focus my writing career. But before I go that route, I want to discern whether I’d have enough material.
I want to write about errors in belief that are popular among Western or at least U.S. Christians, but especially those which are born out of the culture. For example, in to not-too-distant past, many Christians would have said that it’s sinful to expose your ankle flesh.
I realize that asking this question here will be largely fruitless, because you’re in this culture; it’s unlikely that you see the kinds of defects I have in mind. You’re more likely to vehemently defend them as true… You’re my future audience.
Because I only know English, I can’t ask elsewhere. Hopefully some foreign, highly educated, or critical members will respond to this thread.
Are there a lot of false beliefs--such as the example that I gave--that I can address? Or might I quickly run out of material? I’m also happy to write to pastors, even if there's no apparent link to the culture. For example, it’s very common for pastors to say that we shouldn’t seek a wife. They use the Genesis account and God’s bringing Eve to Adam as evidence for that. But that part is historical narrative, and not to be taken as how we should live. And I can easily argue for the inverse: In 1Co 7, Paul tells us that in light of this present distress, it’s good not to seek a wife. Thus it follows that the normal mode is to seek a wife.
I would likely focus heavily on the Bible itself, sociology, psychology, and philosophy, to help spot these faults.
I have the personality for this pursuit. I’m very disagreeable, critical, and great at breaking things.
What are your thoughts? Are there plenty of errors of this type that I could write about?
I want to write about errors in belief that are popular among Western or at least U.S. Christians, but especially those which are born out of the culture. For example, in to not-too-distant past, many Christians would have said that it’s sinful to expose your ankle flesh.
I realize that asking this question here will be largely fruitless, because you’re in this culture; it’s unlikely that you see the kinds of defects I have in mind. You’re more likely to vehemently defend them as true… You’re my future audience.
Because I only know English, I can’t ask elsewhere. Hopefully some foreign, highly educated, or critical members will respond to this thread.
Are there a lot of false beliefs--such as the example that I gave--that I can address? Or might I quickly run out of material? I’m also happy to write to pastors, even if there's no apparent link to the culture. For example, it’s very common for pastors to say that we shouldn’t seek a wife. They use the Genesis account and God’s bringing Eve to Adam as evidence for that. But that part is historical narrative, and not to be taken as how we should live. And I can easily argue for the inverse: In 1Co 7, Paul tells us that in light of this present distress, it’s good not to seek a wife. Thus it follows that the normal mode is to seek a wife.
I would likely focus heavily on the Bible itself, sociology, psychology, and philosophy, to help spot these faults.
I have the personality for this pursuit. I’m very disagreeable, critical, and great at breaking things.
What are your thoughts? Are there plenty of errors of this type that I could write about?