Comments on: I belong to Apollos! I belong to Paul… http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/17/i-belong-to-apollos-i-belong-to-paul/ Along for the Journey...On God's Time Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bryan http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/17/i-belong-to-apollos-i-belong-to-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Bryan Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:14:14 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/i-belong-to-apollos-i-belong-to-paul/#comment-51 Jay Leno said in an interview with "Details", "Everytime I think I'm a Republican, they go and do something really greedy. And everytime I think I'm a Democrat, they go and do something really stupid." I agree that it's important for us not to be fluid on everything and we should have strong stances, but I would venture to say that as a liberal, there are a lot of "liberal" issues I think are pretty stupid, and there are probably some "conservative" issues that I would probably find myself agreeing with - even though I would be mostly considered pretty liberal or at least moderate. Jay Leno said in an interview with “Details”, “Everytime I think I’m a Republican, they go and do something really greedy. And everytime I think I’m a Democrat, they go and do something really stupid.”

I agree that it’s important for us not to be fluid on everything and we should have strong stances, but I would venture to say that as a liberal, there are a lot of “liberal” issues I think are pretty stupid, and there are probably some “conservative” issues that I would probably find myself agreeing with – even though I would be mostly considered pretty liberal or at least moderate.

]]> By: Andrew Shih http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/17/i-belong-to-apollos-i-belong-to-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Andrew Shih Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:45:12 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/i-belong-to-apollos-i-belong-to-paul/#comment-50 There's nothing wrong with labels, so long as they apply. I could say that I am a Christian who believes in churches governed by a group of representatives and in Reformed theology, etc., or I could just say that I am a "Presbyterian" and be a more efficient communicator. Where labels run amok is where say I take a stand on a particular issue in which I "happen" to agree with the liberals or the conservatives, and then I get labeled as such by others and then others make the false assumption that I agree with liberals or conservatives on most other issues. There’s nothing wrong with labels, so long as they apply. I could say that I am a Christian who believes in churches governed by a group of representatives and in Reformed theology, etc., or I could just say that I am a “Presbyterian” and be a more efficient communicator.

Where labels run amok is where say I take a stand on a particular issue in which I “happen” to agree with the liberals or the conservatives, and then I get labeled as such by others and then others make the false assumption that I agree with liberals or conservatives on most other issues.

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