Taking Offense Easier than Logic and Evidence
By Henry Neufeld Kevin DeYoung makes this claim at the evangel blog. Amongst many good things, he says:
For starters, being hurt is easier than being right. To prove you’re offended you just have to rustle up moral indignation and tell the world about it. To prove you’re right you actually have to make arguments and use logic and marshal evidence. Why debate theology or politics or economics if you can win your audience by making the other guys look like meanies?
While I like to avoid giving unnecessary offense, when one must offend in order to speak what one believes is the truth, then it’s time to speak. We truly are an easily offended culture.
HT: One Eternal Day
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