Blogs and Bloggers for Truth
Blogs are all the rage in the mainstream media. Columns are popping up that discuss the impact of blogs on the election, and of course the impact of blogs on the mainstream media. In creating this blog, I sought neither and have found neither. What I have found however is that this blog enables the development of my thoughts and ideals and on rare occasions, read my subtitle, reaches others. In developing a consistent worldview, or guiding set of principles, the ability or attempt to communicate it often serves as a significant step in the right direction, thus a blog serves as a means to achieve a much more significant end.
I have made it a point to not make this blog a site where my past is discussed. Primarily in order to protect the innocent, and to allow me to express who I am today, a very different man than I was some years ago. Almost every person who knew me just over five years ago, no longer has any relationship with me whatsoever. And I’ve readily admitted that the reason for this is entirely my mistakes. Of course, it serves no purpose to admit it, as those who once sought my friendship are no longer listening. Time has passed and I am no longer of concern to them. I’ve also stated I’d prefer it be different, not wanting to have lost their friendship nor their trust.
Why do I say this, and how does it relate to my opening paragraph? We all write our blogs for different reasons. Yet I’ve noticed that whether as a confessional, a rant board, a political statement, a moral sounding board, or a combination, we all tend to seek and occasionally find that which eludes us in so much of today’s America – Truth.
This blog is not my confessional. I comment on political and social issues that strike my interest. Yet I respect, if not admire, those who choose to make their blog so personal. One such example is Alex of Wandering Mind.
Alex’s recent post on principles and abortion opens a door into who he is that struck a chord so deeply within me that I honestly had to leave the room. The discussion is pertinent because the evil that courses through our enemies veins, is found to such a high degree in our nation as well, and only by our admission of it, and forthright attempts to defeat it, personally, in boardrooms, in politics and on battlefields will we achieve the kind of peace that so many discuss but so few can understand. What?
A complete lack of moral clarity is the heart of the disease that is Islamo Fascism. The same lack of moral clarity is found here, in this country, in each of us, and only in the pursuit of it, will we find a path of understanding sufficient to defeat evil, and avoid being the next great evil. The Islamist have given up the pursuit of truth and moral clarity, we can not ever do so.
One final note, and I believe Alex knows this, but I state it explicitly to ensure that I am not misunderstood, Alex is not evil nor is he, or any one else seeking to understand the absolutes of moral clarity, in any way associated with evil in my commentary here. He is an example of the restorative and fulfilling capability of the blogosphere as he opens a door into himself, not just for self-exploration, but also for those of us who read him to also explore and learn. So I thank him for that.
