offensive material

i was thinking about how great it would be if i could carry a notepad with me all the time to write down my thoughts, and i realized since i would much prefer typing over handwriting i should make a blog, and then i remember this place, a blog that i neglect more often than my vcr player.

anyways i was thinking about how people get offended, and i realized people only get offended over 2 reasons, either the other person is wrong, or you're wrong. you can't get offended over something you agree about.

what that means is, if someone says something wrong and it conflicts with what you know is true then you can get offended (for example if you're a lakers fan and someone says celtics are the best you get offended because clearly they're wrong) same vice versa.

so why bring this up? why does it matter? who cares who's right or wrong?

Since i am a christian and i spend most of my time at church i see a lot of people getting offended by other people in the church. Either by what they say, believe, do, etc, it's hard not to see someone getting offended nowadays.

I've done my fair share of offending people too, not to be a jerk but to make a point. for instance last thursday i was hanging out with a church friend and he said something so ridiculous (on the lines of "i'm going to kill that person" but more graphic) and i repeated what was said to that person to try to see if he would listen to what he was saying, but i didn't get any response from him, he just continued to play with his phone as if what he said was okay. Later that night during a group time at church the topic of being careful with your words came up, and i repeated what that person said, and he got offended and angry. I did not change the words, i simply said exactly what he said except now there was the context of being careful what you say around us. I offended him on purpose so he could see his mistake, and yes maybe he won't change and maybe he'll just stay angry, but how can i be this persons friend if i don't point out his mistakes to him? if we just hang out with people who accept our faults then how can we get any better as christians? as humans? as anything?

Just like i purposely offended my friend i believe that as christians the holy spirit can also offend us, with that being said, when we are offended in the church, or even outside the church, i think we should really evaluate what part of us is being offended, and what is offending us. because if it's the holy spirit, and the holy spirit cannot be wrong, then we have some changing to do.

and just to be clear, lakers are the best team.