{"id":30877,"date":"2013-02-21T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/?p=30877"},"modified":"2013-02-21T03:14:08","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T10:14:08","slug":"humility-is-the-first-step-to-shalom-on-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2013\/02\/humility-is-the-first-step-to-shalom-on-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Humility Is The First Step To ‘Shalom’ On The Web"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Nobody likes to admit they were wrong, that they jumped to conclusions and acted or spoke unfairly. Doing so reveals our foolishness and ignorance, and nobody likes to admit that they\u2019re those things. Combine that with the \u201conline disinhibition effect\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and the apparent anonymity of the Web, and humility becomes an even rarer quality online. We rarely consider that we might be wrong, that our thoughts, beliefs, and narratives may be skewed or inaccurate, especially if they\u2019re regarding a group of people with whom we have serious differences (politically, theologically, philosophically, etc.).<\/p>\n

Which is why\u00a0Daniel J. Solomon\u2019s recent article for The Harvard Crimson<\/em>, simply titled \u201cShalom\u201d<\/a>, is such a breath of fresh air. In October 2012, Solomon had written another piece\u2014\u201cThe Hillel Problem\u201d<\/a>\u2014that was a scathing takedown of Orthodox Jews in the Harvard community. A few of Solomon\u2019s conclusions included:<\/p>\n