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I\u2019m reminded of my own warning that the Internet is filled with\u00a0amateur\u00a0apologists<\/a>. \u00a0In Leah\u2019s case, she\u2019s a brand new convert. \u00a0When I was a convert to Christianity, I was pretty much still a liberal agnostic. \u00a0I just believed something about Jesus and God and hoped for\u00a0forgiveness, there being parts of my previous life I felt were begging for forgiveness. \u00a0It would be many years before my old\u00a0prejudice\u00a0that was formed in the hallowed halls of a radically post-Christian and leftist state\u00a0university\u00a0would be replaced by teachings informed by the historic Christian faith. \u00a0Eventually, of course, that led me into the Catholic Church, but that\u2019s for some other time.<\/p>\n

For now, as I read Leah\u2019s bold celebration of the hope for gay marriage<\/a>, coupled with her continued preference for the wonder of gentle atheists, plus other strange posts, like one about\u00a0 praying for\u00a0fictional\u00a0sci-fi characters<\/a>, I\u2019m reminded that Leah is not just an\u00a0amateur, but a babe in the faith. \u00a0She\u2019s just starting out. \u00a0And perhaps having a blog where she will be pulled in multiple directions by people who wish to pull her in multiple directions isn\u2019t the wisest course of action. \u00a0I know it was tough enough for me to come to grips with various elements of the faith and that was without a blog. \u00a0So here\u2019s my prayer, that she shuts down her blog and works out her faith in fear and trembling, and away from the spotlight of a million prowling trolls. Do a blog about Hobbits or something. \u00a0Or how cool it is to dress like your favorite Harry Potter character. \u00a0But working out such difficult things in the\u00a0cross-hairs\u00a0of 21st century discourse, I can\u2019t imagine it. \u00a0If she chooses to do so, she has my prayers. \u00a0And my sympathies.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"