Boanerges: Part Deux

King Solomon repeatedly observed throughout the book of Ecclesiastes that "there is nothing new under the sun". This has certainly been true when I've observed what some people have described as "trolls" in the blogosphere.

When I was a much younger man, I was one among many who endured the firey anti-Christian rock crusades of the 1980's. There was no reasoning with these crusaders. There was no discussion. Many times, factual exaggerations or outright falsehoods were employed in order to "prove" their point.

"Christian love" was viewed as a weakness to be overcome; the goal was to crush their adversaries. Like St. Paul before his conversion, they thought they were doing God a favour. Anyone who questioned their attitude, methodology, "facts", or conclusions was immediately denounced as rebellious and possibly unsaved.

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