Renea's Response

Keep in mind, she's responding to some stuff that didn't make it into the blog and says some other good stuff not included here.

When you say, "What I hear from the question is, is it okay to not be inconvenienced with religious obligations?" I see where you're coming from and how that's a viable interpretation. But it wasn't the gut feeling I had. What I intuited as I prayerfully read and responded to this guy was legalism. That was affirmed when he wrote back with this: "Hi. I'm a Christian who tries hard to live for God the best I can. I like to know whether certain things are sins that are unclear so I'll grow more in the Lord. I know I'm far from perfect." And then he proceeded to ask more questions on a different topic wanting blanket yes or no answers to questions that are a matter of personal conviction. This guy is looking for rules to get him closer to Jesus.

Now, when you say, "What I hear from you is, I'm uncomfortable with saying no, but really it is about being getting the 'important' matters right," I'm really not sure where you read that in my response. Perhaps you misread the intentions in my commentary about our busyness; but I assure you, I was coming from the same place you are when you talk about our mirroring the culture instead of imaging God.

Basically I misread the context in Sartrean proportions.