lol
back when i went on missions after freshman year, i would always notice my group calling our english students "kids" even though they were about the same age as us.
maybe it's because we were teaching them something important (the gospel), so we naturally think of ourselves as higher than them
my team leader noticed it too, and it got a little less after that
somewhat unrelated:
sometimes i wonder if all this talk about being God's children causes us to naturally exclude those that aren't the children...as far as we know.
i wonder how "non-believers" become friends: sharing commonalities, happy experiences, hobbies
"shallow things", then "deep" things
maybe if what holds together secular friendships is shallow things anyways (in other words, things that don't conflict with our beliefs but still have potential to bind people together), then we shouldn't feel so bad about making friends with nonchristians
or who's feeling bad anyway? maybe this is a moot point.
but still...for all the abuse of the word "exclusion" and who's being "exclusive", i think it's a good question to consider.
maybe it's because we were teaching them something important (the gospel), so we naturally think of ourselves as higher than them
my team leader noticed it too, and it got a little less after that
somewhat unrelated:
sometimes i wonder if all this talk about being God's children causes us to naturally exclude those that aren't the children...as far as we know.
i wonder how "non-believers" become friends: sharing commonalities, happy experiences, hobbies
"shallow things", then "deep" things
maybe if what holds together secular friendships is shallow things anyways (in other words, things that don't conflict with our beliefs but still have potential to bind people together), then we shouldn't feel so bad about making friends with nonchristians
or who's feeling bad anyway? maybe this is a moot point.
but still...for all the abuse of the word "exclusion" and who's being "exclusive", i think it's a good question to consider.