Purposeful or co-incidence

Blogs. One of the nifty features is that "Next Blog" button that will randomly plop you down on someone else's blog at random.

I don't tell many people that I have this blog; in fact there are only two people who know me that know it exists. As it is I have to occasionally wrestle with myself and stay true to the goal that this be an uncensored diary whenever I have the time and inclination to add to it.

How will someone take this or that comment that I make? I don't know, but what it really comes down to is that I am who I am, and I think what I think. My shortcomings are on display for everyone to see; judge if you will, but I believe you reveal yourself in how you judge others just as much as if you were candid.

I am, as the blog address indicates if you are observant reader, no-deist, a-thiest. It is interesting to me to see that two of my blog's visitors today were referred here, through the magic of the Next Blog button, from believers' blogs (http://lavonnebruckner.blogspot.com/ and http://savedbyhisgracealone.blogspot.com/). One speaks of sharing the bible with others rather than shoving it in their face, while the other speaks of being persecuted and considered crazy for believing in jesus christ.

Sharing is indeed better than shoving, although I know that in their eyes something must be done to save the unsaved, so I wonder how far that patience would go in the face of a non-believer. And the other blog reminds me that persecution is something I'm familiar with, from the other direction, from believers to this non-believer. Although no-deism is my core belief I would be hesitant to share it with anyone in a country that is pre-dominately deist.

So on the topic of judging others, and what that reveals...

How do I judge thee?

Well, I judge thee on the basis of tolerance. If you can tolerate the likes of me, I can tolerate the likes of you. But, who goes first? Which of us tolerates the other first?

So... an interesting random convergence of spirtual contradiction leads to this train of thought... but I grow tired, and it all ceases to make any sense to me... shall we say, "to be continued"?