Ernie: It is completely obvious that I need to become part of another community. This does not mean abandoning RC.org. My previous moves in that direction were ill-advised. There still is value here. However, there also is nothingness. I just don't get it. Looking back over the years this site has brought to everyone's attention a wealth of good ideas. Sure, some of what has been said has not amounted to anything. And I'd like to be able to retract some comments of times past. But the usual condition of things these past few years -death of RC spirit seems to date to around 2013 or thereabouts- has been depressing. The site has become lifeless. Now and then there is some sort of recovery but these times are irregular and more and more infrequent. There are just enough to stay but that is the best spin I can put on it. So, while remaining, it also is time to move on. I remember any number of sermons I heard over the years. By no means completely, in all cases just a little of the whole thing. But there is a commonality: People always cared. At no time, even in instances where the sermon -candidly- wasn't all that good, there was at least some response from people. This also applies to other kinds of events, university lectures, say, or business meetings featuring presentations to promote some new development in the firm, maybe an innovative approach to customer service. In all of this I simply do not recall -anywhere- utter indifference to what was said / presented. Here, alas, it has become the rule at a 98% level that indifference is normal, to be expected, how things are. This is ridiculous. And you're "not sure what I'm complaining about"? Well, that sums up my argument concisely. Apparently you can't see the problem. The palpable indifference has become your "normal" also. Maybe it would be helpful if I explained how everything looks from my subjective perspective. Someone asks me a question, as sometimes happens. To best extent I reply, sometimes with a mini-essay. Someone comments about RC and what they hear from me are thoughtful comments in reply, at least thoughtful to the best of my ability. This can go even further, but to give you an idea. In contrast, I ask a question and it is anyone's guess whether or not there will even be a reply. You are more-or-less the great exception, but this is hardly something to count on any more. As for my comments about RC -or most other subjects- and the rule is: Seldom any reply at all. If there is an isolated reply, that is all I can ever look for. And often enough there are no replies at all. I give as close to 100% as it is possible for me to give. For others the rule is to give as close to 0% as possible. This exaggerates the proportions, but to make a point. If my stuff was poorly written, or unresearched, or full of logical flaws, or downright off the deep end, sure, what could anyone expect? But there are just enough replies from outside the group for me to know full well that my writings are anything but valueless, in fact some people, now and then anyway, do get the point and say so. For which I am boundlessly thankful. RC.org had (past tense) always been a forum for ideas. That has always been its attractive power for me. It is no such thing these days, and you seem to have close to no interest at all in seeing to it that it rebounds into a forum for ideas once more. Sure, there are reasons for this, survival among them. But it is very clear that things do not simply resolve into questions of your survival. Basically your interest seems to have dried up. Occasionally there is what seems to be a spark of what and who you were not all that long ago. These always come and always go, they never last. I don't know what the problem is but it is impossible not to notice. I think I have complained enough. It is pointless to gripe even more. RC is supposed to be a "team" activity. Where is there a team? Because of how much I have invested intellectually in RC.org I am not disposed to "forget about" the site. But it is high time to get realistic. The site is sinking and the captain of the ship is indifferent to the fact. I will stick around; at least -metaphorically- I have my own lifeboat. But I'd say that it would be in my best interests to book passage on another vessel as soon as it can be done. This one is going nowhere. It would be bad enough if the problem was simply a matter of disinterest in Radical Centrism. But it goes much deeper. I'm not sure why. But we are talking something like the Marianas Trench. And that's not good. Billy ================= 4/22/2016 2:16:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Billy, Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 21, 2016, at 17:07, BILROJ via Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hell, be as silent as you want. If you think that is smart who am I to differ? > Its just that I will interpret that silence in ways that make sense to me. > There isn't an alternative. Not sure what you're complaining about. We are agreed that modern Christianity in both its liberal and evangelical forms is fatally flawed, and needs to be drastically upgraded to remain relevant. Right? E= -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
