BULLET POINTS

Thanks to Ann V., who directed me to a new (to me) blog, Faith and Theology. Ann sent the link to the post titled Twelve point guide for ripostes to militant atheists, by Kim Fabricius.

A couple of samples to entice you to read the rest of the ripostes at the link:

—Your faith is unreasonable.

—Your reason is unreasonable – and you have such faith in your scepticism.

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—The Gospels contain inconsistencies A, B, and C.

—You forgot X, Y, and Z.

While meandering around the website, I found a marvelous post by Ben Meyers, titled On writing: thirteen theses. It's enough to give a blogger pause, nearly enough to cause a blogger to cease and desist, but not quite. However, reading the theses will perhaps cause me to think rather more seriously about what I write and to give additional attention to editing and deleting - and that would be before I hit the publish button. I joke that my motto is "Publish first; edit after", but making a joke of mistakes is a poor excuse for not writing a satisfactory post before publishing.

Excerpts from the theses:

2. Kinds of writing. There are four kinds of writing: bad, mediocre, good, and great. The difference between bad writing and mediocre writing is discipline. The difference between mediocre writing and good writing is editing. The difference between good writing and great writing is miracle.

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3. Writing and editing. T. S. Eliot once observed that good writers do not necessarily write better than others, but are better critics and editors. Good writers cull the overpopulated paragraphs of their work. Like a farmer protecting the livestock, the writer lovingly separates whatever is sickly and infirm – and then loads the gun.

Bang!

There you have it. Read the rest and weep. I know I did.