09-13-2013, 02:30 AM
I know that the poem is not the poet, but the new title really helps clear it all up. Shedding light on a point of view is not the same as blessing it. Thinking of it as a babtist observation just lightens it up a little, whether you agree our not. And now we don't even need to decide whether we agree. There's no longer any need to argue with the poem.
Baptists will laugh chuckle and say "that's so true!", and others will laugh and say, "they really do think like that!"
Opinion is opinion, and calling it such let's us know that the author is not trying to brow beat us, or assume we agree, or even that he agrees, just saying "it's true, some people do think this way, and that's life, what can i say, whattya gonna do? You can change it."
Everybody knows that arguing with a baptist is pointless!
Baptists will laugh chuckle and say "that's so true!", and others will laugh and say, "they really do think like that!"
Opinion is opinion, and calling it such let's us know that the author is not trying to brow beat us, or assume we agree, or even that he agrees, just saying "it's true, some people do think this way, and that's life, what can i say, whattya gonna do? You can change it."
Everybody knows that arguing with a baptist is pointless!