There's really nothing new in regard to people who walk around with a Bluetooth headset in their ear who appear to be talking to themselves. We clandestine talk radio listeners have been doing it for decades. (Am I really old enough to say I've been listening for decades?) As I perform my daily rounds in the delivery of very important junk mail, I listen in frustration to scores of people daily who need me to straighten their thinking on a myriad of issues. Since I can't call in, I sometimes just talk to my radio: "NO! You've got it backwards!" "You don't know what you're talking about!" and "Say this, you ridiculous talk show host, say THIS!"
My favorite time to talk to the radio is when a secular host gets on issues of faith and the Bible. They are always speaking from knowledge they have yet to attain, and are then called by Christians who want to educate them on all things theological. Point in fact: a caller recently phoned a local show to explain everything he knew about God's creation of the universe, or intelligent design. He appeared well informed on the subject, discussing old vs. young earth, quoting phDs, and backing his position up with data. An interesting subject, but any outcome, in my opinion, is of minimal importance when compared to vital Christian doctrine. When the host told the caller that he was troubled by the Bible's story of creation mostly because it also teaches that man was created in the image and of God, and that means the creator is some being who looks like you and me and he just can't accept that. The caller's response: "Good point".
My head almost exploded. Given an opportunity to talk about the incredible doctrine that flows from the fact that we are created in the image and likeness of God, this Christian was totally unarmed. He had obviously spent hours in the pursuit of arguments for the creation of a young earth (an issue that will do nothing to turn others to the faith) but little if any on matters that could change entirely how a man might think about the creator.
Soap boxes create narrow, unbalanced believers. And, I have found that when I stand on them, I end up looking down on everyone else.
