Hello, my name is Will, often known in my blogs by the single letter W...why? Because names and language are flexible that way.
If this is your first time here, congratulations! I'm an acquired taste and you are one step on the path to acquiring me. Wait. That didn't come out like I hoped. Oh well. I have to prepare you for the journey we're about to go on. Why? Because it's dangerous to go alone. (video game reference necessary to prove that I have geek cred. Achievement unlocked!) Really, it's because I'm often misunderstood or people force their own version of a demon, pariah, heretic, or generally available right wing talk radio host on to me. Language is a sketchy, duplicitous wee beasty on the internet even in the best of times, but doubly so when talking about sensitive topics such as (dun dun DUN!) spiritual matters. If there are any shenanigans, generalizations, or displays of wholesale style ignorant rhetoric I will point the offending parties to this post and the following statement.
I, W, am an evolving being. I question everything because I'm on an honest pursuit of truth. This does mean that I believe that there is absolute truth. It also means, because I am pursuing it, I have not quite gained all the pieces. My opinions and views are, in many ways, changeable. I may make a hugely declarative statement one day and then contradict myself the following day. I question even my most foundational beliefs regularly. I'm willing to entertain views completely counter to my own and may even adopt them if they bear up under scrutiny. The later part is where most fail. My one belief that is non-negotiable is in the Bible's inerrant, divinely inspired nature. I'm a fallible being and I admit my faults regularly. Some of them are pretty huge. They are admitted to help others and myself, not to be used against me.
And finally, there is a difference between judging people and making a judgement call about a person. Explaining the difference is another class altogether.
So, I'll update this as needed, but it's pretty much all you need to know.
Oh...I guess I should explain the name. An oubliette is a secret dungeon with access only through a trap door in the ceiling. It's kind of descriptive of our life on earth. It's pretty opulent and we could stay imprisoned forever if we chose. For those who recognize it for what it is, the only way out is up.
Pax,
W
