Re: “Mariners seek city’s help with street preachers near ballpark” (Sept. 15, A1):
I used to be on the nook of First Avenue South and Edgar Martinez Drive South in Seattle ready to ship tickets to my Japanese buddies to see the Mariners’ recreation and Corridor of Fame induction ceremony for Ichiro Suzuki. And I regretted the spot that I had chosen to satisfy my buddies.
Fifteen toes away, the T-Cell preacher was blaring his message. I used to be completely conflicted! I agreed with a lot of this man’s message, however I used to be tremendous irritated, embarrassed and disgusted at his supply to this captive Mariners crowd.
The highschool class I educate on Apologetics started just lately — coaching in understanding what we imagine and why we imagine it. We outlined what Apologetics is and what it’s not. The category theme verse: “ … all the time being ready to make a protection [apologia in Greek] to anybody who asks you for the hope that’s in you, however with gentleness and respect.” We agreed that the message of those impassioned audio system is hardly delivered with gentleness or respect.
I bear in mind thinker Marshall McLuhan’s well-known phrase, “the medium is the message,” suggesting that the best way a message is conveyed (the medium) has a larger influence than the message’s content material itself.
Dan Brannen, Seattle
