"Though online publishing threatens to turn us all into self-celebrants in our own cults of idiom, I will still affirm that TO SPEAK is a religious act, in the highest sense of the word, and imitative of the very Primordial Act of God."
-An excerpt from the final post of the Scrivener.
Fair enough. To speak, and therefore, to blog is in keeping with a God-centered life. But, is this really so hard to believe? If an Orthodox friend were to tell us he is writing a book, we would nod our heads and wish him luck. Would we think, for a moment, that in so doing he is putting himself at greater risk of becoming a self-celebrant in his own cult of idiom? I don't think so. We might think he is overestimating his talents, and taking the risk of spreading his errors. But, if he is honest with his readers that he is not a priest, and if he makes his best efforts to be truthful and clear, then why shouldn't he write the book? We might even think it would be good for him, and for us, to get his errors out in the open where they can be refuted. If we should be worried about anything, shouldn't it be an unreflective way of living? It's not like deep errors just disappear without work on our part.
So, if we are okay with the cloistered self-reflective life of the author, why do we feel the need to worry about the open, sometimes contentious, life of blogging? Isn't the internet a great place for our individual errors to be exposed?
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