The Importance of Presentation

     Man, by nature, tend to judge the values of a thing by its observable presentation. When a food smells terrible or looks disgusting, we tend to not eat it. When we see a person being aggressive, we tend to think that the person is aggressive often. With this in mind, when working for a cause, one must be weary of his presentation to be more effective with accomplishimg his cause.

Putin being "attacked" by Femen activists. He doesn't mind

     I have seen many times how presentation is crucial. For example, many people have a negative view of feminism. Some have a notion that feminism is an ideal that strives toward female superiority, and some have a notion that proponents of feminism are full of raging, man-hating, radical women. Feminists are of course offended by such views. But can they really blame other people of thinking in such ways?

 There certainly are women with aggressive and unacceptable social behaviors who identify themselves as feminists. When promoting women's rights, they sometimes try to make cases that have nothing to do with gender issues into a gender issue. They are blind to truths based on reason. When their reason fails, they call others out as being sexist or being "overly judgmental". Seeing these kinds of people, can you blame someone for having misinformed view against feminism?

    On a personal note, I have once made a comment toward these women with unacceptable behaviors. And sure enough, they called me out as a misogynist. How are they so unable to take a constructive criticism? Should they, who criticize old and barbaric practices of human race in the past, be available to criticism? Why do they hinder progress of a good cause with their misdeeds?

I'm sure you've seen this plenty of times.

     Christianity is something that I have often seen to be misunderstood by many. Many call Christians hateful bigots and uneducated fools blind to scientific facts. Some believe that Christianity is a cult, full of brainwashed idiots. Christians are of course offended by such beliefs. But I cannot blame them for holding such views against Christianity.

     There are people who identify themselves as Christians that use slogan "God hates fags", displaying socially unacceptable and hateful behaviors. There are people who identify themselves as Christians who believe that the earth is only 7000 years old, and that the earth is the center of the universe. There are also pastors that use peer pressure to force people into unwavering blind faith, making the church nothing short of being a cult. When these people are prominent, I cannot blame people who hold negative views toward Christianity.

     Christian faith teaches love, not hate. It teaches that science cannot be in contradiction to the faith, for God has created the universe to have sciences available to us in the first place. And also, Christianity offers many roads to faith. Rational reason for faith is offered to people who are skilled in the art of logic, and emotional reason for faith is also offered to people who are more emotional than logical. Why, then, do some pastors use brainwashing techniques to have people submit to blind faith when they should be making intellectual and emotional source of faith readily available? I cannot say.When they identify themselves as Christians, it appalls me to see how they contradict the most basic foundation of the faith: reflecting Christ.

     Presentation is indeed important. It can clearly be seen how people can judge an ideal by people who identify themselves with the ideal. With the knowledge that people tend to judge the values of a thing by its observable presentation, one should work to possess proper presentation when identifying himself with an ideal. Polishing civility and virtue, I think, is a good start.