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Is it a 'diatribe' simply because it mentions God, or is something about the way I've gone about it? Any tips on how I could make the same points in a less inan
by andygeers 18y ago
Is it a 'diatribe' simply because it mentions God, or is something about the way I've gone about it? Any tips on how I could make the same points in a less inane way?
- swombat 18y agoSpeaking as someone who's not especially keen on religions (particularly christianity), I found that as I read the article, I kept stumbling out of reasonably interesting statements about your job and your experience of it, into bible quotes or other declarations of sin. It was fairly hard to parse out the actually interesting bits. Another way that this jarred was that the software development and the christian points you were making were mostly unrelated. If you really want to write a blog about "christian software development", then you could focus on the relationships between your chosen religion and software development, and draw parallels between the two. This is different from just intermingling the two. If you actually drew out the parallels (e.g. "Why I enjoyed this job more because I'm a Christian"), I might disagree with you but I wouldn't feel like the article keeps jumping from foot to foot. Also, the "I'm a sinner unworthy of God" theme is practically a cliché, so even from the perspective of an article about christianity, the article didn't really add much new. Hope this helps. Daniel
- andygeers 18y agoCheers for the honest and helpful feedback :)