No offence intended here, but you are off the mark re: the aggregator and my enjoyment of the blogging interaction I have with men and women online. I enjoy a lot of different people’s input - so there’s definitely no gender war. (Smile). The aggregator has turned out to be a marvellous way of Christian women bloggers finding readers and making connections, and I love the international diversity it has too.
So no - I can assure you plenty of guys comment on the same page as I do. Anyway - I don’t intend to get too involved on all that.

Three years is a substantial time to write regularly and it must be quite awesome to look back on it. I’m coming up to two years of blogging myself and it has been amazing. Like you I’ve made lots of friends all over the world.
God bless you
Catez

I actually like Catez’ blog and will continue to read it. She is an excellent writer and has some very thoughtful posts. I think the misunderstanding really goes back to our differences on the Terri Schiavo matter.

I also read the RazorsKiss blog regularly and enjoy doing so. His theology isn’t mine, but I’ve always liked being challenged.

I certainly have had angry people disagree with me, but I have never blocked anyone. I can’t imagine calling someone a heretic. Disagreeing with someone isn’t going to destroy my relationship with God, any more than their labelling of me is. I think iron sharpens iron and disagreement is an opportunity to show grace, not to feel threatened.

I am sorry to hear RazorKiss has behaved this way, I believed he was able to handle differences of opinion from fellow believers and I respected him in that conclusion.

I can’t imagine what Catez’s fear and anger is; it appears you are seen as a troll harrassing a christian woman. It appears disagreement is seen as argument and harrassment. Being a woman online must be difficult. Having seen her aggregator policy, perhaps males commenters not on the same page is threatening.

I’m sorry Joel, this has had to hurt. I’ve never seen you arrogant, prideful, pushy or disrespectful to any bloggers.
I’ve never seen you ‘troll’, and your arguments or difference of opinion in some difficult places have been respectful.

Hmmm. I am genuinely disappointed in RazorKiss. I hope he’ll attempt to discuss things with you.

BDBO will always be a place you are free to speak. (and disagree;^)

No matter how many conservative (right-wing?) bloggers send blasts my way, I’m still attending the GodBlog convention at Biola. I’ll be the one wearing the “If it isn’t close, Hugh Hewitt can’t cheat” button mocking his implication that all Democrats are election stealers.