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  Home/Articles/The Sin of Blogging	The Sin of Blogging	October 19, 2006
  In the recent edition of Ambassador Youth, a publication of the Restored Church of God, writer Kevin Denee took on the blogosphere, coming to the conclusion that "NO ONE–including adults–should have a blog or personal website (unless it is for legitimate business purposes)." Denee took on cyberstalking and inappropriate content on social networking sites such as MySpace, making a strong argument against its use. He also look at the emotional immaturity shown on many blogs.
  Edit: Notice I said "social networking sites" when I mention he came to the right conclusion. Not blogs. Just making that ultra-clear.	In Articles	Tim Sweetman
  Tim Sweetman is a young writer, blogger, and student who lives near our nation's capital, Washington D.C. He has been much more widely known by his "code-name," Agent Tim. This name also served as the name of his popular blog, which received over 750,000 visits between 2005 to 2007. In 2005, he quickly rose to become a leading teenage spokesperson and cultural critic within the booming blogosphere, taking on issues such as MySpace, alcohol, homeschooling, pride, racism, tolerance, and other topics relating to our culture today. His blog has come to the attention of people such as Albert Mohler, C.J. Mahaney, Alex and Brett Harris, and La Shawn Barber. Tim's written work has appeared in Lifeway's Living With Teenagers (February 2012), Lookout Magazine, FUSION Magazine, The Brink Online, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, Virtue Magazine, Regenerate Our Culture Online Magazine, and on many other blogs and websites across the internet like Marry Well and the Lies Young Women Believe Blog. He has also been featured in WORLD Magazine, The Towers Magazine, and Maryland Newsline. He is scheduled to have an article appear in Veritas Magazine this December. Most recently, his work can be found on Focus on the Family's Boundless Webzine. His personal interests include writing (surprise!) and sports, both watching and playing. He is a die-hard Washington Redskins fan.	A Good Many Things	Facing The Giants	14 responses to The Sin of Blogging
  The author has some valid points, but his conslusion is horribly off.
  - Bill Dubya
  I added an edit to my post, Bill. But that is well-said. Exactly what I was thinking when I first read through his article.
  Back to the dead horse…:D
  I think what I am going to do is to do a highly detailed look at the average "blog" (Agent Tim Online, Challies.com, Spunkyhomeschool.com) and a MySpace/Xanga blog. And I mean _detailed_. All the way down to going "behind the lines."
  Interesting. I find I agree with Palm Boy–it's just character exposed, and if you have a blog and have good character and discipline, good will most likely come of it. If you're in sin…guess what you're going to post about?
  I'm rambling now…but I think he's a bit too legalistic and drastic. However, it poses a good challenge–what are we not doing by keeping blogs that we should be doing instead? What relationships are we missing out on where we are physically by choosing to keep up with someone's blog all the way across the nation? It's a good challenge, and I think it's good you posted this so we can examine ourselves to test our hearts and motives and the fruit of our time blogging. Sorry for the tome…I'll keep it shorter next time!
  Tim! don't do Challies.com or your blog! Y'all are execptional and unusual..not average blogs at all! You can compare my blog and xanga if you like (I'm mediocre and average, fo' sure). Just to say–you're excellent and it' wouldn't be fair to use yours as an example. Reply	Tim
  Well, thank you Jacqui. I'm attempting to get an interview with the founder of WiredSafety, which Xanga is assosciated with, as is MySpace. I'm determined to get to the bottom of the issue — and I know it's sin. But we can't just say "well, it's just sin" and go on and allow sites like MySpace to rage out of control. It's a tough issue, and it's harder to deal with than most think.
  Hmm…this guy has an interesting perspective, and most of what he says is true as far as I can see. He brings up some incredible points.
  Some very interesting and true points. It troubles me to see folks, however "innocently", using blogs/forums to ramble, gossip, and just plain waste precious time. And while some might argue that "as long as I'm NOT gossiping or swearing, I'm fine", the mindset of Christianity is not only whether or not something is wrong, but whether is is BEST. Whether is brings glory to God. For example…something may not be inherently evil, but too often "harmless fun" means we're taking precious moments of our lives – gifts from our Creator – and throwing them away when we could be using them for something of eternal worth.
  Reply	RC	October 21, 2006 at 3:06 AM
  I agree with the author on the following points:
  Reply	Celeste	October 22, 2006 at 8:14 PM
  I think that if you have a blog it should be totaly glorifying to God. If it is then it is fine for you to blog.
  Cool article, Tim. I obviously don't agree with hom or I wouldn't have a blog!!!
  A very interesting article. Most of the blogs that I have read are not like the ones that he describes. Maybe that is because I've really only looked at blogs that seemed to have a Christian focus.
  Reply	alyssa jariol	April 2, 2007 at 5:02 AM
  All i can say is, people want to express themselves and yes there are so many ways, and one of those ways is the Internet. People express themselves in blogs to find out or reach out to those who might feel this way. And by reaching out this way, they find out one thing together – They are not alone.