People are interesting to observe and an excellent place to observe them is on a blog.  Especially a blog that can be rather controversial.  I post regularly over at Home Where They Belong where, as you can imagine, there are readers who don't agree with anything that is posted there.  It completely fascinates me that they keep returning to argue about how homeschooled children are sheltered, can't make their own decisions, and are being brainwashed.  There are days when I think brainwashing might be a heap easier then training, but I really don't want children that follow for the sake of following.  If that's what I wanted I'd put them in public school. 

Anyway, back to the point at hand which is, why do people feel the need to tell others how to run their blog, or business, or life, or club by marching into their territory and demanding that they change? 

Let me clarify my question because if I don't I know I'll get all kinds of comments saying that Home Where They Belong tells people how to educate their children.  Some even say that we are forcing our beliefs onto them. Yes, HWTB does tell people how they should be educating their children, (at home) but it does it from the HWTB blog.  It's ridiculous to say that we are forcing  our beliefs onto others.  They came to HWTB, HWTB didn't go to them.   

In the last 50-60 years or so there have been clubs that were for men only and then women come along, got all kinds of mad about it and demanded that they be allowed to enter.  The government sided with the women and men are forced to change their ways to be more acceptable to the women.  I don't get it.  Why did they want to be a part of the mens club if the club can't be what it was?  Go start your own club that includes everyone, there's room enough in this country for both clubs.  Why can't there be men only clubs? 

I subscribe to several different publications.  Some use only the KJV of the Bible, some don't.  In both cases people write in and tell the publishers how they should use the other version of the Bible.  If the readers don't like it that's fine but they don't have to subscribe.  When you subscribe to something you are paying to read the views and ideas that publisher has to offer.  Why tell the publisher how they should promote their views?  They didn't force their way into your home and demand that you read them. 

Here too is how Christians as a whole are given a bad name from those who are against Christianity.  Those "Christians" go marching into other people's lives and demand that others live by their rules.  Yes, their rules.  God doesn't demand that we live by His laws.  He gives us a choice.  It is an offer, an invitation.  You can accept it or not, it's up to you. 

Today certain organizations are taking over public schools in order to infiltrate their views into people's homes.  Which by the way has always been the purpose of public schools.  Parents who put their children into the public school system are inviting these organizations to visit them.  Maybe not literally but it is an invitation all the same.  If your child is in public school then you have subscribed to the views and opinions of the school.  You have joined the club.  If you decide that the school is no longer something you want to be a member of then back out and quit trying to change the public school system.  It isn't worth changing.  

I don't know why people do these sorts of things but control is probably a part of it.  It's certainly something to contemplate further.  If you have any ideas let me know.  

(This blog uses only the KJV Bible, discusses homeschooling and is available for subscription to only those who know how to read. If you don't like it go start your own group with your own version of moral publication, talk about some other form of education and allow non-readers to subscribe.  Oh wait, you already have, it's called public education.)