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Date: 02 August 2005 09:32:24
So. How is it that even in an anonymous questionnaire there is a little bit of me that wants to be more important than I really am? Yesterday I started filling this thing out on "Use of the Bible" for someone's doctorate thesis he appears to be doing at our church. Even though no-one will ever know if I tell the truth on issues such as "how often do you read the bible?" and "Do you use a concordance" and "what is your role in your church" I am still tempted to cheat.
Of course, I have used a concordance - but to say I DO use one implies something quite different, and I was amazed that I wanted to create a whole new category on "church responsibilities" to cover running our Graceland evening service to make myself look more important than just an ordinary church member. But then it dawned on me that NO-ONE is more important than an ordinary church member. That (as my boss is always saying irritably) is the point. But what is this bit of us that makes us want titles and responsibilities, and wants to make ourselves look like we are more integral, important and needed than we really are. Does everyone have it? Or is it just me?
I'm pathetic.