Maybe it was just a slow news day. The last three paragraphs of today's story "Church Members Blog to Defend Church" consisted of quotes and comments about BCC. Here's what the story said:
[The] administrator for the blog ByCommonConsent.com said via e-mail: "I don't know that we're a source for apologetics, or for definitive answers to Gospel questions, so much as a place to exchange ideas and to represent Mormon life in all its facets."[BCC] consists of anecdotes and short stories that focus on how the gospel affects daily life.
"In my experience, the best defense of Mormonism is to be found in ordinary people leading exemplary lives, showing the world that being LDS is a real source of joy," Evans said. "That strikes me as being far more important and effective than trying to take on the mainstream media ... or engaging in fruitless arguments."
I'm guessing thousands of interested BYU students will flock to BCC today to check out its latest anecdotes and short stories. Let's hope some of them become regular Bloggernacle visitors.
The people demand more Steve, Dave.
Slow news day? Blogging is the latest thing, haven't you heard? Elder Ballard mentioned it and everything. BCC is the CougarEat of the interwebs now.
The "anecdotes and short stories" bit was pretty funny. I've heard lots of descriptions of BCC, but never that one.
Posted by: Steve Evans | Jul 10, 2008 at 05:18 PM
I'm guessing thousands of interested BYU students will flock to BCC today to check out its latest anecdotes and short stories.
There goes the neighborhood!
Posted by: Ann | Jul 10, 2008 at 10:30 PM
I need to say thank you for bringing to my attention some great articles lately. The Richard Mouw article you provided the link to was great. I also appreciated you posting this. I love the quote: ""In my experience, the best defense of Mormonism is to be found in ordinary people leading exemplary lives, showing the world that being LDS is a real source of joy". With so much hatred and confusion being spread about "what Mormons REALLY believe", this was a breath of fresh air.
Posted by: Clean Cut | Jul 10, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Comments from a few thousand BYU students could not fail to improve the discussion at BCC.
Posted by: Jim Cobabe | Jul 12, 2008 at 04:05 PM