A reader compliments Matt on his ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple way that anyone can understand.
Matt responds:
Thank you for your kind words.
The ultimate compliment to me is your observation about difficult information made simple.
As a Christian, I hold very dear Christ’s words that “We must become as little children to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” And “Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of Heaven.”
I have often wondered what that meant, to suffer...
I think it means we look at ourselves and think we’re unfinished, and so we suffer.
But I believe the gift that the Spirit has taken me is to take a complex subject with many different legs and render it down into a fine stew that can be spooned up into one, just like we put in an onion and meat and potatoes and carrots and broth, and then the whole thing becomes like an orchestra playing many notes, but the music is one.
So the synthesis of complex subjects, I think, is usually done by people so they can set a fence around it, and then they are the only ones who can open the door.
To me, that’s a lot of bullshit. The ordinary person can underatnd anything if somebody can explain the damn thing the right way. That’s how people are kept in their little boxes.
My main thought, when people start talking to me that way, is: “Hold on... Let’s pretend I’m 3 years old and have no idea what you’re talking about. Explain it to me that way. If you can’t explain it to me that way, then find somebody who can. If they can’t explain it to me, then I’m going to take off and find somebody who can elsewhere.”
Absolutely don’t cower in the presence of supposed genius.
Bless those who come together and speak and understand, debate, and either come to a conclusion or not. When it’s all over, at least they know what they were talking about. It might only be the weather, or it might be the most profound questions of the universe.
As you can tell, I have very definite opinions on this!
Matt