" Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together."(Acts 19:32)
Usually when we find ourselves in a shouting match it is a one on one event. But it can also happen that when two large opposing groups get together and begin shouting at each other that things can get ugly. And of course if this starts to draw in onlookers who then get caught up in the emotion of the moment, things grow exponentially and the tension gets ratcheted up.
And imagine if you walked in on this and you're trying to figure out what all the fuss is about? How hard to get at the issue through all the shouting, in addition to people on the fringes not even sure why they are there to begin with.
I try to avoid these train wrecks, but in our time, they seem to happen often, where people spend more time shouting and talking past each other and most don't even know why they're mad.
Blessings,
Ed
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