Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

I'd HEARD that it was good, although not always as careful with the biblical quotations as it could be (my parents' Sunday School class is full of retired ministers and religion professors, so you KNOW they ran down every reference to make sure nothing was being quoted out of context, etc. -- and they DID find a few 'goofs', where the author would say something like, "The Bible says, '.......'" -- implying that this is God's word for all time, perhaps -- but the passage cited was a direct quote from Bildad, one of Job's ignorant comforters, whom God castigates for speaking without wisdom and out of turn, and tiny mistakes like that).

The Bible quotes are all end noted, and there's an appendix with the cites. Warren uses something like 15 versions (translations and paraphrases) of The Bible. His rationale for using so many versions is that we are so accustomed to hearing/reading some verses, that we don't think about the words. As I've read chapter of his book, I've written the Bible reference next to the verses (they're italicized and easy to spot in Warren's text) so I can run them all down, when I'm done reading. I haven't noticed anything misused yet, but I'm behind where I should be. Ideally, I would finish reading at Easter, but it's not going to happen.

I wonder if the same thing is true with fan forums? Are there some fandoms where the fans have enough 'faith' in the Powers That Be and their ultimate talent and goodwill to address even their most outraged or tearful feedback TO the PTB? And are there some fandoms where the fans feel so separated from and ignored by the Powers, that no one bothers to even pretend that those in authority are listening, and all complaints are phrased in the 3rd person, griping ABOUT so-and-so rather than TO so-and-so?

Probably. In fact, there are probably sub-communities within individual fora, that act that way. It's a human thing, I think. I'm sure there's a more eloquent and thoughtful way to answer this question, and I'd intended to try to give it, then two of my kids woke.