What a great illustration!  My daughter and I were talking about this very scripture a few days ago.  But in a little different connotation ... when it comes to our commitment to God, He would rather we be hot or cold ... this is true. 

Something we have been struggling with in our circle (homeschool) recently are the man-made extremes - those that say "Thou shalt only wear dresses and thou shall not get a college degree, as thou shalt ONLY be a wife and stay at home mom" and those that say "God loves you just the way you are, so you don't need to change ANYTHING, even the sinful parts".  I explained to her that I don't think the extremists who think wearing certain clothing or listening hymns only makes a person any more holy, but that we are to strive to be more Christ-like and while Jesus DOES love us when we are sinners, it is our responsibility to put away the sinful behaviors we exhibited before coming to Him.  So in that regard, I guess middle of the road IS a good thing? 

we just had this talk with my son yesterday.  we ask a question like, did you eat lunch? ~and he says..".idunno". accckkkkk, i tell him YES or NO.  

Excellent!! some people consider that midle ground wishy washy ans other call it diplomicy. Perhaps the subject makes the difference. I can be passionate about some things, and so so wiith others.