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My personal experience of evangelism

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  • #91
    Originally posted by lao tzu View Post
    When my nephews were tiny, they'd ask why I didn't take communion when visiting my brother's church. I told them, "I'm not a Lutheran."



    It didn't exactly fool them, but it wasn't really intended to do so. They knew I simply sat quietly without bowing my head when grace was said, because they peeked, the rapscallions! Still, it did make another point I could stress when they were older, that differences in our religious beliefs could be respected.
    And do you now to bribe them with cookies?

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    • #92
      Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
      I understand him very well even, though I may not totally agree with him. It depends on what knowledge is being passed on and how. He believes the passing on the knowledge of science in the manner it does. He does not approve of how knowledge is sometimes passed on in Christianity, particularly evangelism which depends heavily depends heavily on an emotional connection to the knowledge.
      Uh. Yeah. Thank you, Captain Obvious.
      ...>>> Witty remark or snarky quote of another poster goes here <<<...

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      • #93
        Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
        firstfloor is my favorite tweb atheist
        Because he's the only TWeb atheist who is as provocative as you are?
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        • #94
          Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
          Islam is growing mostly through a high birth rate and immigration, and the NoI's identity with black empowerment doesn't hurt either. South America is something like 90% Christian, and AFAIK that is mostly Roman Catholic. In that situation, the odds are extremely good that the small minority is going to have a better growth rate and a smaller percentage of nominal believers, and so conversion is almost inevitably going to be in the direction of the minority. I would like to see where you're getting your data.
          Sure. Its mostly coming from my reading of Philip Jenkins on the subject (specifically The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity). I thought this was more or less common knowledge.

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          • #95
            Originally posted by Chrawnus View Post
            Lutherans are the original Protestants.


            But only confessional Lutherans practice closed communion. The ELCA for example practice open communion.
            I was confirmed in a WELS church and even attended a Missouri Synod church for a year during my catechism and I still can't receive communion in a Missouri Synod church!

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            • #96
              Originally posted by firstfloor View Post
              Not true. The message that everyone benefits if they love one another is not in the least problematic for atheists. It is not exclusively a Christian message.
              Nice try at distorting my words with your spin. The message is forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ the rest is just the bounty that goes along with that.

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              • #97
                Originally posted by Adrift View Post
                Sure. Its mostly coming from my reading of Philip Jenkins on the subject (specifically The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity). I thought this was more or less common knowledge.
                Philip Jenkins is not high on my list of respected scholars. I've read his book on Eastern Christianity (the title escapes me at the moment).
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                • #98
                  Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                  And do you now to bribe them with cookies?
                  Any self-respecting child will go with whichever side offers the best cookies.
                  “He felt that his whole life was a kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.” - Douglas Adams.

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                  • #99
                    Originally posted by Abigail View Post
                    Nice try at distorting my words with your spin. The message is forgiveness of sin through Jesus Christ the rest is just the bounty that goes along with that.
                    Then just to be clear, atheists don’t reject the message, they reject the magic.
                    “I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.” ― Oscar Wilde
                    “And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence” ― Bertrand Russell
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