An Atheist Explains Christianity
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:28 pm
I thought this was pretty cool. Makes some really good points and seems very reasonable.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." (Psalm 19:1)
https://discussions.godandscience.org/
Ivel, people who are christians and say God hates other people are like what Jesus said here,Same with how you go about it; there are limitations. I don't think it's very Christian to walk around with "God hates the [homosexuals]" signs or "We hate gay soldiers." First of all, I daresay Jesus would be appalled to see anything preaching hate or damnation. Second, those aren't very effective ways of getting your message across....in fact, you're probably just hurting your cause by overtly offending your target audience.
The tactics you're referring to are those of Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church. They are an independent Baptist church in Kansas of about 40 people (mostly all related as family) and they hold to an extreme form of what is known as hyper-calvinism. They are not representative of all Christians and in fact most Christians find their message, their attitudes and their beliefs in terms of how they act them out as repulsive.Ivellious wrote:Very interesting video and I can't really disagree with him. I guess my only point to add to his stuff would be that there is a certain time where you need to back off the "Bible-thumping." Like he said, if you choose to try to save others, great. But you can't force it on them. You give them a chance to hear you out, and then you move on. Don't chase them or insult them personally or go after them once they've chosen to not listen to you. Same with how you go about it; there are limitations. I don't think it's very Christian to walk around with "God hates the [homosexuals]" signs or "We hate gay soldiers." First of all, I daresay Jesus would be appalled to see anything preaching hate or damnation. Second, those aren't very effective ways of getting your message across....in fact, you're probably just hurting your cause by overtly offending your target audience.