Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: coatta@cs.ubc.ca (Terry Coatta) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Evagelizing Atheists Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 00:54:37 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 17 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Brian Coughlin writes: > From what I've seen, I think Joe was asserting that the promotion of > atheism should strike theists as undesirable, and that theists should > make a concerted effort to prevent it (within the bounds of reasonable > behavior, of course). Agreed. The question is what are appropriate methods to prevent it. I hold that suppression of opinion and enactment of religiously justified laws are not appropriate. Further, I believe that God would not approve of these methods either. If we Christians could manage to show even a tiny fraction of God's love to those around us, I guarantee the world would overflow with Christians. All this worrying about what ``the other guy is doing'' stops us from performing our primary mission: Spread the good news! When we finally understand Christ's message, and mold our lives according to it, I tell you, the atheists don't stand a chance -- after all, who has the better message to deliver?