Everything Under the Moon

See my rant on the spirit-y thread here...

Seen it. Loved it.

You say it so well, Sercee.

We wouldn't come onto one of your Christian forums and attempt to 'convert' anyone to Paganism, so you might want to try giving us the same respect.

I am a christian doing what christians do when I go out witnessing (preaching, prosilytizing, evangelizing, etc.) online or on the street. It is my religion. It is no different in principle than when you do what pagans do when you pray or conduct ceremonies in private.

Just as you try to pay us respect by not coming to christian forums, I pay you my respect by coming to yours and talking about Jesus.

If you don't mind me asking, what demonination best describes you?

well generally speaking if we cared what jesus had to say on the subject, we'd come looking for you.

I don't go to Christian forums not out of respect for Christians, but because they usually don't think when I speak with them. Most Christians I know are so fundamentalist that everything I say is wrong as soon as it is in discord with their beliefs. The Christians I speak to that don't force their beliefs down my throat tend to be strong in theirs and understand WHY they believe what they do, not just that a book said so, so they can be a great source for conversation and exchange of ideas.

You are welcome to speak of Jesus here. You are not welcome to preach. And witnessing is nearly the opposite of preaching, btw.

If you don't mind me asking, what demonination best describes you?

That's actually hard to say. But you could say that my denomination is non-denom with a baptist pursuasion.

Ah. Sorry, I thought you were JH or Mormon or something like that.

I don't go to Christian forums not out of respect for Christians, but because they usually don't think when I speak with them. Most Christians I know are so fundamentalist that everything I say is wrong as soon as it is in discord with their beliefs. The Christians I speak to that don't force their beliefs down my throat tend to be strong in theirs and understand WHY they believe what they do, not just that a book said so, so they can be a great source for conversation and exchange of ideas.

You are welcome to speak of Jesus here. You are not welcome to preach. And witnessing is nearly the opposite of preaching, btw.

I hope I will best emulate the later christians, yes I will confront your beliefs, but i will try to leave the door open instead of kick you through it.

Yes you're right, preaching is a whole lot different than witnessing. I am here to witness.

Then please, feel free. Just make sure you keep an open mind and a willingness to learn. Sometimes things make sense even if it came from a completely unexpected source.

And I will officially end my argument on this thread. I'm sorry we've jacked it for so long.

We wouldn't come onto one of your Christian forums and attempt to 'convert' anyone to Paganism, so you might want to try giving us the same respect.

I am a christian doing what christians do when I go out witnessing (preaching, prosilytizing, evangelizing, etc.) online or on the street. It is my religion. It is no different in principle than when you do what pagans do when you pray or conduct ceremonies in private.

Just as you try to pay us respect by not coming to christian forums, I pay you my respect by coming to yours and talking about Jesus.

I guess then it's just a shame for you that all I hear is "Blah blah blah".

PS The others are being tolerant and polite. But you are not (I find proslytising offensive) so I will return the favour.