Biblical Christianity 101, a study of the book of Romans

[TheRocketSurgeon]

By the way, I want you to pause and think about what you're really doing, here.

You're sitting there, lecturing a group of atheists about how Paul says people who reject God after being witnessed to only do so because they choose the evil over the good, and expect us not to notice that Paul is saying "everyone is like this, except for those who are saved?"

You want to split hairs to make it sound like Paul is saying that the nature of the Saved persons is different. He doesn't say that. He's only saying that the power of Christ's salvation is transformative. He is not referring to someone else, but to "there but for the grace of God go I."

Pointing out that this position is not really found expressed in the same way in Acts (written by others) versus what he wrote himself is what I would expect of any honest Biblical scholar. You are not on that list, I'm afraid. But go on, continue to split hairs in an obvious way to an audience who has been blasted with that very message since we came out as atheists to our religious friends/family, and tell us we missed the real message because of a fine point about grammar which you contend and we do not see... and keep insisting that we "just don't get it".

Then go read a copy of How To Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie, because you're doing it wrong.