Married to a Christian

[Cinjin]

awe tacky ... I do enjoy many of your replies ...

And how would you feel if the roles were reversed and he was trying to convert her?

In my case, I have had several people try to convert me back to christianity. Often it leads to their own angry explosion as I undermine their core beliefs in a book they have never read and cover doctrines and history that they have never studied. So to answer your question - I have no problem with someone attempting to convert me now. These days it just makes me laugh.

Helping someone who doesn't have strong belief or who's belief is already faltering to solidify what they believe is fine. Some cases though (as pointed out elsewhere) could have him coming back more devout. That's why I suggest forgetting the mentality of converting and shoot for an open and clear understanding.

On a side note, I'm just as open to conversion/deconversion as any other rational person. I find it telling that you encourage the converting of the weak-minded and ill informed rather than the well informed

I never said her husband was weak-minded. He's just naive because he's been lied to his whole life. Shining a light for him is much easier than shining a light for you Tacky. You've been schooled in the art of apologetics. You also have redefined many dogmas for your own personal rationalization of a book that makes no sense. (ie. the duration of Hell, old testament punishments, etc. etc.) As much as I like you, you have destroyed all chances for your own enlightenment by preparing hundreds of excuses for the "word of god." Her husband is only ill-informed and does not share this handicap. My point was merely that she has a much better chance with him than she would with a christian such as yourself. And by the way, MOST christians do not enjoy your classification. Most do indeed fall into the ill-informed and/or weak-minded sort ... which really means that my statement isn't really that telling at all.

Cheers