Hello arewethereyet,
How’s it going today. I hope you’ve been well. Where I am it is trying to be winter. We’ll see what El Niño does to us this year.
But seriously, you are right. I do not speak for other individuals. Sometimes I barely speak for myself!
When I said “Christians have the mission to be evangelical. It’s called the Great Commission (Mt 28:16 – 20).” I was speaking of the tenets of Christianity, particularly of the Catholic Church. That this is a core tenet is clear. The interesting thing is how little people know of the tenets of the Church.
I agree that dragging others into your beliefs is not the way to do it. Rather the way is to explain and invite, then let the other person make the decision.
It’s also not good to not explain and invite. You say that the answers all seem self-serving to you. I’m surprised that you can’t think of non-self-serving reasons for wanting others to know and love God. I agree that you don’t think they are legit, but they are consistent in the Christian worldview.
How’s it going today. I hope you’ve been well. Where I am it is trying to be winter. We’ll see what El Niño does to us this year.
(December 4, 2023 at 8:24 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: BTW - you don't speak for Christians. You speak for you.I speak for everyone!! Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!
But seriously, you are right. I do not speak for other individuals. Sometimes I barely speak for myself!
When I said “Christians have the mission to be evangelical. It’s called the Great Commission (Mt 28:16 – 20).” I was speaking of the tenets of Christianity, particularly of the Catholic Church. That this is a core tenet is clear. The interesting thing is how little people know of the tenets of the Church.
I agree that dragging others into your beliefs is not the way to do it. Rather the way is to explain and invite, then let the other person make the decision.
It’s also not good to not explain and invite. You say that the answers all seem self-serving to you. I’m surprised that you can’t think of non-self-serving reasons for wanting others to know and love God. I agree that you don’t think they are legit, but they are consistent in the Christian worldview.
(December 4, 2023 at 8:09 pm)SimpleCaveman Wrote: Me? I’m just here for a good discussion about interesting stuff. Unfortunately, that’s very hard on this forum.
(December 4, 2023 at 8:23 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: The only convert you might get here is the Confused one - thumbs up on that big accomplishment.This is why it’s very hard to have a good discussion. Good discussions require us to actually hear (well, I guess “read”) what the other person is saying. Hmm, maybe you meant “you” in that sentence to be the generic you, as in “only convert one might get.” If that’s true, then my bad.