(July 24, 2013 at 5:25 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Welcome to the site.
I'm curious about you saying that you were a street evangelist. During that time, did you ever convert one person to your religion? I mean, not someone who already believed and was looking for a church, but someone who honestly didn't give a rat's ass about religion until they met you?
Only reason I ask is because it's my opinion that no street preachers have ever converted anyone, just asking if that's true or not.
Excellent question Thomas. I can honestly say that I never witness a "conversion" of anyone who hadn't already decided at some level to give control of their mind over to something else. I did see confessions of new faith, but as you alluded to, and I also observed, there were no "conversions". At best I saw some confirmations and/or validations.
I did meet a lot of really smart atheists though, and some of their arguements were helpful in initiating my skepticism. Therefore, I agree with debating christians... some can actually think.
Thank you for your question.
