(June 30, 2010 at 1:42 pm)rjh4 Wrote: It seems to me from reading some of the threads here that many of you do not like it when Christians try to proselytize, particularly when it is you.
Here is a quote from Penn Jillette (from Penn and Teller), who is an atheist:
"If you believe that there's a heaven and hell and people could be going to hell--or not getting eternal life or whatever--and you think that, well, it's not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward...How much do you have to hate somebody not to proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?"
What are your thoughts on this quote? Do you agree? Disagree? Think it depends on the situtation?
On the surface it makes it look reasonable to proselytize.
BUT it is a huge pain in the arse when some holier than thou dickwad wants to force his usually fundamentailst and mental world view on you.
I can see where they're coming from, I really can, they 'know' the truth and we as sinners are doomed to a fiery hell if we dont repent.
Except of course it is always utter bollocks.
I want to know what makes a theist tick, I do not want to become one.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
