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The clash of the Evangelists: Christian, Islam, Mormon, and even Atheist?
It is interesting how people will complain when they see a Christian tract, or any small hand bill, that has a Christian message in it, laying around in a coffeehouse, restaurant, bus stop, or other random places. Even more people start complaining when they see a Christian sitting down with a 'non-Christian' sharing their faith.
It was very interesting to hear that most of the people I talked to had strong negative feelings to-wards Christians sharing their faith. The negativity was only directed to-wards Christians, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses. People were surprisingly open to hearing about the belief and faiths of Islam, BaHa'i, Scientology, Hinduism, and Paganism. What was more interesting to me, however, was the fact and 35 of the 40 people thought that the idea of atheist evangelism was a very interesting thought and would be open to letting one of these people sit down with them in a public place and share their beliefs. In fact, although most people said that Christians make them angry when they 'preach' and try to make converts in public, yet the same people said that the very same actions, coming from atheists would be 'interesting' and 'welcomed'. "Let's face it: Atheism is in," Stan Guthrie wrote in Tuesday's column in Christianity Today magazine. Why? Why is Atheism on the rise and finding a home in many of the social hangouts today? "We don't want the public square to be dominated by the atheists," said New York Times bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza. D'Souza believes Christians have left the public square unoccupied, limiting their expression of religiosity to church on Sunday, their families, and the Christian subculture. As a consequence, atheists have entered the public square – what Christians thought would have been "neutral space," as D'Souza put it. And they want to drive the Christians out, remove Christian symbolism from coins, the pledge and public buildings. "Ultimately, they want to discredit Christianity as something that is incompatible with modern life and modern thought," said the noted author in an interview with The Christian Post. As Christians have spent more time in the Church house and foreign mission fields, the call for Christians to be committed to public evangelism in local market places and public squares has seemingly gone neglected. Without a consistent saturation of the Gospel in the commonplace, and proper evangelistical training, many Christians admit to having no idea, desire, or conviction to share their faith publicly. Many have no answer to why they believe what they believe, or have a defense or apologetic knowledge to defend their faith. So it seems that it is a perfect time for atheists to use the Christian evangelistic strategy, or mission (Great Commission) to bring an informational movement, to try and reach open-minded people and Christians (who don't know why they are Christian) with a 'Freedom From Religion and Faith' Gospel. What do you think about this? Have you been approached by any of these groups? If so, what was your experience? Samuel Connelly Wichita's Christian Faith & Culture Examiner Related article by Samuel Connelly Freedom from Religion Foundation. Is a no-religion nation even possible, and to Americans want one? More information:
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