I had one of them thrusted in my hand at high school, many years later some of the pages came in very handy, as me and a few friends ran out of king skins
.dudes that hand out bible leaflets
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.I had one of them thrusted in my hand at high school, many years later some of the pages came in very handy, as me a a few friends ran out of king skins
I remember a particualrly cool girl at school who found smoking page 666 of a small bible totally hardcore.
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I had one of them thrusted in my hand at high school, many years later some of the pages came in very handy, as me a a few friends ran out of king skins
The little red things? I only binned mine a few years ago
.Red plastic backed covered one.The little red things? I only binned mine a few years ago
Well, I wouldn't say any of that. Possibly slight over reaction
Of course I never have to deal with them as they don't seem to frequent where I live. Although I did for the first time in my life get to speak to some JWs a couple of months ago.
All religions prey on the weak and impressionable minds, that's their modus operandi. If their 'followers' actually thought for themselves a bit their 'religion' would soon fall down around them. If you want to believe in a god then do so, you don't need any organisations of man claiming they are the 'Divine Chosen Ones who are right and all others are WRONG!!' telling you how you should believe in your god and how you'll go to 'hell' if you do it wrong because 'they' made up what was right and what was wrong.
well you don;t change it with a leaflet. If people are curious they will read the leaflet then arrange a meeting or go to the church. Surprising amount of people will go along and discus various beliefs with pastors and the like.
As a Christian, it really winds me up, as it's just about the least effective form of evangelism I can think of, short of just screaming at people that they're going to hell.
I don't recall Jesus operating large scale leafleting campaigns.
I don't recall Jesus operating large scale leafleting campaigns.
Thats becasue the printing press was not invented till 1440 though
.On a serious note, its a modern method of spreading the word is it not?
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Out of curiosity what do you consider more effective forms of evangelism? Ideally I suppose you need people who are already somewhat interested and open to the idea of religion to come to you but failing that what are the options aside from televangelism which is really just the screaming at people with a bigger budget.
Ah but he did have some neat parlour tricks to sway people. Anyone who can create alcohol from H2O is welcome to my parties anytime.
They are only doing as the Bible tells them really - "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation".
The idea isn't to change lives by reading a pamphlet. It is more to arouse interest and then they will inquire more at the local church/wherever.
Not sure how effective it is really but those giving out the literature have tried their bit.
The idea isn't to change lives by reading a pamphlet. It is more to arouse interest and then they will inquire more at the local church/wherever.
Not sure how effective it is really but those giving out the literature have tried their bit.
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The best form of evangelism is to simply to know someone and to share life with them. Misconception perpetuated by the loudest voices will always be the greatest obstacle to overcome. As a Christian, when you get to know someone and they realise you aren't the bible-down-your-throat creationist they expected you to be, that is the most powerful evangelical statement.
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Very true. If people don't read literature, listen to services then living before them and showing friendship is the only way. People will notice a difference in a Christian i.e. things they do/don't do and then can make their own informed decisions.
72 Virgins in heaven.....
oh wait, wrong cult
Just for your information, Do you know for a fact that 98% of Muslims don't believe in this stupid twisted ideology.
only the 2% of Muslims where the terrorist are coming from, believe in this crap. They called Wahabi-Islam, Saudi Arabia is full of them.
Saudi spend $45Billion on advertising their twisted thoughts to the Muslims and world. Wahabi Muslim = Nazis of Europe.
this is their main ideology
" Kill and kill and kill every human who don't agree with you."
"The more none-true Muslims you kill the more virgins you will get in heaven and the closer to god (Allah) your place will be"
Tom, get your fax right next time.
bye
Muzy
Whats a fax got to do with it?
Engaging with people where they are, rather than hiding in your ivory tower raining down leaflets on the unbelievers, basically. Jesus was in the community, and Christians should be as well. One of the fastest growing missions in the UK, for example, is something called the Eden project (not the biodome, no), which operates by having Christian families move onto estates and living among the people and supporting them in whatever ways they can. Eden is born out of a larger mission group called The Message, based in Manchester, which does huge amounts of work in Manchester and is expanding into other areas. They provide all kinds of support for people, counselling, youth clubs, school and teaching support, etc.
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Well, for example, Christians are called to heal the sick as well. My church is involved in a nationwide outreach project called Healing On The Streets. Basically it's Christians praying for people on high streets and so on. I've not been involved, but I've heard it's very successful and an excellent form of outreach.
BTW I don't want to engage with anyone in an argument about praying for healing, so don't try to start one. SPW asked a question and I'm answering it.
Whoa-oh-oh.
Well said, BKB. It is indeed an eye-opening experience to get to know Christians, having myself held all the usual, rather predictable pre-conceptions.