I'm Too Dumb To Be A Christian...

[Winchester]

Actually, your complaint seems to be that you are too ignorant to be a Christian.

Really, though, I must recast your conclusion: You are too ignorant to succesfully defend your faith or condemn ours in the company you have chosen.

You are definitely not "dumb" (in the colloquial sense), because you have just shown a capable hand at deceptive rhetoric on par with some pursuers of government office.

[cmotherofpirl]

There is an excellent show currently showing on EWTN called [i]Search and Rescue.[/i] or you can just buy the book written by Patrick Madrid. It is a practical manual on how to evangelize other people.

And to get back to the original topic, Jesus said his yoke is easy and his burden light, and take up your cross and follow Him. It is easy and light if you have the obedience of faith. It can be a real cross, however, if you demand every little detail be explained to your satisfaction before you deign to agree with it. God does not demand intellectual understanding as a prerequisite for heaven. It is not mentioned in the Beatitudes or the command to love your neighbor.

One gift we all seem to forget to pray for is "fear of the Lord". This, of course, does not mean fear as in trembing and quaking, but in knowing your place in the scheme of things. The last chapters of the book of Job and Genesis 1 & 2 are good cures for this.
The test question at the gate of heaven will be "how well have you loved"?

Edited April 2, 2004 by cmotherofpirl

[CatholicCrusader]

Mulls,
the only thing you and i agree on (as far as i have seen) is that UConn is the best college basketball team.

[Bruce S]

[quote]There is an excellent show currently showing on EWTN called Search and Rescue. or you can just buy the bookwritten by Patrick Madrid. It is a practical manual on how to evangelize other people.
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Or just go to the Mormon sites, they, better than just about any denomination are winning the door-to-door evangelizing wars. One need not AGREE with them, just study how they have perfected it.

As an aside, there are only 2.5 million Assembly of God members in the USA. Two years ago, when I joined the Holy Rollers Inc, they had a worldwide membership of 48 million, the just released survey now places worldwide membership at 54 million, mostly the growth is in Africa and Asia, and we are the ONLY group actually making headway in converting Muslims to any degree. That is an increase of 10% in two years, just about ALL from Evangelism. [now we have a long way to go to keep up with the RCCs 1 billion plus, I know, but trendlines are trendlines...]

[Brother Adam]

Bruce,

Pope John Paul II makes an excellent point about your comment in his book "Crossing the Threshold of Faith". Then again, it's not just a Catholic thing. It seems mainly Mormons and Baptists are concerned with numbers.

Numbers in themselves mean nothing.

[mulls]

[quote name='CatholicCrusader' date='Apr 2 2004, 05:01 PM'] Mulls,
the only thing you and i agree on (as far as i have seen) is that UConn is the best college basketball team. [/quote]
amen.



and i'm not about to move, so unless you are, it looks like it might like that.

[mulls]

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[VeiledAMerici]

Hooray for UConn, I hope they win... I have money on them. Oh is gambling sinful? I think that I have discussed this with one Catholic, who happens to comment on this site, and he said no. What do you think?
P.S. How do you quote people? Lol, I need a computer tutor.

[Dave]

[quote name='VeiledAMerici' date='Apr 3 2004, 11:25 PM'] Hooray for UConn, I hope they win... I have money on them. Oh is gambling sinful? I think that I have discussed this with one Catholic, who happens to comment on this site, and he said no. What do you think?
P.S. How do you quote people? Lol, I need a computer tutor. [/quote]
No, gambling in itself isn't sinful. Excessive gambling is, however.

[Winchester]

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