On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:11 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's true on the surface, but my experience tells me that when > people are flaunting something and making flashy displays of whatever > (patriotism, piety, charity, green living, etc) that usually means > that their actual experience/belief in that thing is very shallow. I > know some great Christians who really try and live the ideal. Like a > family I know that runs an animal shelter at their farm for horses, > dogs, cats, squirrels, ducks, snakes...seriously, a total Francis of > Assisi gig going on. And they do it because they feel that, as > Christians, they are called to take care of the weak and defenseless. > They go to church and all, but they don't proselytize, they don't put > bumper stickers and magnets all over their minivan, they don't get > political about it. They'll certainly talk to you about their beliefs > if you want to, but what they do is more important than shouting about > their beliefs to the world.
I know a lot of people like that. Sadly, there are those who will say they are not being the 'best Christian they can be' because proselytizing is part of the religion. It's not just that you believe, but you need to spread the word to others as well. I do not buy that but I have heard people express those feelings. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317620 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
