On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 12:10:11PM -0500, Seth Gordon wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 19:41, Vikki Roemer wrote: > > > > The church my family goes to has a youth group for teenagers. My > > parents decided that I need to socialize with kids my own age, so they > > "suggested" (it was voluntary, but I figure resistance is futile) that > > I join. So I did. *shrug* > > The nice thing about Christianity is that there are so many different > varieties of it to choose from, and someone from every sect has written > polemics against every other sect. > > So all you need to do is find a few books that purport to discredit > whatever variety of Christianity your church adheres to, and then start > advancing arguments from those books in your youth group meetings. If > you play your cards right, nobody in the group will want to socialize > with you, and you might even get kicked out for being a corrupting > influence. > > (Warning: If this is a Catholic youth group being led by an aspiring > Jesuit, this technique may backfire.) this technique will also fail when you come across christians who are genuine in their faith; their love for the lord is more important to them than issues of doctrine.
hugh
