>Don't waste your time. The Christian "mandate" >is to propagate their belief system, whether >or not they happen to live in a country full >of different backgrounds. Christianity, by >nature, is fueled by this imperative to force >itself on to anyone who is "misguided" enough >to doubt it.
As a dyed-in-the-wool atheist I have to agree that that is what I always USED to think for many years, but a TRUE christian does not do these things, the 'claimers' who do are doing it for other reasons, 1. CASH! or 2. somehow trying unsuccessfully erase the guilt in their mind of some past deep dark secret (usually murder rape or child molestation :)) by "saving" others. I've read 10x more of the Bible than most of the christians-recruiters like that hanging out in malls, and have a better understanding of it than those types, and actually try to follow it's morals, just because I don't beleive it doesn't mean it isn't a good book! I have some friends from I think it's called a Charismatic Church, I guess they are the black sheep or 3rd party christianity, but they accept me for who I am and not try and change me, they even call me a Godless-Christian sometimes, seeing as I am down with most of it except the supernatural stuff.
Hey I'm just talkin' 'bout J.C. and he can dig it.