Re: Alliance for Science

With attitudes like this it is not surprising that there is all the vitriol against Christians on things like Panda's Thumb, as when many mocked Keith Miller a short time ago.

This also helps to explain why there is a so-called "Culture War" . If Christians are so abusive and some are, then anyone else will have to take up cudgels and fight it and attack the Bobs and Keiths while they are about it.

It is imperative that we have good relationships with people of all faith perspectives whether Christian , secularist Muslim or anyone else. That is primary witness .

This also raises all sorts of issues how we should evangelise. I could wax eloquent on that but there has been much emphasis of friendship evangelism over recent years.

To close humorously a good agnostic Quaker friend of mine sent an e-mail which began "Dear bloody clergyman"! asking for theological help!!

I think many evangelicals should ask themselves how many stumbling blocks have they put in front of others

Michael
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Dick Fischer
  To: ASA
  Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 5:47 PM
  Subject: RE: Alliance for Science

  Hi Bob,

  My point was not to disparage your friend. I was disparaging you. How deep is your faith if you can simply allow him to remain without God in his life. If we believe what the Bible says about those who die without Christ, (i.e. rich man and Lazarus) how can we be complacent and not reach out continually to someone to try and make God real to him to at least get him to think about it? Salvation is not to stick in our pocket and say, "Gee, thanks God, I'm going to keep this for myself and not ruffle any feathers and make someone feel uncomfortable by bringing the subject up." It's to share. And if we lose a friend in the process of sharing, better that than he loses his life through our silence. No, we don't "save" anybody ourselves. But we are obliged to make the effort to share what we know to be true. That's all.

  Dick Fischer

  ~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association

  Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History

  www.genesisproclaimed.org

  It sounds as if you have already made up your mind, since you are putting atheists in the same category with serial rapists, and would not be amenable to getting to know a person like my friend. What God has in store for people like my friend is God's business, though it appears that you have made up your mind about that too.

  My wife would be happy to have him and his wife to dinner; they were in our wedding party. They have been wonderful hosts to us.

  If you are going to follow up, Dick, take care what you say about my friend. I won't tolerate any disparaging remarks. You've already gone far enough.

  Dick Fischer

  ~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association

  Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History

  www.genesisproclaimed.org

  ----- Original Message -----

    From: Dick Fischer

    To: ASA

    Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:15 PM

    Subject: RE: Alliance for Science

    Hi Bob, you wrote:

    I would ask any person on this list who does not know an atheist to get to

    know one.

    H'mmm, take an atheist home to dinner? "Hi, honey, I brought an atheist home tonight. I know, it was a cat burglar last night and a serial rapist last week ..."

    And what does your friend say when you share the gospel with him? Or does God have a special place reserved for sweet, kind, compassionate, fair-minded, decent, non-believers?

    Of course, why worry? There are no atheists in hell.

    Dick Fischer

    ~Dick Fischer~ Genesis Proclaimed Association

    Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History

    www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Sun Mar 12 14:56:41 2006