Christian Bashing

Just a few thoughts to add: Although I am no longer what most would call a Christian, I am still very disturbed by the level of negativity expressed by my generation towards the church. (I'm a 23 year old college student.) I would like to implore the Christian community to make a concerted effort to at least objectively understand the world view of those they wish to convert. You would find that there would be fewer people who have misconceptions about you. Most of my friends think of Christians in terms of the crazy preacher that comes to campus every year and tells us all we're going to hell. There's no actual debate, or any sort of dialog. We view him as a side-show between classes. Most would be willing to at least listen to a Christian say their piece if they were not immediately assigned to the fires of hell. Let god work on people's hearts. Take it from me, I can't lie and say that I believe in something just because I'm afraid of hell. If there's a God, he doesn't like liers.

I was just surfing the net looking for religious blogs and was stunned by the amount of trash, profanity, and bashing that goes on out there on the open forum sites I found. I was hoping to find a forum of Christianity, family values and was horrified by the comments being made. I felt like I should say something, but was not sure what to say even behind an anonymous account. Thanks for your article and advice.

I think this is a very good article,and I fully agree
that his comments on how to awnser those who would bash
our beliefs is with firmness and love.I hope alot of christ-
ians will read this article and I highly recomend it.
james haren