RE: [asa] Responding to Atheists, Agnostics & Apatheists

Schwarzwald said:
"But what I'm hoping for is that greater thought is given to how to spread and communicate Christianity among the AAA set, and I'm motivated by a belief that current practices fall far short of what's necessary. Mind you, I'm not just talking about personal, one on one correspondence (though that's important too.) I'm talking about broader scopes - internet ministry, communicating with groups, and so on."

That's what I'm trying to do here:

http://www.sciencelovesreligion.com/

,,,Bernie

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Schwarzwald
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [asa] Responding to Atheists, Agnostics & Apatheists

Heya Merv,

Thanks for the response. A few things.

* I'm not an AAA. I may be a somewhat passive christian who needs to get more active in my faith, but intellectually I am committed to, and place my faith in, God and Christianity (Byzantine-rite Catholic myself). I wouldn't intrude on ASA elsewise, as there's some value in having lists and such where belief is the common ground, rather than the focal debate.

* The sites I lurk on are pretty various, usually ones more philosophically or science oriented, on both sides of the spectrum. What I generally see there (and what I see in my browsing of online christian sites in general) is part of the reason I'm posting this.

* Time is short for me at the moment, so this response will be briefer than I'd like. But what I'm hoping for is that greater thought is given to how to spread and communicate Christianity among the AAA set, and I'm motivated by a belief that current practices fall far short of what's necessary. Mind you, I'm not just talking about personal, one on one correspondence (though that's important too.) I'm talking about broader scopes - internet ministry, communicating with groups, and so on. My belief is that AAAs tend to comprise a certain 'kind' of group, one that is alternately written off or misunderstood because of the current climate. I don't believe they're all, or even mostly experienced and once-committed christians who fell away from the faith and now know it inside and out and reject it all. I think many are caught up in their cultures and remain so because, frankly, no one is bothering to approach them. Not in any serious and thoughtful way.

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Received on Thu Oct 30 12:09:02 2008