To rebuke death with harsh condemnation is not to offer life, or even show that we who would preach are even alive in the first place
When I saw this link on youtube I was expecting to see a calm, cool, polite and respectful demolition of said genetic fallacy. What I saw in stead was a blistering piece of self righteous rage from the apologist aimed at a boy who made a careless assumption.
And we dare call this apologetics and contending for the faith?
How any of us are so lost in logic, apologetic, debate and propositional truth that our consciences have atrophied to the point that we think our retaliation, and this is what this is, is righteous and godly?
Truth is more, much more, than proposition. Truth is a Person, and though we may witness to proposition by reasoned debate, even reasoned debate done with ill temper as I have seen time and time again, to witness to the Man Who is truth is done with and shown by our fruit. That is to say if we do not have the gentleness and respect that St Peter's letter enjoins upon us we do not know the Person we testify to, and in fact, in reducing the gospel to mere ideology we are thinking and acting according to the principles of the world
Truth is more, much more, than proposition. Truth is a Person, and though we may witness to proposition by reasoned debate, even reasoned debate done with ill temper as I have seen time and time again, to witness to the Man Who is truth is done with and shown by our fruit. That is to say if we do not have the gentleness and respect that St Peter's letter enjoins upon us we do not know the Person we testify to, and in fact, in reducing the gospel to mere ideology we are thinking and acting according to the principles of the world
The mere fact that the video was entitled "Cliff pwns atheist on genetic fallacy" when nothing of the sort was done shows how mission can and does become idolatrous obsession. Even the word "pwn" which comes from computer gaming, shows this. It speaks of arrogant bragging by a boy who has won an ego context
I'll say it again. If such anger as this is all we have to offer to unbelievers even when they make a foolish comment, then we have nothing to offer and ourselves are in need of the Gospel we show by our fruit to have forsken
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You can disagree with me, even spiritedly. But keep it civil as I am the one hurt by cruelty. I must protect myself from nastiness and will block or ban users if I must. And it would help if you offered reasons for your disagreements. If they are good I may respect you. If they are sound I may even change my mind