The moment of decision is a tender one. You've just realized that you're not on the right track. I wonder if some of these people don't feel a bit like the guy on Jerry Springer that was just told his wife had been cheating on him with two midgets, a Nazi lesbian, and their dog-trainer. Paul's conversion was a great turning point for Christianity, but how would he have felt if someone had been standing over his shoulder with a camera while he scrambled around on the dirt, in tears, not knowing if he'd ever be able to see again.
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I missed it. What is this from?
Ray Comfort's Way of the Master "witnessing videos", where he goes prepared against unsuspecting people, convinces them to say the sinner's prayer and leaves triumphantly.
Our dear venomous emergent has made a blunder. 0=) He's assumed we've seen those videos. *pokes* I've heard clips. What's odd is that many think it's a good segment. I honestly would prefer them to stage those than use real people. Odder? A friend of mine knows a guy who was on one of those radio segments. I think they do ask before they do it. It's still odd to me.
Anyway. Moving on.
If I knew that they staged them as a how-to, that would make me happier. But at the same time, it seems like a one-night-stand approach to witnessing. Congrats, you're saved. It was an eventuality, I suppose, with Christianity adopting the idea that The Sinner's Prayer is all that is needed for a salvation that, by the way, cannot be lost. But you know how I feel about that.
It's like those fishing shows where the guys exult over big flounder or carp they land and throw the poor thing back in the water. The fish is going "Good God! I've just been traumatised; what the hell was that about! And what were those creatures??"
It's a distressing thing you point to, Jeremiah. I actually feel sorry for Ray Comfort if this is the way he gets his jollies...
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