Can Christians respect atheists?

Your respect for Baptist ministers and Moderators has nothing to do with the truth of your posts or their posts. Your comparison of the them to Joe Stalin was a very poor analogy, which may help you understand why most of your atheist beliefs may suffer from the same poor thought process and reasoning.

If you get a board up, will you let me run it the way I want to?

 

< Not even ole Joe Stalin could do better. >

Are you disappointed because you think your hero is being challenged? And why should Christians not see atheists as enemies because of him and those like him who think a state can rid itself of the influence of those who acknowledge a Supreme Being?

 

Hello everyone,

Let's please get back on topic or else I will shut this thread down. Please ignore radiochemist as it seems he was only here to cause dissention among everyone.

Thank You,

Joseph Botwinick
Moderator

 

Ok, back to the topic.

I have enormous respect for atheists because 1, we all started out that way (from birth) and 2, the atheist has enough logic to figure out at some point that God does exists and everything the Bible says is true. It is just a matter of helping them see through "their" rose colored logic glasses. The only way to remove those glasses is by communication. Since atheist aren't usually found in the Church, we meet them here.

I have a real problem with Christians who call them our enemy or belittle them. They are worthy of our respect and patience. If God hasn't given up on them, why should we. If you think they come here just to turn us away from our faith, you are missing the point that they "care". Anyone who can care about these issues means God is working in their lives right before our eyes. It's those that don't care that can no longer be reached. They won't even talk about it.

If you are a skeptic, have you asked yourself why you are fighting so hard against this part of your life? Why is it so important to you, that you will spend hours debating it in an attempt to prove you are right? What is it inside you that is telling you that this issue within you is NOT SETTLED?

It isn't logical to be doing what you are doing about this subject.

 

kachana, I haven't been here in a couple of days, but I honestly understand where you are coming from with your question. We (Christians), do preach that without Christ, you will spend an eternity in hell, and that you are even deserving of it because of your sin!

Allow me to show you where I am coming from, and where the Bible is coming from. You see, the Bible teaches that all men have sinned and have come short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) That would include every man that has ever lived! The Bible also teaches us that the punishment for sin is eternal death and separation from a Holy God. (Romans 6:23)

The Bible doesn't stop there, though. God provided a way to redeem man from his sin, by sending His Son, Jesus Christ to die in our place, and to rise again, thus finishing the transaction- paying it in full. All he asks of man is that we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and repent of our sins before God.

I did this as a child, and every where I go, and the people I meet, I want to tell them of this! My motive for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ is to offer them the salvation that I received freely of Christ. It is not my desire that anyone, any atheist die in their sins and pay eternally for them, when Christ did it for them if they would only believe!

I was once a sinner and on my way to hell as well. That is why I converse in earnest with those who will listen to the Gospel. I would like nothing better than to bring someone to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Think of it as someone yelling, "Stop! Don't go that way, you will die! Now, here is the way to life!"

 

Mary, I should have said, "I was once a lost sinner and on my way to hell. Now I am a sinner, saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ!

Do I still sin? You bet I do! But Christ has paid the penalty for all of my sins once and for all! This is not a license for me to sin. (read Romans 6!) I do however, have the assurance that because I have trusted the Savior for the redemption of my sins, that the blood of Jesus Christ has covered them for all eternity.

 

Mary, so we don't further hijack this thread, here is a link to more Scriptures on the assurance of our salvation.

http://www.baptistboard.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=38;t=000015

Please be careful on how you reply there, since it is in the Seeker's Forum, which is strictly moderated.

Joy

 

I just gave Scriptural proof for my eternal security in Christ, and then used a poem, written by a friend of mine, to summarize those Scriptures. It was just to show what I believe the Bible teaches about salvation.

The Seekers forum is for questions folks have for Baptists on salvation. It is not to be used as a debating area, but if you do have a question, you may ask it there. Just be advised that any debate is usually deleted, do the nature of that forum.

I led a Lutheran lady to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ when I was a teacher in the early '90's! Her name was Kristen. Lutherans, Catholics, Agnostics, Baptists ! We are all sinners and in need of a Savior who died in our place. God is not willing that any should perish!

 

One little correction- I didn't save her from anything, but Christ saved her from her sins! She now attends an E-Free church in the area.

Yes, there is Lutheran church in every town here- sometimes 2 or 3 of them. I'm not sure if I would consider that lucky. (Being a Baptist of course! )

We have a few Swedes here, but mostly Norwegian! I'm a Frenchy from Connecticut, so I'm a little out of place here!