Why Do Atheists Join A Christian Chat Line?
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lol i don't mind hanging around with the atheist or even the muslims and agnostics. I keep thinking maybe eventually all the seeds will take root and grow in their minds and reach down into their hearts to find some fertile soul and they will grow to love Jesus as much as we do 
"Love thy enemy" people.
Personally, I think this is one of the biggest compliments that we can have to our Christian faith--the fact that people of differing beliefs feel safer here, and would choose to be here to make friends and have interesting conversations. I also agree that I feel comfortable going to the mods if there are any problems, which is something I'm definitely thankful for.
I have to admit that food is a HUGE draw!!! I mean, if I had an atheist friend who invited me to a meeting and said there were going to be warm, homemade chocolate chip cookies... I'd probably be like, "Um, Lord... can I just sneak over there and listen for while, grab a couple (or a plateful) of those cookies, and come back to Christian Chat?"
In my own experience, I've done things such as go to a Kingdom Hall Meeting with a friend who was a Jehovah's Witness (I know that doesn't technically count as being an atheist but since they don't believe in Jesus as being true God along with true man, most don't see them as Christians) because 1. she wasn't the pushy type at all. In fact, I asked if I could go with her, and 2. I was just interested in hearing what they believe.
I have to admit that food is a HUGE draw!!!
I mean, if I had an atheist friend who invited me to a meeting and said there were going to be warm, homemade chocolate chip cookies... I'd probably be like, "Um, Lord... can I just sneak over there and listen for while, grab a couple (or a plateful) of those cookies, and come back to Christian Chat?" In my own experience, I've done things such as go to a Kingdom Hall Meeting with a friend who was a Jehovah's Witness (I know that doesn't technically count as being an atheist but since they don't believe in Jesus as being true God along with true man, most don't see them as Christians) because 1. she wasn't the pushy type at all. In fact, I asked if I could go with her, and 2. I was just interested in hearing what they believe.
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lol hey Jesus ate with sinners, why can't we? lol there is just something about sitting down for a meal together that makes it more friendly.
Just remember to bless ALL the food, hey if they didn't want you to do it then they shouldn't have invited you to go.
However there is one letter from Paul that concerns me, How does this line up with being nice to strangers and basic hospitality? Is it just a case in point for that time period are do we still apply it today?
2 John 1
Beware of Antichrist Deceivers
7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we[c] may receive a full reward.
9 Whoever transgresses[d] and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; 11 for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds
Just remember to bless ALL the food, hey if they didn't want you to do it then they shouldn't have invited you to go.
However there is one letter from Paul that concerns me, How does this line up with being nice to strangers and basic hospitality? Is it just a case in point for that time period are do we still apply it today?
2 John 1
Beware of Antichrist Deceivers
7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we[c] may receive a full reward.
9 Whoever transgresses[d] and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; 11 for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds
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Just leaving this here...in love Do with it what you will. Do with HIM what you will.
On Trial Before Pilate
by Max Lucado
The most famous trial in history is about to begin.
The judge is short and patrician with darting eyes and expensive clothes. His graying hair trimmed and face beardless. He is apprehensive, nervous about being thrust into a decision he can’t avoid. Two soldiers lead him down the stone stairs of the fortress into the broad courtyard. Shafts of morning sunlight stretch across the stone floor.
As he enters, Syrian soldiers dressed in short togas yank themselves and their spears erect and stare straight ahead. The floor on which they stand is a mosaic of broad, brown, smooth rocks. On the floor are carved the games the soldiers play while awaiting the sentencing of the prisoner.
But in the presence of the procurator, they don’t play.
A regal chair is placed on a landing five steps up from the floor. The magistrate ascends and takes his seat. The accused is brought into the room and placed below him. A covey of robed religious leaders follow, walk over to one side of the room, and stand.
Pilate looks at the lone figure...
“Are you the king of the Jews?”
For the first time, Jesus lifts his eyes. He doesn’t raise his head, but he lifts his eyes. He peers at the procurator from beneath his brow. Pilate is surprised at the tone in Jesus’ voice.
“Those are your words.”
Before Pilate can respond, the knot of Jewish leaders mock the accused from the side of the courtroom.
“See, he has no respect.”
“He stirs the people!”
“He claims to be king!”
Pilate doesn’t hear them. Those are your words. No defense. No explanation. No panic. The Galilean is looking at the floor again.
Something about this country rabbi appeals to Pilate. He’s different from the bleeding hearts who cluster outside. He’s not like the leaders with the chest-length beards who one minute boast of a sovereign God and the next beg for lower taxes. His eyes are not the fiery ones of the zealots who are such a pain to the Pax Romana he tries to keep. He’s different, this up-country Messiah.
Pilate wants to let Jesus go. Just give me a reason, he thinks, almost aloud. I’ll set you free.
His thoughts are interrupted by a tap on the shoulder. A messenger leans and whispers. Strange. Pilate’s wife has sent word not to get involved in the case. Something about a dream she had.
Pilate walks back to his chair, sits, and stares at Jesus. “Even the gods are on your side?” he states with no explanation.
He has sat in this chair before. It’s a curule seat: cobalt blue with thick, ornate legs. The traditional seat of decision. By sitting on it Pilate transforms any room or street into a courtroom. It is from here he renders decisions.
How many times has he sat here? How many stories has he heard? How many pleas has he received? How many wide eyes have stared at him, pleading for mercy, begging for acquittal?
But the eyes of this Nazarene are calm, silent. They don’t scream. They don’t dart. Pilate searches them for anxiety … for anger. He doesn’t find it. What he finds makes him shift again.
He’s not angry with me. He’s not afraid … he seems to understand.
Pilate is correct in his observation. Jesus is not afraid. He is not angry. He is not on the verge of panic. For he is not surprised. Jesus knows his hour and the hour has come.
Pilate is correct in his curiosity. Where, if Jesus is a leader, are his followers? What, if he is the Messiah, does he intend to do? Why, if he is a teacher, are the religious leaders so angry at him?
Pilate is also correct in his question. “What should I do with Jesus, the one called the Christ?” (Matthew 27:22)
Perhaps you, like Pilate, are curious about this one called Jesus. You, like Pilate, are puzzled by his claims and stirred by his passions
What do you do with a man who calls himself the Savior, yet condemns systems? What do you do with a man who knows the place and time of his death, yet goes there anyway?
Pilate’s question is yours. “What will I do with this man, Jesus?”
You have two choices.
You can reject him. That is an option. You can, as have many, decide that the idea of God’s becoming a carpenter is too bizarre—and walk away.
Or you can accept him. You can journey with him. You can listen for his voice amidst the hundreds of voices and follow him.
Do with it what you will. Do with HIM what you will. On Trial Before Pilate
by Max Lucado
The most famous trial in history is about to begin.
The judge is short and patrician with darting eyes and expensive clothes. His graying hair trimmed and face beardless. He is apprehensive, nervous about being thrust into a decision he can’t avoid. Two soldiers lead him down the stone stairs of the fortress into the broad courtyard. Shafts of morning sunlight stretch across the stone floor.
As he enters, Syrian soldiers dressed in short togas yank themselves and their spears erect and stare straight ahead. The floor on which they stand is a mosaic of broad, brown, smooth rocks. On the floor are carved the games the soldiers play while awaiting the sentencing of the prisoner.
But in the presence of the procurator, they don’t play.
A regal chair is placed on a landing five steps up from the floor. The magistrate ascends and takes his seat. The accused is brought into the room and placed below him. A covey of robed religious leaders follow, walk over to one side of the room, and stand.
Pilate looks at the lone figure...
“Are you the king of the Jews?”
For the first time, Jesus lifts his eyes. He doesn’t raise his head, but he lifts his eyes. He peers at the procurator from beneath his brow. Pilate is surprised at the tone in Jesus’ voice.
“Those are your words.”
Before Pilate can respond, the knot of Jewish leaders mock the accused from the side of the courtroom.
“See, he has no respect.”
“He stirs the people!”
“He claims to be king!”
Pilate doesn’t hear them. Those are your words. No defense. No explanation. No panic. The Galilean is looking at the floor again.
Something about this country rabbi appeals to Pilate. He’s different from the bleeding hearts who cluster outside. He’s not like the leaders with the chest-length beards who one minute boast of a sovereign God and the next beg for lower taxes. His eyes are not the fiery ones of the zealots who are such a pain to the Pax Romana he tries to keep. He’s different, this up-country Messiah.
Pilate wants to let Jesus go. Just give me a reason, he thinks, almost aloud. I’ll set you free.
His thoughts are interrupted by a tap on the shoulder. A messenger leans and whispers. Strange. Pilate’s wife has sent word not to get involved in the case. Something about a dream she had.
Pilate walks back to his chair, sits, and stares at Jesus. “Even the gods are on your side?” he states with no explanation.
He has sat in this chair before. It’s a curule seat: cobalt blue with thick, ornate legs. The traditional seat of decision. By sitting on it Pilate transforms any room or street into a courtroom. It is from here he renders decisions.
How many times has he sat here? How many stories has he heard? How many pleas has he received? How many wide eyes have stared at him, pleading for mercy, begging for acquittal?
But the eyes of this Nazarene are calm, silent. They don’t scream. They don’t dart. Pilate searches them for anxiety … for anger. He doesn’t find it. What he finds makes him shift again.
He’s not angry with me. He’s not afraid … he seems to understand.
Pilate is correct in his observation. Jesus is not afraid. He is not angry. He is not on the verge of panic. For he is not surprised. Jesus knows his hour and the hour has come.
Pilate is correct in his curiosity. Where, if Jesus is a leader, are his followers? What, if he is the Messiah, does he intend to do? Why, if he is a teacher, are the religious leaders so angry at him?
Pilate is also correct in his question. “What should I do with Jesus, the one called the Christ?” (Matthew 27:22)
Perhaps you, like Pilate, are curious about this one called Jesus. You, like Pilate, are puzzled by his claims and stirred by his passions
What do you do with a man who calls himself the Savior, yet condemns systems? What do you do with a man who knows the place and time of his death, yet goes there anyway?
Pilate’s question is yours. “What will I do with this man, Jesus?”
You have two choices.
You can reject him. That is an option. You can, as have many, decide that the idea of God’s becoming a carpenter is too bizarre—and walk away.
Or you can accept him. You can journey with him. You can listen for his voice amidst the hundreds of voices and follow him.
What a church was in the middle of Bible study. I walk in and loudly proclaim.. I'm am Atheist... there is no God! They would tell me sit down and be quiet. And if i continued to disrupt, they would probably forcibley remove me from the church. Same should apply in chat. I welcome anyone regardless of faith or religion. But if you come in with the agenda of being disruptive and calling attention to yourself, you need to leave. It's just that simple.
Number 1, you apply ecclesiastical principles to a non-ecclesiastical setting. Number 2, how many atheists come into bible studies on this site? Number 3, if you come in here with your own agenda and calling attention to yourself, which you ARE doing, why is it still okay? You are an American, I assume. This logic wouldn't even work in most cases in America!
If you read my very first post, you'll see that the reason I chose to post this here is because we already have a discussion going about how to talk to atheists about Jesus.
So, since we have a lot of people with those beliefs looking over here right now as it is, I figured, why not ask over here?
And that would be why this thread is posted in this forum. Thanks! I pretty much always explain the reasons for my madness in my first post. Thanks for taking the time to read it.
