Posted on 03/11/2005 12:00:15 PM PST by jimbergin
The French Reconnection Europe's most secular country rediscovers its Christian roots. by Agnieszka Tennant | posted 02/25/2005 09:30 a.m.
At dusk on a chilly October day, I get on the metro train at Oberkampf, a trendy street on the east side of Paris. A mustached man in his 40s sits in front of me, sets his briefcase down, pulls out a yellow brochure from his jacket, and begins to read it.
"Scientific Proof" says the arguably apt title in French. I know what's inside—an argument that humans' meticulous design points to the existence of a loving God; and that he wants us to live in union with him for eternity. If the reader wants to know more, he can fill out a contact form and send it to Jews for Jesus.
I wait for the commuter to do something stereotypically French, like crumple the pamphlet and cuss. But he studies it for about five minutes, which allows for a slow and thorough read. He sighs, and for a while appears to be deep in thought. He then folds the brochure and puts it in his pocket.
I don't pretend to know this man's religious background, but to me his curiosity represents a renewed openness to the gospel in France.
Before boarding the subway, I watched as Jews for Jesus handed out the "Scientific Proof" tracts (which they call "broadsides"). Catching a breather at a sidewalk café, Cyril Gordon, a Paris-born American evangelist, told me he was astounded at how well the gospel was being received in France. "I've done evangelism in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Paris," he says, "and of all these, I've been by far best received in Paris.
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Yeah, but less than 10% attend Church. I've been there.
Forget the past, now is the only thing that matters. Judeo/Christians freed the slaves, freed women to vote, get your head on straight girl.
Christianity has always been pretty peaceful. The state, of course, never is, however, and when Christiany becomes a arm of the state it becomes corrupted.
Any religion can be perverted by man-
I think the point with Islam is that when violence and sexual brutality is done in its name, it's not be perverted. The doers are actually following the commands of Mohammed.
OTOH, when these things are done in the name of Christ, it is a true perversion.
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