“By definition, any religion must believe that everyone should be a convert and Coulter’s comments where Christian doctrine 101. Anyone who believes otherwise is certainly not a Christian.”
You are saying here that unless a Christian believes that everyone should be a convert they are not a Christian. This just is not so and it is not Scriptural. Address this point instead of just tossing Scriptures around that do not pertain to my point.
Then again don’t bother. You’ll be wasting my time with your reckless use of the Scriptures.
Actually, it was the great commission, to go out and spread the word.
I read the interview. Deutsch was looking for a gotcha, and twisted both the words and the meaning of the words.
On a broader point, the question is not, “can we get the Jewish vote ?”. The question is, “why do 85% of American Jews vote for the party endorsed by those sworn to kill us all, Jews first ?”
Speaking of outrage.
Riddle me this: how can you be a Christian and NOT believe that everyone should convert? Among the tenets of the Christian faith is that anyone outside the faith is going to hell. That should be a sobering and sad thought--one that should make you WANT those outside to come in. These pragmatic issues are where the rubber meets the road in religion (or any belief system, really). If you are a Christian and you care about people, then you will indeed try to convert them. The method is something we may disagree on, but the idea will be the same. So, answer MY question (as I have answered yours twice now): how can you be a Christian and not feel a sense of duty to convert others? Is the fact that the vast majority of the world is going to hell simply not important?
This just is not so and it is not Scriptural. Address this point instead of just tossing Scriptures around that do not pertain to my point.
The scriptures I cited are indeed relevant. To sum up the above, the reasoning is as follows: A member outside the faith is damned->this is not a good, or even a neutral, thing->they should convert and save themselves. I suppose the Great Commission had nothing to do with conversion: "Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."" Matthew 28:18-20
"Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me." 1 Corinthians 9:16-17
Then again don’t bother. You’ll be wasting my time with your reckless use of the Scriptures.
I suppose by reckless you mean literal. Like it or not, that is what the Scriptures say. Accept it, or you are outside of the faith. Is that really such a radical idea? Could you be a Muslim without believing the Koran? Or a Jew (religious, not ethnic) without believing the Talmud?
“You are saying here that unless a Christian believes that everyone should be a convert they are not a Christian. This just is not so and it is not Scriptural.”
Can you expand on this?