Posted on 12/08/2011 8:52:59 AM PST by Salvation
>>I have news for you, authentic faith is going to push some people away, anyway.<<
I have news for you, more flies are got by honey than vinegar.
If I have my choice of listening to FReeper Papertyger or St. Francis of Assisi, guess who I give more credence to?
No one is converted by someone being rude to them. I’ve lived that role. I’ve dealt with Christians who say they love me while slamming what I love. It doesn’t work, I’m still Catholic. I’ll show a person how wonderful Jesus is by my example and it’s evangelizing all the same.
So how many have you converted?
We don’t convert anyone. It’s always by the grace of God.
If the poster I was replying to takes the position we can “push” people away from God by our comportment, it is perfectly legitimate to posit the converse.
That being said, I have no intention of playing proto-Protestant word games with would-be “teachers of the law.”
Whoa, having a bad day?
We can push people away if we are unChristian in our manner toward others.
We can help people find faith by our actions. But it is always the grace of God which brings them to Him.
The Crusades were defensive wars.
At least three, how about you?
Actually, I would have to say that God, through the intercession of Our Holy Mother and a good green scapular turned their hearts. I didn’t do anything but pray and not push.
And let me tell you, to take someone who was sour on Western Religions and see them become Catholic was quite an accomplishment. I never got in his face, I never said he should, I just lived a good life and showed the best example I could.
Thank you Holy Lord.
I “evangelize” with my actions but I wouldn’t push Jesus on a stranger.
You never know where a person is in their walk in life, and bad evangelism by bossy know it alls makes a lot of folks turn away from God.
I see great evangelization here on FR.
Well now that might depend on what threads you read. FR can be so anti that I do not send many here.
I wonder if it was because of that crusades rap that Catholics are so closed-in. I doubt it. I think it’s because of the centuries of persecution Catholics have undergone in this country and in Europe. Untold numbers burned at the stake or decapitated just for practicing their faith.
That’s true. You could say even this article by Zimak is an evangelization.
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