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"...I just wish that the mission organizer would have sent the pilot to a qualified Christian brother who would have debriefed the pilot in a loving, Christian manner to get him ready for his pilot job..."

Maybe that would have been better for the pilot, who is obviously in trouble now. But at the risk of sounding obnoxious, would it have been better for his immortal soul? If that plane had indeed crashed, would he have been taken into the kingdom of Heaven? I think he would have. And I don't think he went overboard here, either. It was a simple enough few sentences, not a forced revival. Somehow, everyone survived his comments relatively unscathed, but now the whiners have come out in all their righteous indignation. It's becoming almost formulaic as a response. And God bless you for your Christian work. I wish I was such a good Christian, but unfortunately I remain a simple sinner who requires frequent repentence. But I'll be darned if I'm going to criticize someone who feels the spirit and wants to proclaim it!

Somehow, everyone survived his comments relatively unscathed, but now the whiners have come out in all their righteous indignation.

I hope the pilot will be fired, but he will probably be reprimanded, since the airlines are sensitive to their customers' complaints.

The bigger issue here is that there is a way to share the Gospel without getting into these distractions. That's why St Paul was so effective spreading Christianity through out Europe and the Middle East. He was very good at avoiding unnecessary cultural gaffes, but he never kept his message hidden. He converted very religious Jews, highly educated Greeks and very wealthy Romans to Christianity.

Even the prison guards around him became Christians, because he knew how to cut through the cultural barriers and reach for the heart.