Evangelicals now converting at home

[Tero]

Instead of primitive tribes, Buddhists or other folks around the world
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/ev ... pe=article

[Svartalf]

Too bad, no more Juicy missionaries for the cannibals of the world.

[Tero]

It also does not have quite the appeal of converting people who have never heard of Jesus. Upon dying, they go straight to heaven. But as soon as they hear of Jesus and continue sinning, straight to hell it is.

[JimC]

They should be converted themselves.

Into fertiliser...

[Hermit]

Each session has a central topic, and on the recent Tuesday it was about why Jesus needed to be crucified. [...] "You rely on those your listeners would find credible — scientists, philosophers, authors — and you show how Christianity makes sense."

Good luck with that, Mister Ellis.

[JimC]

He needed to be crucified because of Roman realpolitik...

[Svartalf]

Well, there's all that offspring sacrifice theme you find occasionally in the bible, Isaac, the daughter of Jephthah, maybe a couple other instances, that may have inspired the early chretins in believing in sacrificing the deity's son...

[rainbow]

Too bad, no more Juicy missionaries for the cannibals of the world.