@KEEMSTAR Still praying for you. I wish you'd read "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis, the author of "Chronicles of Narnia."
He was an atheist into his 30s and self-converted to Christianity. "Mere Christianity" is a simple explanation of the faith based on talks he gave during WW2.
@cbell618 @CathGroyper You don't convert an atheist by dragging him, kicking and screaming, to the Church.
The atheist, if he's intellectually honest, will drag *himself* to the Church, despite all of his protests and lamentations. Like C.S. Lewis in his 30s.
Our duty is to be welcoming.
@cbell618 @CathGroyper This is not how you convert anyone, however. You can lead a horse to water, but not make it drink.
It is your job to lead the atheists to the Faith. And make them receptive. And through their own investigation, they'll see submission is the truth.
@CathGroyper TFW the Freethinker's Party of Greece was the Far-Right Christian Nationalist party but now dumb atheists think they're the "Freethinkers."
@Yshzey @KEEMSTAR Christianity is simply giving you a guiding path for a healthy life. Not just physically, but spiritually. And it also knows you'll fail. Because we all fail and none of us are perfect. But through prayer and Christ's mercy, your failures will be forgiven if you try again.
@Yshzey @KEEMSTAR Way too many people conceive of Christianity as some list of rules you have to follow and there's some angry God who wants to punish you.
Sin is bad for you. We do it because it *feels* good. The same way we lash out in anger, then feel bad later. We eat ice cream then get fat.
@AnotherZoomer@CathGroyper I know it's cathartic to BTFO simpleton atheist takes and say "lol no you're going to hell."
But does this actually help convert Apostates and anti-theists? These same arguments have been had for centuries; and Christianity has won every time. Reach out to them.
@ali Keem is cool. He just lives in L.A. and his mind is half-broken by secular, urban America.
It's a miracle he's still a Trump supporter.
People like him can be brought back to the faith, but not through angry indictments of their arguably kindergarten-level opinions.
@McNeilJaden I was rereading Mere Christianity yesterday and it's crazy how often the same arguments and same dismissals come up. I've learned not to judge people like Keem too harshly. They're operating in a world of materialists and Protestants. He doesn't know any better.