kkolodsick wrote:
I'm with you. I love the guys at CGO but always wonder why some Christians quote scripture to non-Christians and think it will make people turn to Jesus. They already don't believe in Jesus so why would they listen to His book.
I'm more of a witnessing type, meaning I live my life and try to do the right things and have a good attitude even when it sucks. People will see something in you (open door to the flaming inferno), call me crazy but the other day the lady at my local Walgreens asked me "You go to church right?". I never talked to her about Church...
Not saying you need to believe in Jesus because of my story just an experience I had.
Depending on your geographical location, the majority of the population might go to church. You can of course believe whatever you wish, but I would point out that if the person had said something totally random to you, like 'you go to synagogue, right?' you would have just dismissed it as an odd occurance (unless you were Jewish).
My mother, who I mentioned is a firm believer in God, had an aneurysm last year. She was rushed to the hospital (a hospital that happened to have an excellent neurosurgery department), and after something like 8 hours of surgery was sent to the ICU to recover. She did not suffer any loss of intellect, or memory, and only a minor loss of motor coordination. The only lasting effect she experiences is nausea. Now, whenever this is brought up, she thanks God for making her well. I thank the neurosurgeons who spent a good deal of time operating on her. Could God be responsible? I don't know, maybe. But noone was praying for her (neither my sister or myself are religious, and we were about the only ones in our extended family who were aware of the emergency until after it passed), and I'm open-minded enough to realize that there are hundreds of thousands of good God fearing Christians who die every year from medical problems. Where was God when they needed him?
That ended up being longer than I expected, but my point is this: Many Christians experience a fortuitous or unexplainable event and attribute it to God, while most of the time there is a perfectly reasonable alternative explanation. I'm not saying you have to give up your faith, but at least consider the alternatives before you say "God did it".