[FormerLib]

Sort of cut Matthew 28:18-20 out of your Bible, huh?

The reference was to the fact that the Copts and Orthodox under Moslem oppression know how to spread the Gospel without trumpeting their own horns.

Care to quote the part where we're told to go and convert other Christians?

[Destro]

Ask the Slavs if the Greek Orthodox proselytize or not. The answer is that the Orthodox do proselytize, which is after all a Greek word. They just don't do it actively among other Christians IT'S OK TO PROSELYTIZE, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S KINDER TO REFRAIN.

The Orthodox are passive proselytizers, in other words you convert through good works and personal example or something like that. See the Greek conversion of the Pagan Slavs as an example.

[Z.Hobbs]

Curious that Pro-life Republicans would try to persuade pro-abortion Republicans to adopt their view.

Curious that people who believe in rule of law would try to convince those who believe in pure unfettered democracy (mobocracy) to adopt their point of view.

Curious that Liberals would go into the newspaper/television news business.

This all speaks volumes!!!

We all believe that any idea, any truth that we believe will help others and/or make a better society is worth sharing. Some people just want to muzzle that which they don't want to hear, which testifies to the truth of the Christian message. Why would people so oppose a teaching that results in human rights, sacrificial service for others, a healthier society, economic prosperity and the propagation of ideas by moral persuasion rather than at the point of a gun? The teaching of Christianity is that there is an element of evil darkness in the world that rejects the light and exists in, and holds in bondage, every human being apart from the grace of God. The mission of Christianity is to tell everyone that through faith in Christ they can be free from that bondage to evil. If this message is true how can anyone expect a Christian to not share it with others, including within Christian cultures, where this is not fully understood?

Secular humanists and merit based religious systems like Islam reject Chritianity partly because the implication that there is an evil within ourselves that requires us to seek God's grace is highly offensive to those biased by that evil.

[Destro]

By the way, the many Protestant groups do proselytize in ways that are humble and not intrusive. Setting up schools and hospitals is a perfect example of positive Christian proselytizing which tries to convert via good works and examples. All Christians should avoid trying to proselytize among fellow Christians.

[twntaipan]

The article in question is specifically about Christians who were by power of kindness and selfless actions demonstrating the love of Christ to Muslims. In return, they were murdered. I knew one of those killed personally, and can assure you they were the last possible people to trumpet their own horns.