DAVEH: Sure......and, do you understand what I'm saying?
Yes.
IMHO, being a Christian bears a responsibility to act like a Christian.
And everyone has their own perception of what that behavior is. One thing you must consider is that in the LDS scheme everyone gets a second chance to hear the gospel after they die, so there is no urgency to believe (let me know if I have this wrong). However, to Christians, when one dies, one's fate has been cast...there is no second chance. So, if you believed that, you might yell, wave undies, call out sin directly, or whatever it might take to get others to enter from death into life. The absolute bottom line to the difference in our beliefs is that if you are right, I get a second chance. If I am right, you are dead.
If the actions of Christians betray the perceptions of what non-Christians have been told Christianity represents, I wonder what message they are hearing. So Perry...back to my question. Do you think the street preachers who go out of their way to create controversy, ever consider the effect their antics may have on the non-believers?
I feel certain there are those who are repulsed by even the meekest of street preachers, as well as controversial ones. I also believe there are those that are attracted by the controversial. So, who am I to say what the Lord is laying on a street preacher's heart, or why?
And as a related question, do other street preachers (who do not go to the extremes in their preaching) ever cringe when they see the actions of the more rude SPs?
I have no idea. Probably.
Perry
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