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A recent thread was started - showing a video of a mission trip that had the goal of reaching out to atheist and agnostic students on university campuses near Rome.
http://www.christianforums.com/t7830104/#post65906807
A comment came up that deserves a thoughtful response.
I understand that such things exists. But when you watch the actual video in the OP you see that this is not what is being discussed at all. Rather they are going to universities around Rome and reaching students that identify themselves as atheist/agnostic. Student that claim they have not been in church since being an infant. Students that say they are angry at Christianity.
If your scenario of "going to the Catholic church to make protestants out of Catholics" were the issue in the actual video - I would be very sympathetic with the complaints here.
in Christ,
Bob
http://www.christianforums.com/t7830104/#post65906807
A comment came up that deserves a thoughtful response.
Bob, How would you feel if you came out of church one day and had a group from another church telling your fellow Adventist's that they should quit your church and join theirs. I have had this happen
I understand that such things exists. But when you watch the actual video in the OP you see that this is not what is being discussed at all. Rather they are going to universities around Rome and reaching students that identify themselves as atheist/agnostic. Student that claim they have not been in church since being an infant. Students that say they are angry at Christianity.
Be that as it may - in this case we are not talking about faithful Catholics - but about atheists and the need to evangelize them regardless of what they did as infants.and I am sure other Catholics here have had to deal with the same thing? So maybe we get a bit of a chip on our shoulders about groups poaching from the Catholic Church.
Which is why I was shocked that this example of reaching out to atheists would even be a problem at all for Catholics!!I don't see that as denying the need to approach those who don't know the Gospel and hopefully bringing the light of Christ to them
If your scenario of "going to the Catholic church to make protestants out of Catholics" were the issue in the actual video - I would be very sympathetic with the complaints here.
in Christ,
Bob