I got an email recently from an adolescent atheist mocking my decision to make “Atheist Tuesday” posts an occasional blog item instead of weekly. Here it is:
SUBJECT: Laughter
Wish you could hear mine. [Presumably his own laughter]
Quitters never win and winners never quit, Steve.
I like the fact that your “Evangelism Schedule” and “Evangelism Training” posts have received no comments, not even from Christians, while your “atheists are bad” post has received over fifty.
Keep up the good work.
Yes, it’s a sad fact that this blog will never be popular.
If I wanted to pander to atheists, I suppose that it would be more popular, but why would I want that? I will end up having to answer over and over again the same Googleable questions that are found ad nauseum on Christian apologetic sites’ comments sections. You know, questions like these:
Remember, this is an evangelism blog “written to be an encouragement to those who share their faith and a motivation to those who don’t.”
I found I was getting off-track and wasting my time answering questions that never lead to salvation. That is, I can try and answer all those questions, but really, atheists will not believe the truth by my answers, only if they have been called by the Holy Spirit.
So, back to the adolescent atheist’s email….
What’s Your E-vangie Tale? Summer 2012
Over thirty people have dipped their toes into the dangerous waters of evangelism by signing up—and showing up—for “Sharing Your Faith…Made Easy!” This is my ten week evangelism training that will make any student the bane of any atheist, agnostic, intellectual or run-of-the-mill relativist—if they do all the work and apply all the principles of
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