ext_326143 ([identity profile] dvarin.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] cellio 2014-01-19 10:02 am (UTC)

One Christian on that site has said publicly that to qualify his language in any way is to deny his faith. I had hoped he was unusual in being that extreme, but I'm starting to think he's unusual not in that but in admitting it.

I suspect that to some extent this breaks down by evangelical/non- as well. Traditions with other foci for spiritual fire seem like they should do better when asked to stop spilling it on everyone;--since they don't define themselves as much around pure charismatics it'd be less of a self-denial.

(At least in the RC Church, I saw a good emphasis on evangelization through virtue of action rather than by haranguing. In this context it would presumably translate as "win followers through welcoming treatment and compelling explanation rather than by force of opinion and/or the moderator's hammer." This is, of course, an ideal--individuals' implementations vary.)

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