I could direct you to the general website,
www.writing.com, but my discussion board is no longer there as I became to busy with life in general to keep it up. The individual in question joined several groups on the website, many of which I was a part of, but yet seemed to feel the need to “spam” people with his rhetoric and quite literal spiritual attacks. He was eventually banned from the site–twice–due to his constant harassment of people he deemed to be in need of salvation. I had noticed, near to where I lived at the time, an “Apostolic” storefront church, and although I was curious, after my run-in with the individual on the website, I dared not darken the doors for fear I would be forcibly “baptized”. (joking) Unfortunately as he did not give any more than general and overly forceful Protestant views, there’s just not much information. He believed we all need to be “born again” and baptized as adults, that everying that came out of my responses to him were not to be trusted and entirely conflicting with the Gospels…etc. In my own forum, he posted his “Online Bible Study” which were simply posts copied and pasted all over the website, but of course sometimes slightly tailored to the audience. I had to warn him that my forum was for discussion, not posting tracts and that if he wanted discourse, he needed to be specific and non-offensive. My position was that the forum was one for Catholic questions and answers, maybe even somewhat of a haven for Catholics on the site, but he was using it as a tool for evangelism, so I did delete several of his posts while responding that I would welcome actual discussion.
In an e-mail I told him why I deleted his posts and asked him to come back and post appropriately to the forum rules. I also told him I would pray for him.
He pretty much told me that I was going to Hell. I responded again that I would pray for him and then he was banned from the site for other offenses.
I’m sorry so long winded, but that was the extent of my experience, so I guess I was wondering if anyone else has met someone who went about “evangelization” in this manner and defined him/herself in the same manner.
He ended each post with “God Bless You! Amen!”
While I applaud the final sentiment, his approach to “saving souls” probably did more to denigrate the name of Christianity in general than it did in saving souls. I truely do pray for this person and people who try to evangelize in the same manner, but just the same, I want to understand where they come from.
(sorry so long-winded)