Conversion of an atheist?

[hdog]

If you snuck up to an atheist during their sleep and manuevered their mouth with your hand to make them profess Christianity would it really count and the atheist became a Christian

 

[TimothyH]

You have to pour water on their head and say, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”

That should work.

-Tim-

 

[Samson01]

If you snuck up to an atheist during their sleep and manuevered their mouth with your hand to make them profess Christianity would it really count and the atheist became a Christian

lol. Ah don’t go sneeking up on people in their sleep and diff. don’t play with their mouths…that’s a good way to find a fountain pen in the neck or something…

 

[Scoobyshme]

If you snuck up to an atheist during their sleep and manuevered their mouth with your hand to make them profess Christianity would it really count and the atheist became a Christian

Conversion is not a one and done deal. It’s an ongoing, daily situation. Every day, we wake up and decide, throughout the day, whether to follow Christ or not. Many choose not to, by sinning.

 

[Equites_Christi]

If you snuck up to an atheist during their sleep and manuevered their mouth with your hand to make them profess Christianity would it really count and the atheist became a Christian

Oh no, what if while the apostles were sleeping in Gethsemane, Jesus slinked away from His prayer and manipulated their mouths to say “I love Ceasar” or “I wear women’s sandals”??

 

[SonCatcher]

If you snuck up to an atheist during their sleep and manuevered their mouth with your hand to make them profess Christianity would it really count and the atheist became a Christian

hdog, you forget there’s no “sinner’s prayer” in Catholicism. Try your question on an Evangelical forum.

You have to pour water on their head and say, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”

That should work.

-Tim-

Tim’s got the right idea.

As long as we’re being facetious, Catholics have no problem with full immersion. How about we just tip his bed into a swimming pool? We’ll have a couple lifeguards on hand to fish him out.

 

[Claire_from_DE]

If you snuck up to an atheist during their sleep and manuevered their mouth with your hand to make them profess Christianity would it really count and the atheist became a Christian

That’s only confessing with his mouth. What about believing in his heart? You need both. Anyway, it only counts when you’re awake.