Telstar,
I asked Kathlen to support what she said, why are you so defensive?
I was merely expressing an opinion about what you said to Kathleen because I thought you were misrepresenting what she actually said, and because I personally disagreed with what you said. Are you imposing your personal thread posting rules on someone else’s thread, again? Why are you always so disrespectful of others, by twisting their words to try to make them look foolish?
Also, how do you know some jews and greeks were not the same as you, and became angry at those pesky evangelists? Scripture was clear they would enter towns where their message was not welcome and they should wipe the dust from their sandles and tell them they “will go down to Hades” Ergo they were speaking their message to people that did not want to hear it.
Where did I ever say that I was angry at “pesky evangelists”? Is this another example of your twisting people’s words to make them seem foolish or inferior? I just happen to disagree with their methods because I don’t believe it’s something that anyone should take upon themselves to do. It’s presumptuous and arrogant to knock on people’s doors to try to tell them that what they already believe is wrong and what you believe is right.
In the days of the Apostles, there was no concept of invading people’s privacy by knocking on their door to preach any kind of religious beliefs in order to convert them. There were appropriate places set aside for public discussion of those types of things. Haven’t you ever heard of public forums where people went to discuss politics, philosophy and other subjects?
The Disciples were told to brush the dust from their feet, but they were never told to tell anyone that they were going to hell for not listening to them. Please, show us a specific passage where that was done, because I can’t find any. The only one that ever told anyone else that they would be going to hell, was Jesus, but that’s something that He alone will be responsible to judge. No one else has that power, or the ability to pronounce that judgement on anyone.
When they first went into a town, there were no homes of believers in which to gather. Even if there were, somebody was going around and ‘inviting’ their unbelieving neighbors over for lessons, weren’t they?
Or are you suggesting they used traditional advertising and rented a theatre or some such space?
Reading Comprehension 101 might be a good start for you, Tony. I said they probably preached to someone in a public
forum and were then invited back to that person’s home. Then, the person that invited them would also invite some of their own friends and neighbors to listen to the Apostles preach. In that way, there could be a longer discussion with time for many questions and answers, as well as time for them to heal the sick (which I notice you never responded to my question about that).
I urge you to expand your reading on this subject. The disciples did do the equivalent of evangelizing door to door, finding Greeks and Jews willing to hear their message
I might urge you to do the same, because it does not say that, IMHO. Also, they certainly didn’t just limit their evangelizing to Jews and Greeks. Perhaps you should read the real Gospels a little more, to see just how far their travels actually took them.
ps. How do you explain those modern Catholics being trained for “door to door” evangelism? I provided you with links.
Both of those articles seem to refer to Catholics evangelizing fallen-away Catholics to bring them back to the Church. That’s a lot different, IMHO. Perhaps, someday, someone will come knocking on your door, too.
