Evangelization in the classroom

[havemercy]

The following is a thread I started in the Prayer Requests forum, but I am posting/quoting it here so that more of you good people see it, and so that if anyone is able, you can give me some practical advice on how to handle this situation. Feel free to post in my original thread.

Thank you for caring.
tony

At my college, I take my english courses in a special program which is community oriented. Bringing one’s entire person to a discussion of the subject matter and reading material is one of the basic principles for this program, and there is a band aspect to each meeting.

With the exception of a Buddhist friend of mine, I am the only student with a concrete belief in absolute truth, and who seems to display any great affection for God. (I know this because we had a “go-around” where everyone spent at least a few minutes speaking of themselves.) That, however, is not the difficulty.

No, the main difficulty is that my teacher is homosexual, an atheist, and is pro-abortion. At times will go off on a tangent, ranting about how he can’t imagine anyone who doesn’t support a woman’s “right to choose”. For example, at one point during one of his ramblings, I got so sick to my stomach that I nearly got up and left the room because I though I would vomit. This was because he spoke of how women were “liberated” by the “pro-choice” movement that was introduced by the feminists. Liberated? Refuse.

Now, I have no plans of dropping this course. I see this as an opportunity to witness, as a form of evangelization, and as the perfect time to suffer persecution like our Lord did (for the salvation of souls!). I must show forth the light of Christ; for in this world’s present darkness, the salt and light are we.

I ask for your prayers of guidance, deliverance from all diabolic oppression, and fortification in this time of distress and utter reliance upon the powers of Heaven.

Pax et bonum,
Tony

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[ReginaNova]

Have you lived such a sheltered life that you haven’t run into people with such beliefs before? In our democratic societies, we need to learn to get along with people who hold beliefs we find to be abhorrent. Try to find a way to control your revulsion and see these people as children of God, however misguided their beliefs and lifestyles. Pray for them and remember that there is hope for all people to change and live holy lives. Be an example of a holy and happy person.

 

[havemercy]

Have you lived such a sheltered life that you haven’t run into people with such beliefs before?

Very rarely have I engaged in discussions of this sort with people offline.

In our democratic societies, we need to learn to get along with people who hold beliefs we find to be abhorrent. Try to find a way to control your revulsion and see these people as children of God, however misguided their beliefs and lifestyles.

Oh, I do. I love them all. I’m thankful for that, and for them.

Pray for them and remember that there is hope for all people to change and live holy lives. Be an example of a holy and happy person.

Gotcha. Thanks.