Send an Atheist to his local church!
This was the somewhat intriguing title of a recent ebay auction. Hemant Mehta, a 22 year old student from Chicago, proposed to visit his local church (or any other, of any flavour or religion) with an open mind for $10 a time.
The auction closed at $504.
Much to my relief, it was won by a guy called Jim Henderson – not the creator of The Muppets, but the executive director of an organisation who often describe their mission statement as “trying to help Christians learn how to not be jerks”.
I sometimes think we have a lot to learn.
To his great credit Jim is genuinely attempting to learn from Hemant, and not trying to ‘convert’ him. And to Hemant’s credit, he is being very fair and open minded, and extremely gracious in light of a few arrogant and unhelpful commenters.
You can follow the action from both parties’ perspectives – on Hemant's blog and the Off The Map website. Let’s hope the Christians are listening.
The auction closed at $504.
Much to my relief, it was won by a guy called Jim Henderson – not the creator of The Muppets, but the executive director of an organisation who often describe their mission statement as “trying to help Christians learn how to not be jerks”.
I sometimes think we have a lot to learn.
To his great credit Jim is genuinely attempting to learn from Hemant, and not trying to ‘convert’ him. And to Hemant’s credit, he is being very fair and open minded, and extremely gracious in light of a few arrogant and unhelpful commenters.
You can follow the action from both parties’ perspectives – on Hemant's blog and the Off The Map website. Let’s hope the Christians are listening.
1 Comments:
What a great way to make money, does anyone want to sponsor me to go to church everyweek? 2 for 1 bargain, pay the price of one trip and I'll go twice on a sunday! C'mon, it's for a good cause...actually, can't be bothered to get up on a sunday morning.
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