tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1109873851574002478.post5431529272197272032..comments2023-06-30T04:02:25.484-07:00Comments on The AlabamAtheist: A Musical "Status Quo?"Tim D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16849587477295263176noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1109873851574002478.post-68672931530985417152011-07-09T16:00:48.694-07:002011-07-09T16:00:48.694-07:00"Freedom of speech doesn't suddenly stop ..."Freedom of speech doesn't suddenly stop applying just because you disagree with the message."<br /><br />Exactly. It's a shame that so many people have the idea that belief in God is a Sunday peccadillo that nonbelievers only have to tolerate in others only if believers shut up about the whole thing. (Even then the toleration is only the sort of toleration you'd extend to a funny smell on a subway.) This view misunderstands what faith is. <br /><br />The nature of authentic faith is that it must underline your whole existence, and the nature of authentically Christian belief is that we must evangelize. (Evangelize keeping in mind Mark 2:17 and Matthew 10:14, of course.)The Ubiquitoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395703772492059721noreply@blogger.com