I Sold My Soul on eBay author Hemant Mehta has a blog called “Friendly Atheist”. Some of his posts are indeed of a friendly nature while others, especially recently it seems, are a bit less so.
Two recent entries are worth looking at:
Christians hurting Christianity
Hemant asks: “Have any of you (Christian or atheist or otherwise) had encounters with Christians who were well-meaning about sharing their faith, but actually ended up pushing you further away from Christianity?”
Hemant asks: “Have you ever met an atheist who pushed you away from atheism (whether you’re a religious or non-religious person)?”
Have a look and add a comment if you have one.
I have met both kinds of people. I am confident that there are many well meaning christians. Kind people who simply want you to have everything they have gotten because of their belief. Yet, almost everytime I encounter such people I conclude that I much rather base my wordview on evidence. I am reminded of how little some peoples’ world view has to do with evidence and I think that is dangerous, for the persons themselves as well as for society.
Atheists on the other hand can often come across as arrogant and can be a bit to aggressive on some occassions in my opinion. I wouldn’t say that it drives me away from atheism it self, but perhaps away from atheists as a group.
Thanks for the links!
i’m reminded of the passage in blue like jazz where don miller and some friends have a “confessional booth” at their college. when people came up to it (expecting the worst, i’m sure), miller and co. (in monk outfits no less) began to confess their sins & the sins of the Church to them. brilliant, i say.
http://www.morganchurchdevotional.blogspot.com/
left off the link to my blog.
Thanks for the link to firendlyatheist. I saw it on terrystorch as well.
I liked some of his topics for critical discussion but some of the posts seem to have some heat.