Wondering

Do you ever wonder if the purpose of evangelism is something other than converting people to Jesus? I'm not talking about the slacktivist "hey, I've got a really nice religion here and I thought you might like it" form of evangelism, I'm talking about the Asshole for Christ(tm) form of evangelism, as demonstrated thusly:

Deuteronomy 16:19 Just for fun, I looked up Deu 16:19. This is it: Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. What the hell does that have to do with pagans, or the hateful diatribe that follows?

Pagans are blind, eyeless, sightless, unseeing, dark, purblind, stone-blind, dim-sighted, undiscerning, okay, i get it, you own a thesaurus. will you stop now? oh, and "dark" is not a synonym for "blind". i think you just called black people ignorant savages. nice. ignorant savages savages? really? do they where loincloths? do they hunt with spears? do they [fill in your own condescending stereotype]? who spit at not in? not enough distance? God's face everyday without contention, remorse or contrition, ummm . . . "contention"? these words, i do not think they mean what you think they mean no matter how 'good' they think they are. It is sad really. like this post? What pagans do not know will hurt them most dearly. They are just like a multitude of blind ignorant savages heading for a cliff. they're not just blind, they're not just ignorant, they're savages! Even though they are profane savages, what is your obsession with a word that is loaded at best, and more likely racist? for way too long, native americans were referred to as "savages", you probably want to abandon this Christians still should love them enough to warn them, with fear, about the cliff to come.

so, picture this with me. "Hey, you, yeah you! You, the ignorant, blind, savage! You, darkie! There's a cliff over there! Stop it you remorseless, purblind savage!"

Christians need to make them tremble a bit. oh, i am indeed trembling before your vast command of synonyms. Pagans must tremble before Mount Sinai before they fling themselves on the cross at Mount Calvary. huh? you need to work on your imagery. Some Christians would say it is rather harsh to call non-Christians blind ignorant pagan savages. so would some atheists. and doubtless all pagans, but why ask them? But it is biblical. so is rape, murder, incest, slavery and genocide. are you suggesting we enact those biblicals as well? These verses are from the New International Version okay, if you're not going to cut and paste the entire verse, you don't need to tell me which version it is. it's the language that changes, not the verse numbers. and i'm the atheist.

Isaiah 2:6 - refers to Jews who palled around with pagans, not pagans
You have abandoned your people,
the house of Jacob.
They are full of superstitions from the East;
they practice divination like the Philistines
and clasp hands with pagans.

Isaiah 2:5-7(in Context) adds nothing to the discussion Isaiah 2 (Whole Chapter)

Matthew 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. not sure how that helps.

Matthew 18:16-17 adds nothing to the discussion

Leviticus 26:6 'I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove savage beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. what the hell does that have to do with pagans? was he picking verses at random in the hopes no one would look them up?

Leviticus 26:5-7 (in Context), still not seeing it. could someone loan me the secret decoder ring? Leviticus 26 (Whole Chapter)

Acts 20:29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. i dunno, maybe. probably not.

Isaiah 45:20 Gather together and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save. well, we finally found the word "ignorant", though that's more ignorant about yhwh than ignorant in general

Isaiah 45:19-21(in Context), Isaiah 45(Whole Chapter)

The term non-christian is a word for those who do not want to possibly sound like they are condemning pagans. or an accurate description of people who are not, wait for it, christian. jews are not pagans. muslims are not pagans. atheists are not pagans.

John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. yeah, most religions do set up some sort of us/them dichotomy with rewards for us and punishments for them. what else is new?

says that pagans are condemned already. i will grant you that. Christians do not have the power to condemn the rebellious, even if they tried. oh, but you wish you had it, don't you? But they can show the unrepentant that they are condemned. by calling them as many names as their thesaurus can spew out. The Ten Commandments are what they need to hear. because somewhere in the US is someone who has never heard the ten commandments, and if you just show it to them, they will get on their knees to jesus. Some say if Christians show the Ten Commandments to sinners, it is unnecessary because they are damned if they do, and damned if they don't. i couldn't even follow this thought. They would be right, that is why they need Jesus' blood to wash away their iniquity, transgressions, and sins forever, ew! not merely to cover them up like the Jewish people still do today through animal sacrifices. really. Jews perform animal sacrifices? today. uh-huh. yeah. right. oh, dear, it's an antiSemite. nice. Christians have enormous liberty. to call people names?

Yeah, it just ends there. I suppose once you've gone for the antiSemitism, you may as well call it a day.