tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post1908239518644996715..comments2024-03-16T08:15:56.182+00:00Comments on Purple Words on a Grey Background: In Search of GodMike Peatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385223912601726849noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post-85406281377666953732006-11-05T23:58:00.000+00:002006-11-05T23:58:00.000+00:00No. quite right, Emma. We are, however, entitled t...No. quite right, Emma. We are, however, entitled to persuade people of the case for Christianity. Only God can do the converting.Mike Peatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385223912601726849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post-23833340974714006142006-11-05T14:53:00.000+00:002006-11-05T14:53:00.000+00:00Surely we're not the ones doing the 'converting' a...Surely we're not the ones doing the 'converting' anyway.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18000664334401241215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post-21794641305374657352006-11-02T13:37:00.000+00:002006-11-02T13:37:00.000+00:00As Mike now knows, when you listen to the extended...As Mike now knows, when you listen to the extended interview which is twice as long, there was a lot of content (half) that was not included in the broadcast interview.<br /><br />I think that there will have been a point to the conversation. When I chat to somebody who doesn't share my faith, I don't talk to them in order to convert them, I talk to them in order to share my story. It would be insensitive of me to try to get them to "convert".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post-53810189118724540152006-11-02T09:04:00.000+00:002006-11-02T09:04:00.000+00:00I don't know about Mr Humphrys' sincerity, but I w...I don't know about Mr Humphrys' sincerity, but I was thinking about everyone else. It became a conversation about a general kind of theism, rather than commending a distinctively Christian case.Mike Peatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385223912601726849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post-7136999011616234442006-11-01T22:30:00.000+00:002006-11-01T22:30:00.000+00:00By those sentiments, Matthew, there's not a lot of...By those sentiments, Matthew, there's not a lot of point in him even having had the conversation in the first place.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18000664334401241215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11376897.post-53970675362519754832006-11-01T21:29:00.000+00:002006-11-01T21:29:00.000+00:00Although I absolutely agree with you that it makes...Although I absolutely agree with you that it makes sense that one should mention the Incarnation in that conversation, do you think i really would have made a difference?<br /><br />Or have I become too cynical?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com