Evangelizing Advice from an Atheist.

I'm an atheist in a country full of Christians, a significant portion of whom find it the calling of their faith to witness to me and attempt to get me to change my mind and take up their faith. If that's what you feel you have to do, I'm not going to deny you your right to speak.

However, for the most part, this isn't good conversation. It isn't convincing to me, to my knowledge, anybody who isn't already a Christian. And, it isn't even convincing to most of the Christians I know.

For the moment, I'm speaking to a subset of Christians who feel it important that they attempt to convert non-Christians into Christians. What I'm saying to that specific subset is, by and large, you're your own worst Public Relations enemy.
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