Tip #20 Don't Tract, Interact.

I think one of the core attitude problems of a lot of evangelists and apologists is the expectation that you can affect without being affected, change others without changing yourself. Being already a true believer of (insert true faith here), you're not the one that needs to change. And, if you do, you're sure God will achieve that, not some non-believer that just needs to get right with said deity.

That can be part of what leads people to stick to a script over having an evolving conversation, what leads people to reply with dismissive semantic arguments rather than interact with the substance, what leads people to refuse to acknowledge error. It can also be what leads to more blatant examples, such as drive-by posts on the web-forums of non-believers or...

Or Tracts.
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