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Is it really the work of Christians to convince non-Christians into taking up the Christian Faith?
It is not your duty to convince others to follow Jesus, and be Christians. Conviction and conversion of people is basically the work of the said Holy Spirit. It is actually the Holy Spirit that has the responsibility of convincing the world. Becoming a Christian is about entering into a right relatiRead more
It is not your duty to convince others to follow Jesus, and be Christians. Conviction and conversion of people is basically the work of the said Holy Spirit. It is actually the Holy Spirit that has the responsibility of convincing the world.
See lessBecoming a Christian is about entering into a right relationship with God. You can’t convince people to enter into that relationship. That is God’s responsibility. Your role is to keep pointing people to God, it is God’s role to call them to himself. If God is not calling them, then nothing you do will convince them otherwise. God needs to actually work in the lives of the people for them to become Christians. He did it in you and everyone else who becomes a Christian, and he uses people like you to foster the relationship on his behalf.
Is it possible to stop people with disabilities from reproducing— thus, easing them into extinction?
Many genetic abnormalities are due to recessive genes that only affect children who inherit two copies of the gene. Affected people are often severely ill and probably won’t have children anyway. So, sterilizing them doesn’t do any good. You could still claim that preventing people with abnormalitieRead more
Many genetic abnormalities are due to recessive genes that only affect children who inherit two copies of the gene. Affected people are often severely ill and probably won’t have children anyway. So, sterilizing them doesn’t do any good. You could still claim that preventing people with abnormalities from having children would be helpful, but most chromosomal abnormalities either prevent people from having children or aren’t transmitted to the next generation.
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