quote:Originally posted by Cookey: "ISTANBUL (Reuters) – What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with
10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers.
The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists." The article doesn't say what the atheists get for remaining unfaithful other than a life of reason, philosophical morality and a deeper appreciation of THIS life,
Hi Skeptik,
Obviously, no one noticed the glaring exclusion. There is no Protestant or Evangelical teacher among the group. And, it mentions "Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews, and Tibet for Buddhists" -- but, what if they convert to Christianity and none of these World Religions? If you notice, all the major World Religions are there, including Atheism. All religions, but the relationship with Jesus Christ, Christianity, is not represented.
Would you like to know why? Because we Christian believers do not view salvation as a "game show." To us, our eternal souls are not "game show" material -- but, something to be taken very seriously. We leave the game show religion and buffoonery to our atheist Friends.
You folks do the Game Show Religion -- I will stick to God's version.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
