Show Them An Apple

What does it take to turn Ashley's entire weekend back around to normal? Just some college junior, who I think I've probably ever talked to a grand total of 3 times in my life, only once maybe in person, take to time to talk to me and congratulate me and answer my questions. That's all it took. Amazing isn't it? Now my head is clear, I can think well again, and I feel normal. Oh it's great to be normal.



So now I can discuss my newest topic. This might be a sore spot for some of you that read this.. like, the ones of you who aren't Christians, but I think you'll at least understand.

See, this once, we were playing Romans and Christians, and it's dumb to explain it all, but basically I was a Roman, and as I arrested Christians, they would tried to convert me. They all had different approaches, but mostly there was the kind who just spouted off bible verses, and then the kind who told me what God did for me.

I have to admit, I couldn't pull all the verses out of thin air that these guys had and so I'm amazed that they could, but that doesn't matter because when you're trying to convince someone to believe in God, you can't use the bible. Logically, you can't convince someoen that an apple smells like an apple by just letting them waft from your jar of apple scent. You have to let them smell the apple. Actually I just couldn't think of a metaphor. But really, if someone doesn't beleive in the God, quoting the bible isn't going to change that. You have to them them the whole apple.

I don't know exactly how this could apply to everyone's life, and I bet it doesn't, becuase I'm not requesting for everyone to go out and convert a quota of kids each day; it's just in case maybe one day you get into this kind of conversation, the classical christian vs. non, and you're both defending your point. You can only use the bible to an extent. For the full picture, you have to give them the whole apple.