No. I Don’t Want To “Shut Down An Atheist In 15 Seconds Flat!”

Ah, social media. You beautiful, hideous beast. One of my least favorite current trends is the growing number of my Christian friends posting memes, blog posts and videos with headlines like these: “Young Student Humiliates Atheist Professor Who Tried To Tell Him God Isn’t Real!” “This Will Shut Down An Atheist In 15 Seconds Flat!” “A Simple Illustration That Destroys (insert counter-argument here)!” “On-the-Street Interviews That Prove Liberals (or Conservatives, or Millennials, or Calvinists, or…) Are Idiots!” “Mormons get schooled by Christian man!” Count me out. I don’t want to shut down, humiliate or destroy anyone. Or their argument. Jesus gave us a better way.

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One of my least favorite current trends is the growing number of my Christian friends posting memes, blog posts and videos with headlines like these:

  • “Young Student Humiliates Atheist Professor Who Tried To Tell Him God Isn’t Real!”
  • “This Will Shut Down An Atheist In 15 Seconds Flat!”
  • “A Simple Illustration That Destroys (insert counter-argument here)!”
  • “Mormons get schooled by Christian man!”

Count me out. I don’t want to shut down, humiliate or destroy anyone. Or their argument.

Jesus gave us a better way.

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