Subj : [6/7] FYI Fwed advice
To   : ALL
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Thu Mar 22 2001 07:57 pm

> > I told her I was "outside the mainstream" of the Protestant
> > Christianity  with which I had been raised.
> 
> Which probably  means she either  thought you were  unchurched or
> else tap  dancing around the  question for reasons  very close to
> the real ones.
> 
> > She has now taken to giving me literature (and sending me emails)
> > about the Bible, Christianity, God, etc.  She wants to know what
> > I think of them and what my beliefs are.
> 
> This is inappropriate in the workplace, though more awkward since
> it  should have  been firmly,  if politely,  stopped at the first
> occurrence.


The best way to deal with an overzealous Christian is to just be up front,
and remind them that 
Jesus himself didn't chase people around with the gospel, but as in the
case of the rich man 
who walked away from Christ's offer, he simply let them go if they refused
to believe.

Now since FIDO is a discussion "arena", the rules are different, but the
above advice would 
apply perfectly to a workplace situation where the Christian in question
might misunderstand 
the extents that he/she should go to in spreading the faith
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