re: Time to abandon America…

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I know exactly who he was and what he did. The joke is that we'd move there while they're moving here, similar to how Scipio invaded Africa while Hannibal was rampaging Spain and Italy.

Quibble on, though.

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Sorry, I didn’t mean to quibble. It interests me. You probably know that Scipio invaded Africa to force Hannibal to leave Italy and return to defend Carthage. And it worked.

Maybe we could build a successful society there and induce them to move back? If that was your point it was good irony.

Just say democrats. Liberals, leftists, communists, all equal democrats . Differentiating them implies they have intelligence.

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There's a name for that, it's called quitting. Quitting is for pussies. You do you.

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Marxists have infiltrated the Republican Party (neocons). Our treasury doesn’t do shite. The housing prices should have already dropped. It is complete bullshite.

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Real talk, have you ever stood on a street corner with a big sign and yelled at everyone going by that they need to repent?

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Sort of? I’ve been involved in street ministry, holding signs, handing out tracts, and talking to people about the gospel, including answering questions and defending the Christian faith.

I don’t shout at people that they are going to hell, myself, as I don’t engage in street preaching, but I think it is good to warn people of the dangers of hell and I would do it if I were a street preacher.

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I’ve been involved in street ministry, holding signs, handing out tracts

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Protestants are so weird

Has this tactic ever worked on a scale large enough to have a noticeable impact?

you go first

Just some baws walking about in shorts and slottin' floppies.

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Has this tactic ever worked on a scale large enough to have a noticeable impact?

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Even one soul being saved is a noticeable impact, as far as I’m concerned.

Many of the OT prophets preached repentance to little or no effect. Ezekiel was specifically told that he would preach and the people wouldn’t listen. Others like Jeremiah and Isaiah also preached to hardened hearts.

Many “street preachers” preached to crowds, like George Whitefield, which God used for revivals and the salvation of hundreds and thousands.

At the end of the day, it is God, not man, who changes hearts and minds by His Spirit, and He uses the preached gospel message from weak vessels to do so. We are to plant the seed and water it, but God is the one who causes growth.

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it's called quitting. Quitting is for pussies

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You still think you can save these people, you're wrong.

Eventually we will split

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Protestants are so weird

Has this tactic ever worked on a scale large enough to have a noticeable impact?

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Why don’t you go back and read your Bible—specifically Acts 2? You asked whether this “tactic” has ever worked on a scale large enough to make a noticeable impact. The answer is yes, and it worked quite well for Peter.

He preached openly to a crowd:

Acts 2:38–39
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

And the passage continues:

Acts 2:40–41
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

Open-air preaching to crowds clearly worked for Peter—three thousand people responded in a single day. Sounds a lot like the same thing the Protestant you’re mocking is trying to do.