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Well put, OC.
Personally, I have abandoned the idea of defending my faith. I have just reached the point where I'm comfortable with my religious beliefs and seek neither to spread them nor abandon them.
If I convince someone to share my beliefs - if I succeed in spreading my faith to a lesser intellect - is he really now "faithful" or just "sold." If I am confronted by a superior intellect who can lead me to doubt or question my faith am I to abandon it?
Even as a Christian, it makes my skin crawl when someone asks me "have you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour?" I just can't escape the feeling that the guy is trying to win a set of steak knives in a sales contest. If leading by example does not prompt others to express an interest in my faith then either the example I'm setting isn't good enough or it just wasn't meant to happen.
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