There are many tracts and toolkits created by christianity to present jesus to ordinary folk, who have been lucky enough to avoid institutionalised christianity.

I have been through three such pieces of spamgelism in the last few years. They all utterly miss the point of christianity.

My objection to these systems is that a. They expect to be able to convey all the information a person needs to understand christianity in 5 minutes with handwaving and guilt. b. Its all about demonomination X‘s theology. Its not about Jesus as a person.

See also Christianity is not magic.

Brehaut’s arrogant and plainly awesome approach to christianity.

1. Don’t bother trying to convert people. Especially people you don’t know. If you aren’t willing to be somebodys friend with no other motives you might as well stop right here.

2. Jesus is a person, not a Mary Sue. He got angry, frustrated, etc. What is up with cursing a fig tree because its not in season. Honestly, I don’t get that.

3. Christianity is about Jesus. The Christ part in Christianity incase you had forgotten. To be a christian you need to have a grasp of what Jesus did, and what he said. Any person who wants to decide if christianity is for them or not should read the 4 gospels and ignore completely any random tract. Skip the processes and details and focus on Jesus.

4. If you dig what he was about, and what he said then you gotta contemplate whether you can buy into the miracles and god-hood.

{ this is a WIP - and i know im waffling }

Comments

In addition, Jesus is not white, did not speak ‘the king’s english’ and could not care less about the great white america. If you are rich, he probably doesn’t have much time for you, either. — mattw

On the contrary, Matt, Jesus had plenty of time for the rich. Heard of Zacchaeus? — Greg

Ok, perhaps I should have been more specific; If you are rich, happy, comfortable, and well-integrated into society (i.e. the average middle-to-upper-class person), Jesus doesn’t have much time for you. He came for the poor, the outcasts, the needy, the ill, the empty. — mattw

That’s better… but doesn’t that criteria still rule you and I out? I’d certainly like to think Jesus has time for me… — Greg

I dunno… I think that smacks of the individualism that plagues western evangelicalism (“I AM important to Jesus”). Or, to phrase it with less buzzwords, I don’t think everyone is equally important to Jesus, and I don’t think we are all supposed to have ‘a personal relationship’ with him. I think we don’t “need” Jesus/salvation/help/rescue in the sense that others do, so I suspect he’d give far more attention to them.— mattw

Hmmm… I don’t entirely agree, but I see your point. — Greg

See also: Does spamgelism work?, Spamgelism