Author Jon Ward details how he left his evangelical church, his growing alarm over how some Christian conservatives have attacked truth, and what it would take for White evangelicals to abandon Donald Trump.
giving them a safe space to dialog and ask questions in good faith can be a good place to start.
That’s the rub, though, isn’t it? Too many of them simply aren’t prepared to discuss such things in good faith. They often approach any discussion with an outsider defensively. Getting them to let their guard down long enough to have an honest conversation isn’t always as simple as giving them the space to do so. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
That’s the rub, though, isn’t it? Too many of them simply aren’t prepared to discuss such things in good faith. They often approach any discussion with an outsider defensively. Getting them to let their guard down long enough to have an honest conversation isn’t always as simple as giving them the space to do so. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
It certainly is the rub. It’s not something I’d undertake with just any random fundie. I’d have to know them and what kind of person they are, first.
I suppose you might say it’s about leveraging relational equity to have a dialogue.