Yesterday, my family and I went to the Grays Harbor County Fair (which is actually quite a good little fair!) in Elma, WA and we had a great time. Well, when we walked in the front gates, both sides of the path are lined with booths. Check this one out!
Do you see what it says? It reads, "Godmobile... Are you going to heaven? Free two question test reveals answer..." It was put on by some group called the Men's Gospel Mission, or something. I stood there for several minutes, and not even ONE person went up and talked with them. In fact, at one point one of the dudes stuck his head out and looked right and left to see if anyone was coming. Nope... Still nothing.
I thought how sad this was. First of all for these men who wasted so much time and energy to sit in this booth only to have nothing happen. And second of all, I feel bad for everyone else. All I could think of was how this somehow reinforces stereotypical images of Christians as simplistic, dogmatic, closed-minded and focused solely on the next life in order to escape this one. It didn't surprise me one bit that no one "took the bait." Heck, my son and I couldn't either... Even though we REALLY wanted to hear what they might ask.
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Yep. Not to speak of the wholly distracting American flags around it.
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