Here’s a couple of ways I have recently heard about to engage people when witnessing. Offer $10 to anyone who can name all ten of the Ten Commandments, in order (very few can). That will get groups of people quoting the Commandments and making it easy to ask who’s kept what. Or, when open air preaching and taking someone through the Good Person Test, appoint six people in the crowd to act as a jury. People are usually quick to judge other people’s sins. That will help engage the crowd, and take the heat off you. Or when asking trivia questions, give Million Dollar Bill tracts away as consolation prizes to those who get the answer wrong, and Giant Money tracts to those who get them right. That way you can get tracts into more hands.
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"Offer $10 to anyone who can name all ten of the Ten Commandments, in order (very few can). "
Including most Christians.
Who arbitrates who wins the $10? Remember, different bible versions have different orders for the commandments. Also, the wordings are different in some cases.
Who says which bible version applies?
(solomongrundy)
Damn! My thoughts exactly; ya beat me to it.
"But I'd only give this a Meh on the fundie scale."
I agree. The quote itself merits no more than a 1. However, this is the man who tried to sell us the "Look at how well a banana fits into the grasp of a human hand, and marvel at the banana skin's non-slip surface! It must have been designed by God to be held by humans!" argument, so it gets a 2 from me on General Principles.
Or, when open air preaching and taking someone through the Good Person Test, appoint six people in the crowd to act as a jury. People are usually quick to judge other people’s sins.
What the Hell kind of sick psychological game is this?
...give Million Dollar Bill tracts away as consolation prizes to those who get the answer wrong...
"Here's your consolation tract, loser. Now get to steppin'".
That way you can get tracts into more hands.
Great idea! I needed some scrap paper to jot down that hooker's phone number.
Hey Ray. "Thou shalt not bear false witness" is one of them there commandments yes?
You Sir have lied many times. Prepare for hell.
Or then maybe not. Perhaps just prepare for the end of your existence and ensure you have left the world a better place like sane people should.
"Or, when open air preaching and taking someone through the Good Person Test, appoint six people in the crowd to act as a jury. People are usually quick to judge other people’s sins. That will help engage the crowd, and take the heat off you."
Stirring up shit, a favorite fundie past-time.
Let's see
Now I grew up with the "Coveting" bit split into two, and all that "I am the Lord, your God" through "Keep the sabbath day holy" bit only split into three.
Given that most fundies have the Covets as one and that first bit split into four, I suppose I'd "Lose" even if I hit everything just right. Y'know, cause my numbering was off.
In any case, he really thinks that unbelievers will play along just for tracts? I mean other than the ones that want some bathroom entertainment? How is that not fundie or darned?
You do realize many non-religious people can quote them? And many Christians can't?
should tell you something,,oh it's Ray, never mind
Offer $10 to anyone who can name all ten of the Ten Commandments, in order (very few can).
Of course, you only get the ten bucks if you name the Protestant 10 Commandments. If you name the Catholic or Jewish versions, you get lectured about how you're going to burn in a lake of fire for following a false religion.
Here's a guy who thinks everyone should see the Ten Commandments posted in public buildings:
Congressman Lynn Westmoreland
"Here’s a couple of ways I have recently heard about to engage people when witnessing. Offer $10 to anyone who can name all ten of the Ten Commandments, in order (very few can). That will get groups of people quoting the Commandments and making it easy to ask who’s kept what."
To which the proper reply is, "what for?"
"Or, when open air preaching and taking someone through the Good Person Test, appoint six people in the crowd to act as a jury. People are usually quick to judge other people’s sins."
That's a no-no. Your master... er... Jesus said not to do that as it's not your fucking job .
"That will help engage the crowd, and take the heat off you."
Yes. It's always easier to spout bullshit when nobody's paying enough attention to you to call you on it.
"Or when asking trivia questions, give Million Dollar Bill tracts away as consolation prizes to those who get the answer wrong, and Giant Money tracts to those who get them right. That way you can get tracts into more hands."
And exactly how many times have you been punched out over this stupid shit?
Bet more atheists, agnostics, and Jews get them right than fundie Christians(of course they aren't going to wait around listening to Ray's incredibly stupid take on Christianity to get the money), so he'll never have to pay up.
I think Carlin said it best when he revised the 10 Commandments into 2:
"1. Thou shalt always be honest and faithful to the provider of thy nookie.
Two is all you need; Moses could have carried them down the hill in his f***in' pocket. I wouldn't mind those folks in Alabama posting them on the courthouse wall, as long as they provided one additional commandment:
Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself."
Offer $10 to anyone who can name all ten of the Ten Commandments, in order (very few can).
Actually, a lot of the Fundies don't know the Commandments either, as evidenced by their repeated flouting of "Thou Shalt Not Covet!!!!!"
The tracts thing is the part that really clinches the Fundie mental imbalance. If I ever met this guy, I'd give him copies of the Cthulhu Chick Tract, just to "get tracts into more hands."
Which version of the Ten Commandments? The original one that Moses brought down or the second set? Catholic or Protestant version.
What I'm guessing is Ray Comfort couldn't even answer his own question.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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