A new club just launched itself at college. It's called "Humanists, Skeptics and Freethinkers," otherwise known as the Secular Club, with the mission of exploring and promoting secular beliefs and values. All very well and good, perhaps, giving people the ability to look at that side of the spectrum, etc. That's fine.
Their first move was to invite the Christian Club to a debate.
They swiftly toned it down to a less confrontational panel. It would be moderated by the Contemporary Affairs Club, the largest group on campus. The way this event would work is, the moderator would pose questions about beliefs and values, etc., and each group would answer. The moderation of the Contemporary Affairs Club would mean that we (the SC and the CC) would get to steal their audience, which is good, because as the president of the new Secular Club said, "Their group is bigger than both of ours put together."
And, of course, the Christian Club wants to make a panel that will do the best as possible. So their first decision on who to be on the panel was the member with the most experience doing apologetics for them. Three guesses who that was.
This is probably going to be the biggest event I've ever done for the Christian Club. At the panel we did last March, there were only interested independents coming, and we still had a full house. At this event, there will in all likelihood be people affiliated with the Contemporary Affairs Club (a very large group), people affiliated with or supportive of the Secular or Christian Clubs, AND interested independents.
This is incredible. How many sixteen-year-olds get to do this sort of stuff? It's amazing that God can even use a minor on a college campus, among other things. Now, the question is, how is this going to work, and when?
Their first move was to invite the Christian Club to a debate.
They swiftly toned it down to a less confrontational panel. It would be moderated by the Contemporary Affairs Club, the largest group on campus. The way this event would work is, the moderator would pose questions about beliefs and values, etc., and each group would answer. The moderation of the Contemporary Affairs Club would mean that we (the SC and the CC) would get to steal their audience, which is good, because as the president of the new Secular Club said, "Their group is bigger than both of ours put together."
And, of course, the Christian Club wants to make a panel that will do the best as possible. So their first decision on who to be on the panel was the member with the most experience doing apologetics for them. Three guesses who that was.
This is probably going to be the biggest event I've ever done for the Christian Club. At the panel we did last March, there were only interested independents coming, and we still had a full house. At this event, there will in all likelihood be people affiliated with the Contemporary Affairs Club (a very large group), people affiliated with or supportive of the Secular or Christian Clubs, AND interested independents.
This is incredible. How many sixteen-year-olds get to do this sort of stuff? It's amazing that God can even use a minor on a college campus, among other things. Now, the question is, how is this going to work, and when?
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