Tuesday, January 24, 2012

A Good Point...from an Atheist!

The following quote, from Penn Jillette, is found in the book The Trellis and the Vine by authors Colin Marshall and Tony Payne. Jillette is one-half of the famous comic-illusionist act Penn and Teller and a self-described atheist. But give his words close consideration; they will prick your heart. Here is the passage from the book:

"We have to conclude that a Christian with no passion for the lost is in need of self-examination and repentance. Even the atheists have worked this out. Penn Jillette is an avowed and vocal atheist...He was evangelized by a polite and impressive man, and had this to say about the experience:

'I've always said, you know, that I don't respect people who don't proselytize. I don't respect that at all. If you believe there's a heaven and a hell, and people could be going to hell, or getting eternal life or whatever, and you think that, well, it's not really worth telling them because it would make it socially awkward...How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that? I mean, if I believed beyond the shadow of a doubt that a truck was coming at you, and you didn't believe it, and that truck was bearing down on you, there is a certain point where I tackle you. And this is more important than that...'"

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