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Devout Atheist invited to Alpha course.

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ThePosieParker · 07/10/2011 06:33

I'm pretty offended really. I am 'devout', yes I know I'm not really, but I have never EVER believed in God. I wouldn't invite a Christian to a God is a load of crap course. I did say that I am an atheist, she replied (a Friend) that Alpha talks about the historical Christ, I agreed that there probably was one but having a Theology degree from Leeds meant I had looked at this before!!

I don't know how to stop this, yet another, attempt at converting me. (the other included the dedication at the Evangelical Church that I now realise was more about conversion than friendship and another an early breakfast where they talked about finding God later in life) It's really creeped me out. Another Evangelical invited me to bread church, make bread and talk about God.

FFs.

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meditrina · 07/10/2011 07:05

Oh.

ThePosieParker · 07/10/2011 06:55

No, I posted it in here because I didn't want to post it elsewhere on MN, I wasn't looking for a free for all.

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meditrina · 07/10/2011 06:42

The only Alpha courses I've come across are open to both sexes.

I've never been on one, but understood that the roots were in the HTB type evangelism, which is one of the least sexist emanations of that denomonation. And other churches use the same source material, which is probably a good thing in terms of chipping away at gendered assumptions.

Is there some other gender problem with the Alpha course?

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