Brother, do you really think that people will be encouraged to learn your views in that way. I realize you are merely doing what you were taught. But most people, myself included, are really turned off by religious people, in general. This is due to a tendency towards dogmatism. Religious folks tend to act the same way as @Jack (Twitter), @Zuckerberg (Facebook) etc. but in a way applied to religion. That is not conducive to learning. Most people will just be turned off.
My personal recommendation to you: 1. Share your views, when appropriate (i.e., when ASKED to do so), 2. explain politely why you believe what you believe, but without preaching. and 3. Show interest in the views of others.
In this setting, I am not sure why you presumed that I was interested in discussing religion, or especially in discussing the "rapture"--a word not even found in the Bible. What is the point? You are trying to fit a square peg into a round circle. As a result, in my opinion, you are going to scare people away especially when you are so adamant about issues not even found in Scripture, and which are of zero practical relevance. If you are not here when the Tribulation begins, ok great. But that is not going to happen. If you are alive, you will be here. Then what? It is so irrelevant.
Brother, do you really think that people will be encouraged to learn your views in that way. I realize you are merely doing what you were taught. But most people, myself included, are really turned off by religious people, in general. This is due to a tendency towards dogmatism. Religious folks tend to act the same way as @Jack (Twitter), @Zuckerberg (Facebook) etc. but in a way applied to religion. That is not conducive to learning. Most people will just be turned off.
My personal recommendation to you: 1. Share your views, when appropriate (i.e., when ASKED to do so), 2. explain politely why you believe what you believe, but without preaching. and 3. Show interest in the views of others.
In this setting, I am not sure why you presumed that I was interested in discussing religion, or especially in discussing the "rapture"--a word not even found in the Bible. What is the point? You are trying to fit a square peg into a round circle. As a result, in my opinion, you are going to scare people away especially when you are so adamant about issues not even found in Scripture, and which are of zero practical relevance. If you are not here when the Tribulation begins, ok great. But that is not going to happen. If you are alive, you will be here. Then what? It is so irrelevant.