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Disqualified

I've been realizing more and more lately how easy it is for Christians to portray a sense of disqualification to non-Christians.  What i mean is this- we often exude, sometimes on purpose and sometimes not, a sens that if you don't measure up to my standards you can't follow Jesus.  I saw a somewhat extreme example of this the other night.  We were sharing the gospel with people and  a friend of mine kept getting into arguments about evolution.  He decided that it was good evangelism to challenge non-Christians on the topic of evolution because you can't be a Christian and believe in evolution.  My point is that i think we all end up doing something like this, and Jesus wouldn't.  Whether it is smoking, socialism, home-schooling, or something else, we often portray an idea that if you don't believe what i believe you can't follow Christ.  If you respond to this post, please don't engage the topic of evolution vs. creation.  Let me know what you think about how we end up turning people away from Christ not because they realize they can't merit righteousness but because we let them know that they can't be a Christian unless you see things my way.