Comments on: Missionary rhetoric http://willbenton.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=fv+&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.willbenton.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fmissionary-rhetoric%2F&seed_title=Missionary+rhetoric a weblog by Will Benton Sun, 15 Aug 2010 22:20:02 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Megan http://willbenton.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=fv+&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.willbenton.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fmissionary-rhetoric%2F&seed_title=Missionary+rhetoric/comment-page-1/#comment-514944 Megan Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:11:20 +0000 http://blog.willbenton.com/?p=1586#comment-514944 Huh. Sounds a lot like politics, don't it?! My persuasive writing class taught that in an introduction, you're supposed to start with a statement/fact that's acceptable to the party you're writing to (and that they really care about) and then twist it by explaining how it's actually a faulty assumption (or - in policy/religious terms - will not lead to the desired result). Perhaps they should have followed that strategy instead. Somewhere in between what they did and being the guys holding the posterboards that say we're all damned to hell. :) I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation. They probably prayed for you after you closed the door. Huh. Sounds a lot like politics, don’t it?! My persuasive writing class taught that in an introduction, you’re supposed to start with a statement/fact that’s acceptable to the party you’re writing to (and that they really care about) and then twist it by explaining how it’s actually a faulty assumption (or – in policy/religious terms – will not lead to the desired result). Perhaps they should have followed that strategy instead. Somewhere in between what they did and being the guys holding the posterboards that say we’re all damned to hell. :)

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for that conversation. They probably prayed for you after you closed the door.

]]> By: William http://willbenton.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=fv+&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.willbenton.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fmissionary-rhetoric%2F&seed_title=Missionary+rhetoric/comment-page-1/#comment-514906 William Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:20:21 +0000 http://blog.willbenton.com/?p=1586#comment-514906 Good post. I totally agree. I often wish I had more time to talk to these pseudo-Christian groups. I enjoyed the banter back in high school and college but find it more disruptive now. I really ought to care much more and take more time to speak with them. Thanks for reminding me. Good post. I totally agree. I often wish I had more time to talk to these pseudo-Christian groups. I enjoyed the banter back in high school and college but find it more disruptive now. I really ought to care much more and take more time to speak with them. Thanks for reminding me.

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