The Glade 4.0

I meant your opinion, since you already view evangelism as a good thing (I assume).

Actively crazy. About Freedom.

In my church, one was supposed to be a good witness for the Lord, but I don't think that makes one an evangelist.

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In my experience, people who regularly throw these terms around use them so loosely, and based on such incredibly subjective personal assessment that the question of whether they are the same or not depends entirely on who you ask, and how they feel about it at that particular moment.

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A lot of religiousity is subjective imo, so that follows what I've seen.

It was a Baptist church. What flavor I don't know. Sometimes they'd go door to door trying to bring folks to the Lord and save souls and etc.

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

There is a lot of Amish, especially down in the southeast part of the state which is near the restaurant I'm referring to. I don't think it has any direct ties to any Amish community, though. There certainly is no explicit mention of them, or religion at all for that matter. Location is clearly designed to pick up lots of guests coming down route 15 more than anything else. I get the impression it's more just... that's the kind of area that is. Country cooking run by those with country values. Sweet old ladies would fit right in! As would the all-girls university just a few miles down the road.

And I should amend my earlier post. The 'crazy' in 'crazy religious' was being used solely as a generic intensifier! :p As stated, the folks were generally nice (if reserved). It's just sort of a shocking change to someone from outside the area. It looks like any old non-chain country style restaurant from the outside... then pow, you're seated next to whoever you end up sitting by even if not from the same party. And the whole thing with the clothes and whatnot.

I'll grant that I could be all wrong about this, though. Could be the case that there are a lot of Amishor similar folk that live not too far, and that the restaurant puts on a rather secular front on the outside to attract traveling motorists. This would be an effective compromise, I think. I don't know what Occam would have to say about this idea is all. :p

I consider evangelism good, but I consider most evangelism to be poorly done, at best.

As to a confirmation bias, I'm still not clear what you think might be one.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Looking back, I misread the post I was originally replying to. Please disregard.

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