Comments on: Coming out of the Christian closet

By: Jon Ericson

Jon Ericson — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:23:57 +0000

Would you believe that I think Christians aren't persecuted enough in the west? There's a long tradition of martyrdom, but when Christianity became the default religion in Europe, intrafaith conflict replaced it. (I'm sure you are more familiar with that than I am.) As I write above, part of the problem is that regular Christian folks just aren't bold and honest about their beliefs. Really extreme groups get the headlines and the scorn, but they don't represent the real offense of the cross (as Paul called it).

By: Peter Turner

Peter Turner — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:05:35 +0000

I think that's why he put persecuted in quotes. But then again, Mexico is a land, composed largely of Christians where Christians have been treated exceptionally cruelly over the past two hundred years.

I'm not sure how it is in my mother's mother's mother's land, but the numbers of faith-on-sleeve-wearing Christians in North America is miniscule compared to our football-team-on-sleeve secular counterparts.

It's probably similar to the number of Zionist Jews in Israel compared to everyone else.

By: Timothy (TRiG)

Timothy (TRiG) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:14:45 +0000

Try again, this time with link.

TRiG.

By: Timothy (TRiG)

Timothy (TRiG) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:14:04 +0000

I'm not entirely comfortable with this, perhaps because it reminds me of that old meme

TRiG.

By: Peter Turner

Peter Turner — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:10:02 +0000

Good pointers on the cubicle evangelization front. I keep a tiny prayer card of St. Therese of Lisieux next to the funeral card from my brother taped to my monitor. I've got a tiny cross and Miraculous medal that we picked up on our honeymoon attached to a picture of my wife sitting beside me.

Personally, I think every programmer should have a picture of St. Therese because in our profession it's the little things that really count! But that's a totally personal preference, in any event, I think it's objectively a better thing than keeping a voodoo doll on my desk.