1.0slacktivisthttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivistFred Clarkhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/author/fredclark1/Why conversionist stories promote dishonestyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZiUti1xA6w"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2015/11/12/why-conversionist-stories-promote-dishonesty/">Why conversionist stories promote dishonesty</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2015/11/12/why-conversionist-stories-promote-dishonesty/embed/#?secret=ZiUti1xA6w" width="600" height="338" title="“Why conversionist stories promote dishonesty” — slacktivist" data-secret="ZiUti1xA6w" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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It's more than just the temptation to give our stories, as Burke writes, "a little stretch" with an eye to make them more compelling calls for "winning souls for Christ." That idea -- that exaggerations are acceptable because they serve this higher purpose of spreading the gospel and saving souls -- is a key to the rationalization that defends the tendency toward dishonest conversion stories, but I don't think it's the cause of that tendency.http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/files/2015/11/Screen-shot-2015-11-11-at-4.06.48-PM.png