People cannot really be Christians and Buddhists at the same time. The two are contradictory. Christianity teaches that enlightenment comes from God alone because the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God, whereas Buddhism does not teach that enlightenment comes from outside the individual, IIRC. Also, Buddhists ultimately depend on themselves for personal moral improvement, whereas Christianity teaches that apart from Christ we can do nothing.

Hi all,

I haven't yet figured out how to quote stuff, so I'll have to do it the old-fashioned way:

Tibby wrote:

"God can convict there spirit, and I’m sure he will once we plant the seeds.  As a Baptist, you believe you are right ,and as far as you know, you are. Now, maybe your right, maybe you are not, but you have to keep in mind that the people of other Regions and beliefs feels the same way you do about there Beliefs. They belief they are right, and we are the close-minded fools who needs to be convicted."

By its very nature the truth is closed, so being closed-minded is not necessarily foolish.

Tibby also said:

"We have to learn to approach them, or arsenals full of kind but honest replies to their every word and comeback. If we don’t know much about what they believe, then how we expect them to listen to what we believe!"

The same way the Thessalonians listened to Paul's preaching:

"For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe" (1 Thess. 2:13).