Missionaries.

[MWB]

Why are their Christian missionaries?
The bible is very clear that a Christian should not associate with a non believer.
II John 1:10 � "If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed." Similar in I Tim. 6:5

[claymore]

Did they really speak that way in biblical times or was it all lost in translation?

[MWB]

And so as a blasphemer, "claymore" shall be cast into the pit of blood, where ye all shall gaze in wonder upon..................

How cool that would be to watch!

It's like Shakespeare, I guess. Did they all talk that way?

[Booldawg]

Is it not positive that a Christian should promote their reliion to non-beleivers than other religions to 'cut off' those those dont?

[naomi24]

Jesus said this (apparently).

Matthew 28:19/20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:

Yet another of those little biblical contradictions.

By the way, Claymore, they probably did speak like that in biblical times - only they said it in a foreign language. :o)

[terambulan]

dont be daft.....they all spoke arabic garble from smoking too many hookahs

[Lonnie]

naomi has it in one, as a result of Matthew 28, Christianity is an Evangelican religion, Its their duty/mission to convert.

[beso]

That is why the Bible is so popular. You can find a passage to back anything you like from holy genocide to loving your enemy.

It is full of contradictions. Hardly surprising when it was written by a arrogant men who presumed their own bigotted beliefs were coming directly from God.

[naomi24]

I don't know if you've noticed, but God always has a get out clause. One bit of the bible contradicts another - and when we question this God's obnoxious nature, and there is no suitable answer, we're told he works in mysterious ways and that it's a sin to question him, his methods, or his laws. There's no doubt that, if you believe religious literature, man can't win.

Cue the believers to tell us we can't.

Beso, even worse that it was altered by arrogant men to perpetrate lies that suited their own purposes.

[Octavius]

Christian missions broadly means any activity in which Christians are involved.

My aunt was based in Africa for many years as a missionary. She didn�t set out to preach or convert. She helped to develop a school and a health clinic by lobbying various organisations, assisted in medicine and general health, and cared for many people who suffered with terminal illnesses, including what we now know as AIDS. She continues this work now in the UK for cancer and AIDS sufferers, and helps run a youth scheme for local teenagers with leaning disabilities.

It�s not all about religion.

[naomi24]

My friend, a teacher and a Christian missionary, was hacked to death in Africa. So much for Jesus telling her to 'teach all nations'.

[Octavius]

Incidentally, the KJV bible to which I presume you refer was translated in the first decade of the 17th C, between 1600 and 1610. For a comparison of �how wot they spoked like� try perhaps any Shakespeare plays from that time (Twelfth Night to The Tempest).

A Nest of Ninnies indeed,

Few men were more beloved than was this fool
Whose merry prate kept with the King much rule.
When he was sad the King with him would rhyme;
Thus Will exil'd sadness many a time.

The King would ever grant what he did crave,
For well he knew Will no exacting knave,
But wish'd the King to do good deeds great store,
Which caused the Court to love him more and more.

[Ponder]

The context shows that John was not referring to the general public,... but to 'apostates'.
Those who had accepted Christianity but did not 'remain' in it.
(2 John 9-10) 9�Everyone that pushes ahead and does not remain in the teaching of the Christ does not have God. He that does remain in this teaching is the one that has both the Father and the Son. 10�If anyone comes to YOU and does not bring this teaching, never receive him into YOUR homes or say a greeting to him.

Paul gives similar counsel in one of his letters to the Corinthians. But he's a little more explicit in explaining that the counsel applies to those "within" the congregation,...not those on the outside.
(1 Corinthians 5:9-13) In my letter I wrote YOU to quit mixing in company with fornicators, 10�not [meaning] entirely with the fornicators of this world or the greedy persons and extortioners or idolaters. Otherwise, YOU would actually have to get out of the world. 11�But now I am writing YOU to quit mixing in company with anyone called a brother that is a fornicator or a greedy person or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner, not even eating with such a man. 12�For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Do YOU not judge those inside, 13�while God judges those outside? �Remove the wicked [man] from among yourselves.�

[Ponder]

Coincidentally,...
I apologize for the capital letters in my previous answer.
The Bible translation I'm using renders the plural form of 'you', (Greek), in all caps, since in the English language the word is the same whether it's singular or plural.