That seems like a reasonable thing to do, and one any group could be doing. There’s nothing wrong with being alcohol-free.

No need for a designated driver here, either.

I got my Bachelor’s degree from Auburn! WAR EAGLE! No booze sounds like a plan.

On the other hand, how can you stand there shouting WAR EAGLE! sober?

Your “ministry” is pathetic. Just another in the long line of “get to know them” before you can inform them that “…God will REJOICE TO DESTROY YOU IN HELL” (As if you would ever get to that point anyhow)
The building is on fire kiddies, you have no time to pass out hot dogs or drink your joyjuice before PRECLAIMING the salient fact!
Re-read John 3:16-21 and DO THE OBVIOUS!

further…

Paul the God Lite comment is so appropriate and apparent here it’s so acceptable by atheist and pagans here. Christians with no light whose salt has lost it’s flavor are so ver popular. God Lite.

Auburn managed to lose yet again. Oh well, there is always next year when once again the titans will battle. )
PM, what the hell are you talking about? This article is about a group of students that don’t want to drink….and that applies to your comment how?

PM, from your suggested reading:
“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
So you have a god so insane that he’ll “rejoice to destroy in Hell” anyone who doesn’t “believe in [Jesus's name]“.
In the Department of Kinky that takes the cake! I know why you believe it; your mamma taught you to believe it. But in fact it’s a raging indictment of your god’s morals and perhaps your cowardice in that you haven’t recognized how immoral it would be. Such a god would certainly not deserve worship and only cowards would do so.
What kind of deviant god would design a universe like that? One invented by people anxious to get recruits for their religion. And alas it’s worked all too well. But people are getting smarter about that kind of thing and aren’t swallowing your and cknuck’s immoral gods so much now. Hallelujah!

Paul, we know cknuck earns his living from believers so it’s obvious why he’d want them to believe in a scary god – they’d donate more. Is that your reason too, or is it a mental thing in your case?

nnmns there is one in the bible that spreads lies much like you. You don’t know where my earnings come from and only fools say things they don’t know. Although I know you are not man enough to apologize to me, you do owe me one. I’ve worked in ministry for years for not a dime payment I am very fortunate and you are very small and bitter and pitiful to spread nonsense.

This article is about some Christian students who are refuse to drink for fun and they are trying to show people a different way to live. They are also looking for opportunities to share the gospel without being looked at as proselytizing. Paul is saying stop being frighten by the critics like nnmns, pagan, and jest. Boldly proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as He commanded us. Two different approaches and in my book both right biblically and not contradicting. While Paul thinks these guys are way to lite, it’s probably because some Christians are today, I like these guys myself. The bible says both do not be ashamed of the gospel and it says be gentle and wise. I like these young folk’s approach and value Paul’s fire at the same time.

Why do Auburn fans shout “War Eagle” all the time? The team is called the Auburn Tigers, not the Auburn Eagles.
Then again, why does the Alabama Crimson Tide have an elephant as a mascot, rather than some big red wave or something like that?

Mordred08: “War Eagle” is the yell done to encourage the football team. It is considered a battle cry. The Tiger is the mascot, yes,and is for school spirit. At football games there is the mascot and an eagle. Auburn has a vet school,and it takes in eagles that have been wounded or injured and cannot be returned to the wild. An eagle is chosen to be trained to fly around the stadium and return to the field etc. While the eagle is flying, the cry goes up. Obviously only one eagle at a time is used until it gets to old to perform, then another is trained.
Since I didn’t attend our arch rival, can’t answer the elepant question or Tide one.

Shouldn’t it be “Crippled Eagle!”?
Well cknuck if you say you’ve never taken a dime payment “for working in minestry” then I apologize for assuming you had. You don’t tell us much about what you do. But nonetheless a scary god will bring in more to your ministry, which you apparently value.
So, cknuck, where does your money come from? I’ll freely tell you I’m a retired professor with a pension and Social Security and a bit of a nest egg. What will you tell me?

nnmns the combination of your ignorance and gall is astounding. It’s none of your business about my monies. One of the biggest attractions of sites like this is anonymity, as a retired college professor you should at least know that or is the educational system in a lot of trouble. I’m not concerned or shocked by your name-calling concerning God, I’m fortunate that I don’t have to fear God or be concerned about you.

nnmns, a retired professor? May I ask what you taught?
As to the “Crippled Eagle”, they can still fly, obviously they couldn’t do the fly around, but as I said, but there are reasons they can’t be back out in the wild. There have been many different eagles over the years. At on time there was a bald eagle, but I don’t think the current one is.

The crippled eagle thing is just the rantings of a bitter old man.

Not going to answer my question, eh cknuck? What in particular are you hiding?

On second thought, cknuck, it’s quite unusual to work for some years and never take a dime for it, so I think it was a very reasonable assumption that you were getting paid out of the donations. So I retract my apology for assuming you had been getting paid for whatever it is you do.
So, again, what’s the story behind your mysterious boodle?
Oh, and if you really can’t tell a little joke between graduates of different universities from “the rantings of a bitter old man” you are probably in worse shape than I thought.

nnmns, I just realized that I read your “crippled eagle” comment the wrong way and gave you a really stupid response! Yes, to more correctly respond…after the Auburn/Alabama game the eagle was flying a little lower!!! Must learn to read a bit better!

nnmns quote, “So, again, what’s the story behind your mysterious boodle?”
It’s been eating you alive for some time now huh? Put this in your craw not only did I work for free but I gave a lot of money to the cause I believe in. The fact that people would give their all to God and godly ministries seems to really mess with your mind; good!

So you are rich (inherited?) and that explains why you don’t want a lot of people to get health care who don’t have it now – some of that would come out of your hide in taxes.
Well you could have done a lot of good with that time and money, but judging by your comments I doubt you’ve accomplished nearly as much good as you might have. Pity.

just keep making assumptions you dingbat I never said I was rich and you don’t have to be rich to give, something you couldn’t imagine. lol this is fun. By the way you’re lousy at probing questions not that I would answer anyway.

Give a “lot” of money, work for free. Sounds pretty rich to me. Or you’ve impoverished your family. I hope you didn’t.
I think if I believed everything you say I’d get really jerked around. Fortunately I gave that up some time ago.

It is manipulative to create opportunities for evangelizing that mask their true intentions. It’s very disrespectful to draw someone in under false pretenses and then try to push your religion on them. Someone who would mislead me like that wouldn’t be a friend for long.

These students are doing a good deed by creating an alcohol-free for environment for those who are seeking such an alternative.
To Paul Mitchell:
No one need apologize for doing a good deed just for the sake of doing a good deed, even if it doesn’t lead to religious conversion.
To Confessora:
No one need apologize for doing a good deed just for the sake of doing a good deed, even if it does lead to religious conversion.

Wannabe Theo:
A good deed is one that comes without strings and if you read the article it is clear that there are strings attached. There is coercion involved.

Confessoressa,
Please show me a quote from the article which indicates coercion.
Here are a few quotes that stand out to me:
“We made a decision from the beginning we didn’t want tailgate to be a place where we were preaching or passing things out. My whole view of evangelism is that it comes through relationships. If we were preaching on a Saturday, it would hit you in the face and bounce off.”
“We tried to get people to come who are churched, un-churched; it’s not like we’re witnessing, doing street evangelism. But we’re hanging out, meeting people, having a good time.”

“A larger part, Nunnelly explains, is fellowship provided by a welcoming — and intentionally nurturing — group. Nunnelly said the three years of sober tailgating has morphed into a “ministry opportunity.”
“We tried to get people to come who are churched, un-churched; it’s not like we’re witnessing, doing street evangelism. But we’re hanging out, meeting people, having a good time.”
He hopes the good times “will spark into one-on-one relationships,”
which might well give way to religious discussions afterwards.
“That’s the best way,” he said, “getting to know somebody first.”
You’re right, Wannabe Theo, after re-reading the article, there is no evidence of coercion, and I was being biased by my own experience with college christian groups that build a relationship with you and before you know it, are insulting your beliefs while advocating theirs. I apologise for my mistake. I will say that I’m wary of groups such as this and sceptical their intentions.

Confessoressa,
Fair enough. I suppose it depends on whether the ONLY reason they are interested in being your friend is to get you to convert, and stop being your friend if that doesn’t happen, or if they are genuinely happy to have a new friend, whether you convert or not, but of course there is some possibility and hope that that might happen.
And you are right in general; using deception to get people to convert is never justified.

“I suppose it depends on whether the ONLY reason they are interested in being your friend is to get you to convert, and stop being your friend if that doesn’t happen, or if they are genuinely happy to have a new friend, whether you convert or not”
Yes, I have some very good friends like this. Thanks for reminding me.