Someone passed this interesting video on. It only gets interesting about 3 minutes in so persevere. There are several responses at the youtube site. This one taking up what Penn Jillette says about atheists proselytising is quite striking (if its genuine):
i am an atheist and i sure do not spread my view because my view although true depresses me and i don't want others to feel the way i feel, depressed. being an atheist sucks. its not cool, trendy, itellectual, maybe if i was rich and famous it would not bother me so much that death is forever, at least i would have a distraction from that fact. hey penn try being a atheist that makes minimum wage, you wont be so up for spreading your view. there is no hell when you die only when your alive.
The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.
Witness to Sceptics
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