Missionary Dating. Is it okay?

I'm dating this Muslim guy, and after my ex's, which have been Muslim too, I thought I would never date another. I know what I want in my future husband and to have him believe and practice my faith as well. He is completely an awesome guy and I do love him. NOTHING like my past relationships. Ive made it clear I WILL NOT MARRY anyone who isn't Christian. So he's told me he loves me as well and would love to learn, look into Christianity and has been doing research on his own as well. Def. would love to bring him to services with me....Ive also questioned his converting.. if that's what he chooses, I would not want it to be because of me solely and that he would want to on his own. I know he cant get to heaven though ME! My question. Do I wait? Or know this will end terribly and end it now? I'm just so confused and thought I could come to you for some advice! - TBS

Dear TBS,

<will end terribly and end it now?>>

My advice and the bibles advice: Don’t date him. But rather, witness to him and then keep your distance. If he is a true convert, invite him to church (to meet you there) and that is the only context in which I would see him. Then you’ll see if he is serious about the Lord. If he continues to go for a long period of time and demonstrates genuine repentance, it might be evidence that he is going because of the Lord and not just for you.

Remember, there is no such thing as “missionary” dating. We don’t date to convert. Don't “date” him in hopes that he will get “saved”. Rather, get to know someone who IS a Christian and then marry.

You are not to be unequally yoked (2 Cor 6:14,1 John 1:6). So scripture is clear that you are to cut it off. Imagine a Christian spouse toying with the question, “Is it okay for me to commit adultery...maybe I'll pray about it?" Scripture makes it clear that you are never to commit adultery. In the same way, scripture makes it clear that you are not to be unequally yoked with an unbeliever. You don’t have to debate or pray about cutting it off. God has given you the manual (the Bible) to guide you and to light your path (Psalm 119:105).

And also remember that you have a real adversary (The Devil) who
seeks to devour and destroy you. There is a spiritual battle going on here (2 Cor 10:5, Eph 6:12).

I’m so glad you have emailed. I hope this has helped a bit.

Oh and when you get 33 minutes watch “180”. 8 American College age students are asked “Who is Adolf Hitler” and they don’t know. It had over a million views on Youtube in 1 month. I work for the maker of the documentary. I lead a team of people to University North Texas and Texas Women's University to pass out 180 DVD's last month (we gave out 1,000's in just under 6 hrs)...

Not everyone was happy though (The maker of the DVD (Ray Comfort) has a daily TV program. He shows what happened at TWU after a student watched the DVD):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86RE7VpIMKA&feature=player_embedded (forward to the 5 minute mark)

Trish

Billboard Companies Refuse to Advertise “180”

Contact: Trisha Ramos, 800-437-1893 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Three of the largest billboard companies in Southern California have declined to promote the pro-life movie "180." Other companies that were approached haven't returned calls. Ray Comfort, the creator of 180movie.com said, "One is owned by a Jewish family. Their spokesperson was very upset that we dared to compare American abortion to the Holocaust. But there are no pictures involved. All we want is to put up text saying: '180movie.com -- award-winning -- free viewing -- one million views in 22 days.' They have the right to refuse, but I think their refusal hasn't been well thought out."

These are the same companies that advertise atheists' mockery of God and the Bible, promote strip clubs and porn conventions.

Comfort added, "If they don't see the comparison of the killing of six million Jews with the slaughter of nearly sixty million Americans through abortion, it's probably because they don't consider a baby in the womb to be human. That's exactly what Hitler did with the Jews. He said that they weren't human, and then he made billions when he killed them and seized their assets. American abortion makes billions through the slaughter of the unborn, and like the Nazi machine it is a well-run money-making industry that has been successful in brainwashing millions into believing that a baby is something other than a baby."

www.180movie.com has created a firestorm with more than 26,000 often angry comments, because it shows eight people who are adamantly pro-abortion changing their minds and becoming pro-life in a matter of seconds, because they were asked one question.

Comfort used http://www.heartchanger.com/ as a rallying point to give away 180,000 DVD's at 100 top U.S. universities in one day in October, and is in the process of giving away hundreds of thousands of copies outside of high schools across the country.

The Los Angeles-based Jewish producer said, "After being turned down by these companies, we decided to ask the churches of America to put 180movie.com on their church signs. We also produced huge '180' window stickers for cars. These take up the whole back window and act as a moving billboard.

"Millions of Americans are being legally slaughtered in our country, but here is something positive we can do. This short movie is changing minds about abortion and saving lives."

Anyone can freely download artwork for billboards in their area, window stickers, and a number of other free items, from www.livingwaters.com/download/180.

Comfort points to the thousands of emails that have poured into his organization, in response to the 33-minute award-winning movie:

"I'm a student at University of Michigan-Flint. I had a conversation with someone who I found out was a Christian and he asked me if I had seen '180' and I told him yes and I loved it. He said that '180' is taking MSU's campus by storm."

"I shared 180 with my pro-abortion literature teacher, and she is now pro-life."

"I'm a senior at a public high school in West Virginia. Because of 180 I was able to turn around the entire class opinion about abortion and by the end of the class 25 of the 25 students and my teacher as well had all raised their hand agreeing that abortion should be illegal."

"I never thought it possible that 33 minutes could have such an impact on my life, but they did. '180' was one of the most (if not THE most) influential movie I have ever seen. It not only changed my mind about abortion, but it also brought me to our Lord Jesus Christ, for I too had hidden myself in denial of God's existence, because of all the sins I have committed."

How many "180" DVD's can be passed out in 30 minutes?

Pro-life Movie-maker Accused of Deception

Contact: Anita Alvarado, heartchanger.com/media.php; Trisha Ramos, 1-800-437-1893

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ --. A group calling themselves “Phantom Video Productions” has released video footage accusing Ray Comfort, the creator of www.180movie.com of using actors. The award-winning 33-minute documentary has had more than 1.5 million YouTube views in just over six weeks. It shows eight people changing their minds from being pro-abortion to pro-life in a matter of seconds, after being asked one question.

Phantom Video Productions says that they have proof that Comfort used actors, “… she pauses, and then looks around at the cameraman and reads her response directly from the cue card--that is being held up by the person that can be clearly seen in the right-hand lens of her sunglasses, right here [pictured]. It’s as obvious as [expletive] that she’s being prompted and reading scripted lines.”[1]

The accusation has stirred a hornet’s nest of controversy on YouTube’s comments, where more than 24,000 comments have been posted about the movie[2]: “They were obviously actors.”… “I seriously think those people were paid actors”… “They're all paid actors, obviously.” “That Greek guy is just a paid actor.” Another YouTube site has more accusations[3]:

• You can see the blond pig-tails girl with black sunglasses is reading off a cue- card.
• This can be verified from his own video by zooming on her partially reflective glasses...He is the lowest of the low.
• You can make out the guy holding the card in her glass.
• A masterful response, and great job busting Ray on the cue card farce.
Comfort said, “It may look like a cue-card to some, but it’s not. If these people are paid actors, each of them deserves an Oscar.”

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NOTES:
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3DP90hfZkc 10:36—10:53
2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y2KsU_dhwI&feature=feedlik
3 http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=r3DP90hfZkc ,

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ADL Slams “180” Holocaust Movie as “Perverse”

Contact: Trisha Ramos, 800-437-1893

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) yesterday derided as "cynical and perverse" a movie that unequivocally compares the murder of millions of Jews and others in the Holocaust to women having abortions in the United States, calling the film "one of the most offensive and outrageous abuses of the memory of the Holocaust we have seen in years." The movie has gone viral with just under 1.5 million YouTube views in six weeks.

Ray Comfort, the Jewish creator of www.180movie.com said, "ADL's motto is to fight 'anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.' There's no hatred, prejudice or bigotry in '180.' It's an award-winning movie that opens with 14 people (mainly college students) who have no idea of the identity of Adolf Hitler. Clearly the American education system has failed these kids. This is a movie that educates young people about the horror of the Jewish Holocaust."

Late last month, over 180,000 copies were given away at 100 of America's top universities. This month thousands more were given to students outside Beverly Hills, Hollywood and Burbank High Schools. More than 250,000 copies of the DVD were sold within a month of its release. "ADL should be thanking me. Instead they have come out swinging" Comfort said. "My only explanation is that they haven't thought it out before they rushed to judgment. If anyone should stand up for those who have no voice for themselves, it should be the Jews."

"The film is a perverse attempt to make a case against abortion in America through the cynical abuse of the memory of those killed in the Holocaust," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and a Holocaust survivor. "Not only does the film try to assert a moral equivalency between the Holocaust and abortion, but it also brings Jews and Jewish history into the discussion and then calls on its viewers to repent and accept Jesus as their savior. It is, quite frankly, one of the most offensive and outrageous abuses of the memory of the Holocaust we have seen in years."

Comfort says, "With due respect to Mr. Foxman, he speaks of Christianity as if it were some sort of disease, when he should know that the majority of Christians love and support the nation of Israel. We are not the enemy."

Foxman further said "The creators of the film clearly don't get it... No Christian who understands Jewish suffering should resort to inappropriate comparisons to the Holocaust to send a message that abortion is wrong."

Comfort replied to the accusation with "No one but a Holocaust survivor can really understand the horror of what the Jews suffered. But the analogy stands. Hitler justified their murder by saying that Jews weren't human. Abortion advocates do the same by calling a baby a 'fetus' (as do ADL in their press release). Yet at 6 weeks 6 days a baby has a heartbeat, eyes, a mouth and hands. We show actual footage of this in our movie. Science now tells us that at the moment of conception there is DNA, determining the eye-color, hair-color and the height and personality of the person. Destroy that, and you destroy the person."

The Los Angeles-based film maker added, "Germany lawfully slaughtered six million Jews. America has lawfully slaughtered nearly ten times that amount. Also, every time Hitler killed a Jewish family he lined his pockets by seizing their assents -- their paintings, jewelry, cars, homes, and bank account. He also seized the gold from their teeth and the hair from their heads, and it amounted to billions of dollars, financing a third of his war-machine with the blood of the Jews." Comfort maintained that the American abortion industry does the same. He said, "Every time a doctor rips the arms, the legs and the head off a baby, he makes quick and easy money. If you want your 16-week baby killed in the womb, it will cost you $765 (current pricing). But if your baby is 19 weeks, it jumps to $2,165, amounting to billions in the pockets of abortion providers. American abortion is not about 'choice,' it's about money... just like the Holocaust. The analogy is legitimate."

For media interview inquiries for Ray Comfort, please contact: heartchanger@livingwaters.com
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Beverly Hills and Hollywood High School Students Given Controversial Holocaust/Abortion Movie

Contact: Trisha Ramos, 800-437-1893

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- Thousands of students from Hollywood, Burbank, and Beverly Hills High Schools received a free copy of "180" the controversial award-winning movie that has had 1.4 million YouTube views and more than 23,000 comments, in just over one month. The movie opens with 14 people (mainly college students) who have no idea of the identity of Adolf Hitler.

Photo: Nicolas Cage, Beverly Hills High School alumni; Picture by Gerald Geronimo

Ray Comfort, the creator of www.180movie.com is Jewish, and says "These young people are ignorant as to perhaps the darkest period of human history -- because the American education system has failed them. We want to change that." The movie not only contains graphic Holocaust footage, but it also compares the Holocaust to American abortion. Late last month, over 180,000 copies were given away at 100 of America's top universities, including UCLA and USC. More than 250,000 copies of the DVD were sold within a month of its release.

Comfort said, "Our plan is to give away hundreds of thousands to American high school students, starting in our own backyard and moving across the country. Students from Beverly Hills, Burbank, and Hollywood High are future actors and leaders in the entertainment industry who will eventually influence a generation." Past students from these schools include Carrie Fisher, Nicolas Cage, John Ritter, Scott Baio, Kirk Douglas, John Wayne and many others. Comfort adds, "Young people are more open to ideas than the older generation, and seeing '180' will almost certainly influence them to become pro-life, for life." One student recently wrote: "I'm a senior at a public high school in West Virginia...Because of '180' I was able to turn around the entire class opinion about abortion and by the end of the class 25 of the 25 students and my teacher as well had all raised their hand agreeing that abortion should be illegal."

For media interview inquiries for Ray Comfort, please contact: heartchanger@livingwaters.com
For news video/pictures: heartchanger.com/media.php

An Angry Reaction to 180

Controversial Movie Sent to Sway Mississippian Voters

Contact: Trisha Ramos, 800-437-1893

LOS ANGELES, November 7, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- A link to "180," the controversial viral YouTube sensation that compares American abortion to the Nazi Holocaust, was emailed to 600,000 potential Mississippian voters today by Personhood USA, in an effort to sway their vote to pro-life. The initiative calls upon Mississippians to vote that human life is present at the moment of conception. Ray Comfort, the creator of www.180movie.com said, "Personhood USA is in agreement with the scientific community in maintaining that life begins at conception. Those who say that a baby in the womb is not a human being are repeating the mantra of Adolf Hitler, who insisted that the Jews he terminated were non-human." The award-winning, 33-minute movie has received over 1.4 million views in five weeks, and is unique among pro-life videos. It shows eight people changing their minds from being adamantly pro-abortion to being pro-life in a matter of seconds, because they were asked one question. Comfort said, "The amazing thing is that those who watch it often change from pro-abortion to pro-life. We have received thousands of emails from people, many of whom have done a 180":

"We both voted for a pro-choice president the last election. After watching this documentary he said to me in tears that he was wrong. We have had our minds changed about who we vote for."

"I have showed this to almost all my friends, and even the very atheist or very liberal ones have changed their views!"

"I was always pro-choice and now I am pro-life after watching such a powerful video."

"From someone that been pro-choice this video changed my view on life completely."

"I used to vote pro-choice. I will not ever do so again. EVER."

"I'm a senior at a public high school in West Virginia. This past week in our civics class we were writing essays about laws that we wish would change in America. After seeing this video I choose to do mine on abortion, and how I wished it would be illegal. After I had finished reading my essay, a discussion arose in class (obviously) about how they thought abortion should be a choice, especially if the child is unhealthy or was caused because of rape…Because of 180 I was able to turn around the entire class opinion about abortion and by the end of the class 25 of the 25 students and my teacher as well had all raised their hand agreeing that abortion should be illegal."

Comfort added, "Of course, every comment isn't positive, because this is a hot-button issue. The 23,000 plus YouTube comments attest to that." One person wrote of Comfort, "I want a reaction out of this monster. I hate him. I hate his opinions. I hate his tactics. I hate his voice. I hate seeing his stupid movie getting posted every time I try and have an intelligent debate when his movie proves further that the pro-choice movement is far more intelligent, if they rely on this propaganda."

The greatest defense for a child being a baby at the moment of conception:

Surprise, surprise! The bible is the greatest defense for a child being a baby in the womb.

And the woman conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, “I
am with child.” 2 Samuel 11:5
(notice that she didn't say, "I am with fetus". Absurd! She is with
"child").

"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother
conceived me." Psalm 51:5
(notice the psalmist attributes person hood at the moment of
conception. The psalmist says "me").

"Scarcely had I passed by them, When I found the one I love. I held
him and would not let him go, Until I had brought him to the house
of my mother, And into the chamber of her who conceived me." Song
of Solomon 3:4
(notice Solomon's lover attributes person hood at the moment of
conception. Pay close attention to the word "me". She says that she
held him and went to the chamber of her who conceived "me". Not a
blob of tissue).

For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has
behaved shamefully. For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers, Who
give me my bread and my water, My wool and my linen, My oil and my
drink.’ Hosea 2:5
(Hosea says, she who conceived "them". The children were babies
from the moment of conception).

"Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in
her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called
barren." Luke 1:36
(The angel says that Elizabeth's conception is of a "son". Not some
blob of tissue that can be disregarded. But even at the moment of
conception there is person hood).

"And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the
Child, His name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel
before He was conceived in the womb."
("He" was conceived in the womb. Not "it" or "the fetus". But
"He"!)

All I can say is... "Wow".

This came into Living Waters today:

"My kids came home with their bags or halloween treats and as I was separating the good from the bad I found two candies glued to your brochures trying to sell my kids your bulls*&# religion. You piece of f^%#(*% child molesting trash pushing god as a way to molest kids is illegal you should be hunted down and shot like a terrorist."

I wonder what church he goes to?