Hi.  I'm new.  I'm a Christian.  And, I like experiments.

By way of an answer: No, I don't tell people all day/every day the good news about Jesus Christ.  However, I do believe that, by virtue of their being made in the image of God, all human beings are always constantly imperfectly revealing some of God's glory (atheists included).  We have no choice in that.  What makes me a Christian is that I join with all God's people on earth in seeking to receive, nuture, and communicate that image as an image.  

In conclusion, Yes (in an ultimate sense) and no (in an "I need to eat, sleep, and dance" sense).

No.  I do not.

#1, because I simply do not have time for such an endeavour.

#2, because I do not always care enough to bother.

And, by all means, do continue.......

I'm not exactly sure what your experiment is meant to accomplish other than to trap a Christian according to your own distorted interpretation of what the biblical word states.

Every chance you get?  What does that mean?  If I'm on a date should I make my first question, "Do you believe in God?"  Am I supposed to force myself upon someone else?  Is that what you mean?

My faith is the subject of conversation when the conversation is such.  I do not change the subject to such just for the sake of conversation.

Now to kinda sorta answer your second question of why, first I think it's important to understand one very simple thing - no human can save another's soul.  I kinda felt this is the point of your "experiment" (correct me if I'm wrong please) so as to attack the side of the individuals who claim to save others, right?  As I believe it, it is God's will if a person will come to believe and understand God and God's word.  If through my words or actions or something else, I am not in charge of that "conversion".  That make any sense?  If I am forcing myself upon someone else in talking about God then I am doing it for my own purpose which is why I think your point of view on "talking about God" flawed... 

I guess it depends on the conversation.  If we are talking about evolution and I'm a beliver in God (i.e. creation), gonna get kinda hard to not start talking about my faith or beliefs.  If we are talking about if you like vodka and Kahlua (a black russian) vs. a gin and tonic, why would I "witness" then?

I don't believe that this follows logically.

What if the second answer is yes? I mean, what would you say?

There might not be a need to tell them. A Christian may have faith that even if they don't tell others about salvation and all that, God will find another way to ensure that person's salvation. Such a task shouldn't be too hard for God, no? In particular, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that a person can be saved even after they die, so there's no real reason to worry about saving people in this life if they can be forgiven in the afterlife. Or, the Christian might (correctly) assume that pretty much everyone already knows about the whole salvation bit. I don't think I've ever met anyone who hasn't heard the whole spiel before. Ever. So there are few reasons. I'm sure there are more too, if you put more than a few seconds of thought into it.

Really...then what does this mean? 

Mat 28:18-20  And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.  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: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

The point of this is that most christians dont seem to care if the person next to them is going to heaven or hell.  And Im wondering, do they really believe it, or is it just another hopeless religion?  It seems that god for most people is very small and cant do much.  To sum it up, Christianity seems fake even to the "beleivers" seeing as how they dont act upon the knowledge of an omnipotent god.

the reason i don't agree with the op is that i don't know that christianity necessarily obliges one to prevent other people from going to hell. even by my own moral standards if i knew that something bad would happen to someone i would try to prevent it, but i would not feel morally obligated to prevent it unless i caused the situation or i was somehow contractually obligated (like a police officer for example).

if they don't intervene it doesn't mean that they want people to go to hell. it could mean that they just don't care or perhaps they feel overwhelmed by the fact that there are so many people that disagree with them on religious matters and will probably never convert no matter what they say.

anyone in that situation would have to see the futility of it. not to mention the fact that they have to save people in a manner that's grossly inefficient. i mean even someone who considers themselves to be a good chistian has to realize that it should be easier to just ask their god not to burn everybody up over something so stupid and petty than it would be to circumnavigate the globe proselytizing to billions of people.

of course on the other hand i guess it's kind of morally repugnant to worship something when you literally believe that thing will torture people for having the wrong superstition but that's a separate issue.

I understand exactly what your saying. As a matter of fact, I have a hard time going to churches because they just dont look like Jesus and they rarely teach people how to live for Jesus. Jesus was the highest example of passion for God and pleasing Him that there ever has been. I'm working on writing a book for Christians about the importance of studying and implementing Jesus into their life. Most dont, and that is why they are void of passion. Christians just look like everyone else, you cant see any difference in most of them and so its like...whats the point? Not only do they look the same and have the same struggles as everyone else, they come off as very closed minded and very defensive when someone doesnt agree with them which just further turns people off. Most of that is because they dont know the Bible. I can spend 30 minutes on this forum and tell that many of the athiests here know the Bible better than many "Christians". Honestly that is just sad, personally I dont see how someone can feel like they are a Christian when they dont even read the Bible. But the ultimate problem is that many many churches have redused becoming a Christian into a ritualistic act of a prayer, dunk in the water, and bam now your saved. And as such, after that point people dont feel the importance of doing anything else because they are "saved". Its a horrible injustice that didnt really become popular until the early/mid 1900's.

 Anyway, I dont blame you for not believing based on what Christians look like. All I can say is that most people who claim to be Christian really arent. Most Christians dont even know what it means to say Jesus is Lord. The real view of what a Christian should look like is Jesus, modern churches just do a poor job of teaching that. Im trying to set up a forum so people can just learn and study Jesus on their own and have online support to help them implement the changes into their life. Hopefully that will help some Christians figure out what real Christianity is about so they can find that passion that you are looking for in them.

I can break it down real easy, the entire Bible is geared towards showing people how to live for God and Jesus really summed up that message and provided a example. If you ever want to know what real Christianity is about just study Jesus and implement his teachings because we are all just supposed to be his student....churches just dont really teach that because it makes it had to grow a big church unless you are giving a message that justifies everyone instead of telling them they have to change.

Sorry for the lenght....I know you didnt ask for all this information but once I get going it just kinda pours out like that. 

Stephen

Stephen, thanks for the summary, I do appreciate it and I pretty much agree with you on all that you said. 

But imagine the power of an omnipotent god in your life.  I mean, what better way to live life than to get strength from the ultimate source?  It seems that the god of the bible is like a huge river, and all people want is for him to trickle his power to them.  I mean, come on, you've got this huge source of power ready to be given to you and you barely want any of it!  What kind of faith is that?

No, because I'm an atheist that believes atheism because I believe it's true, not because I hate the concept of a deity or I despise religion.  It would make my life a lot easier if I was a Christian, but I'm not going to live my life for something I don't truly believe. 

That's probably one of the best ways I've seen it put so far.  But let me ask you, if you have someone approach you, like a child, and they begin asking you if it's right to fight someone else because they stole from him/her?  Would you teach them violence for violence or would you try to help them understand why both those ideas would be wrong?

According to the bible, not one person on this planet can condemn or save anyone's soul.  It is not the decision of any person as to where someone may go when this life is over.

It depends.  If it is not God's will for you to make a difference to someone else, why would it be up to you to try?  That new show on TV, journeyman, reminds of this.  If you could go back and save someone, would you?  Should you? In the first episode, he saves a man from committing suicide yet because of that seemingly good action, he would later murder his later wife and child.  As it is my belief, if God wants you to intervene, you'll know it and you'll know what to say to make the difference.  As I said, you cannot force the will of God.

I don't think it's necessarily to seek "power", but rather the strength to live every day fully for god. 

Perhaps it would be easier to show them that they are following a religion of falsehood if they tried that, but other than that I concede this point to you.