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**sunnykerr** · 04-20-2009, 06:27 PM

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Florida Church Seeks Attention With 'No More Christians' Campaign

Crestview, USA - A Florida church is trying to persuade people to return to worship with a provocative campaign that has raised a few eyebrows around town.

The Mosaic Church of Crestview, a non-denominational Christian church, used the slogan "No More Christians" to spark conversation and attract the attention of people who have grown lackadaisical in their religious practice, the Crestview News Bulletin reported.

The campaign advertises a series of discussions with names like "Why you should be an atheist instead of a Christian" and "Why you should be a Muslim instead of a Christian."

Mosaic Church Pastor James Ross said the discussions are meant to "creatively and aggressively try to show (people) that God loves them so much that even though they are still sinners, Christ died for them," the News Bulletin reported.

"We were really trying to catch the attention of people who are searching," Ross told the newspaper.

Unfortunately, Ross told the newspaper, the signs have also drawn negative attention.

WorldWide Religious News-Florida Church Seeks Attention With 'No More Christians' Campaign

Well, yeah...

So I'm not a Christian. So there's a chance I have the wrong approach here.

But doesn't the saying go that you attract more bees with honey?

I mean, what kind of a sales pitch is it to say, "Hey, you're all sinners, so let's talk about that, huh? You should be in church. Because you're a sinner."

I understand how the belief goes. I would just hope that people trying to get other people to come back to their faith would use a more moderate approach.

I don't know. I've always seen faith and religious as a deeply personal thing, between the person and God. So it's very strange to me to see any organized religion use such radical "recruiting" (for a lack of a better word) techniques.