Char's Blog
Is this the Right Way?
Kirk Cameron's website, Way of the Master, was recently the topic of a talk radio program on CFRB. The host (sorry, too tired to catch his name) played a number of segments from Cameron's site. In short, the radio host, a non-Christian, was offended enough by the site to air the clips and invite audience feed back to them.
The site Intro starts by asking the reader to select 'Yes' or 'No' to the question: "Are you a Christian?". Already I'm not comfortable with the presentation. I listened with interest to the clips, the arguements of the host and the dialogue with callers.
Was the radio host offended by the truth of the gospel? Or, was the host, rightfully, offended by the site?
Check the site. Interested to know your thoughts.
(not what you're looking for) from a design perspective it is well done
(more what you're question was) if I wasn't a Christian and was looking for answers I might have been turned off at the strong terms used on the site (been afraid it was too late to change)
A true non-believer would have abandoned the site at the first question
The site is really nice to look at and well layed out. Truthfully, I don't find anything wrong with the site. Why? Because, I think the site is not aimed at a total non-believer, but someone on the cusp of giving their life to Christ. Also, if you listen to their program, the sites approach to witnessing mirrors that tauted on the site as the best way. Its designed to bring the individual into recognition of his or her sin, not to tell them that god will make everything better for them. So yes, a certain portion of the population will be turned off by the site; offended even. However, you have to ask yourself, would that population have stuck around the site anyway, once they relized it was a christian site? I don't think they would have.