Jamie and Friends

Tracy interviewed three young ladies in October 2009 in Old Town Fort Collins. She asked them about there beliefs concerning the afterlife. One of them said that she believed in reincarnation but did not seem to know much about it. Tracy had a good time talking to this energetic trio of friends. Our prayer is that the truth they heard will make bear everlasting fruit in their lives.

Here is the audio:

http://www.archive.org/details/OldTownInterviewJamieAndFriends

Interview with Michael

I talked to Michael on a Friday night in Old Town Fort Collins in April 2010. He was an affable young man who said he was a Christian. I asked what he would say to me if I wasn't a believer and only had three minutes to live. I also told him what I would say in those three minutes courtesy our brother Tony Miano.

Here is the interview:

Talk with Cody

Tracy interviewed Cody on a Saturday afternoon in May 2010 in Old Town Fort Collins. Cody attends church every Sunday and Wednesday and said he strongly believed that he would go to heaven when he died. Tracy enjoyed talking to him and getting his ideas on the subject of life after death. He said that it is hard to say how a just and holy God can forgive our sins.

Here is the audio. (17min 16sec)

http://www.archive.org/details/InterviewWithCody

Conversation with Fernando and Claudia

We interviewed Fernando and Claudia in Old Town Fort Collins on a sunny though somewhat windy Saturday afternoon in April of 2010. We asked them about their thoughts on the afterlife. They were both raised Catholic though Claudia said she didn't really believe anyone knows what happens after we die.

Here is the audio.

http://www.archive.org/details/FernandoAndClaudia

Interview with Phil

We talked to Phil on the corner of College and Mountain Avenues about his spiritual beliefs. He had some interesting ideas about the afterlife, conscience, morality, and our need for forgiveness, including the belief that, "Hell is in Heaven". Here is the audio.

http://www.archive.org/details/InterviewWithPhil

ARE YOU READY?

We talked to a group of people that were hanging out in Old Town Square, who asked us about the "Are you ready?" cross that we were carrying. One of them called out, "What are we supposed to be ready for?". We responded that they needed to be ready for the judgment to come. The conversation that resulted transitioned from science to conscience and afforded us the opportunity to proclaim the good news of the glory of Christ to them.

http://www.archive.org/details/ReadyForWhat

Mike, Malik, and Booker

Tracy talked to three young guys, Mike, Malik, and Booker on Saturday afternoon in Old Town Fort Collins and asked them some questions about their spiritual beliefs. When asked if they considered themselves to be a good person, they replied, “Yeah, well I’m not bad” and “It’s not like I purposely do bad things, it’s just one of those mistake types of things.” When asked about the Ten Commandments one of them said, “I do not really believe in them, it should just be in your nature not to do any of that stuff “. Asked about the conscience and where it came from, one of them replied, “It’s what tells you what is right and wrong, because I believe that people know when they are doing something wrong”. Tracy asked them about their track record compared to the laws concerning lying, stealing, blasphemy, respecting their parents, and hating others. They all admitted to some degree of guilt but at least one sought to minimize his responsibility by saying that he was not doing those things anymore. He did admit that he probably would continue to lie, though he said lying did not seem like a very great transgression. Tracy pointed out that even a “small lie” when uttered against an infinitely holy God was infinitely offensive. When asked what the verdict would be if God judged them based upon His holy Law, all admitted they would be guilty. Where they would end up? One of them said, “Heaven because I haven’t done anything that morally wrong”. Tracy reminded him that he had admitted to telling many lies and that lying is a serious moral wrong. Tracy told them the good news that Jesus came to redeem His people. Fully God and fully man He lived a perfectly moral life and died a horrible death to save us from the wrath we deserve. And that what God requires of them is that they turn from their sin and trust in Christ alone to save them.

Libby and Hannah's Thoughts on the Afterlife

We interviewed Libby and Hannah in Fort Collins and asked them about their views on the afterlife. Libby said she believed in reincarnation and Hannah said that she would like to think that people go to heaven. They both said that they were basically good people. We talked to them about the perfect standard of God's Law and about the Savior who lived an absolutely perfect life and died a sacrificial death on behalf of His people to take the punishment that they rightly deserved. It is our hope and prayer that God will grant them repentance and faith so that we will see them again in heaven.

http://www.archive.org/details/LibbyAndHannah

Riley and Ashley Interview - Oct 2009

This interview was conducted in Oct 2009. Riley said she was a Christian. Ashley said she was not. We asked them about whether they thought they would go to heaven when they die and why. They both thought they were good people. Riley had asked for forgiveness but had not thought about how a just God could forgive someone just because they asked.

Here is a link to the audio:

http://www.archive.org/details/RileyAndAshley

Pushing the Religious Propoganda?

We interviewed several High School students in December of 2009 about their views on the afterlife. One of them subsequently wrote an article for her High School newspaper about the encounter entitled, "Pushing the religious propaganda". We thought that we would provide the audio and let you decide on the accuracy of her depiction of the encounter. (Click on the image of the article above to read it) There is at least one thing she wrote that we must challenge. She said is that the Million Dollar bills we gave them "looked like Monopoly money". I have not played Monopoly for quite a while but I don't remember the money looking as good as this. :o)

Here is the text of the message on the bill in its entirety.

"The million-dollar question: Will you go to Heaven when you die? Here’s a quick test. Have you ever told a lie, stolen anything, or used God's name in vain? Jesus said, "Whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." Have you looked with lust? Will you be guilty on Judgment Day? If you have done those things, God sees you as a lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterer at heart. The Bible warns that if you are guilty you will end up in Hell. God, who the Bible says is "rich in mercy," sent His Son to suffer and die on the cross for guilty sinners. We broke God's Law, but Jesus paid our fine. That means He can legally dismiss our case. He can commute our death sentence: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Then He rose from the dead and defeated death. Please, repent (turn from sin) today and God will grant everlasting life to all who trust in Jesus. Then read your Bible daily and obey it.

Towards the end of the conversation one of the participants asked whether the recording of it would be used for promotional/for profit purposes. Tracy replied that it was just for training purposes. And though consent is not required to make public conversations available online, clarification probably should have been provided that we also record conversations for our own protection and to possibly post them online so that others can benefit from them as well. Therefore at the request of two of the students who were a relatively minor part of the conversation and not involved in writing the article about it, we have removed their portion of the dialog from the recording that we are making available below. We do think that it is fair to offer Taylor's portion of the audio as a response both to the factual inaccuracies and to the tone of her article.

Here is the link to the edited audio file:

http://www.archive.org/details/PushingTheReligiousPropaganda_edit