I used to live next to a couple who were New Age spiritualists -- they believe in reincarnation, many gods, goddesses, and do ceremonies and stuff. The woman says she can talk to animals, do spiritual healing, and talk to trees. I would take care of their cats when they went on vacation and stuff. I once asked them what they believe spiritually but never really had a deep spiritual conversation with them.
Because I studied Digital Art in school, a few years ago they asked me to design a logo for them for a website they were working on. The purpose of the website was to teach people how to create altars for gods/goddesses, how to do ceremonies, and to sell products relating to them. They offered to pay me, so I accepted and created a logo for them. But I wondered if it was right for me to do that as a Christian, since I disagree with their worldview and the website would be promoting it.
Recently, they asked me again if I could help them make a video for the website -- which is not up yet -- showing people how to set up an altar. The woman said it was for people to create a sacred space in the house so "they don't have to go to church." She asked if it was too weird for me, but I agreed to help them because I wanted to earn some money since I don't have a job right now. But I started to once again question if I should do this.
On the drive back home, I realized that I shouldn't have said yes. If an atheist offered to pay me money to promote atheism, I wouldn't do it, so why was this different? I'm sure they would feel the same way -- if someone tried to give them money to promote Christianity, they wouldn't.
I e-mailed my pastor and my discipler about this, and they gave me slightly different answers. My pastor said I should pray and follow the Holy Spirit's lead, and my discipler said I should tell them in a nice way.
What do you think? How should I tell them I changed my mind?
How do you respond? When is it okay to work with or for people whose beliefs oppose your own? Is it okay to take on projects that promote different views? How should the author tell her clients she has changed her mind?
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I really think you should pray about it and see how the spirit moves you. I personally would have said no from the offset. But see how it goes.
Maybe consider this. If you had a project and you needed help and you had a friendly neighbor who did good work for you previously...would you want them to work for you again?
Work it seems to me is one we can love our neighbor as ourselves (Gal 5:14)
Just a thought that crossed my mind and the Holy Spirit will have something specifically for you.
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Back to basics. As you live your life in front of your neighbors they will notice the differences between what they believe and the Bible they read through you. They ask the questions, you, through Scripture, answer. You become "Jesus with skin on" in front of them. (look up that phrase on your PC)
I don't think we should judge others in professional settings necessarily. Around these parts, many fundamentalists actually have their own books that give them listings for Christian businesses, so they don't sully themselves with non-Christians. I've come out against this practice, simply because, how to you love your neighbor and show true Christianity if you only stay within your little circle of beliefs? Perhaps God would use your tenderness and love with someone not Christian, even if we don't see it from our own eyes. Being a true Christian means loving all, and not being so exclusive that we only give business to our own. A few years back my husband ran into a man he hadn't seen for nearly 20 years and had done business with him as a painter. He told my husband he'd always hoped to run into him because were it not for his kindness and acceptance of him, he would never have accepted Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:14.