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**13**for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
 * Romans 10:13-15 (New International Version) **
 * 14**How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? **15**And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

**15**He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."
 * Mark 16:15 (New International Version) **

More commentary and scripture from [|Gospel.com] = = =__**Background on Penn Jilette: **__=

Penn Jilette is an comedian, illusionist, juggler, musician and writer known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, libertarian philosophy, free-market economics, and scientific skepticism.   In January 2007, Jillette took the "Blasphemy Challenge" offered by the Rational Response Squad and publicly denied the existence of a holy spirit. His cars' license plates read "atheist", "nogod", and "godless". "Strangely enough, they wouldn't give me 'Infidel,'" he says.

In 2005 he wrote and read an essay for National Public Radio claiming that he was "beyond atheism. Atheism is not believing in God....I believe there is no God." His atheism, he has explained, has informed every aspect of his life and thoughts, and as such is as crucial to him as theistic beliefs are to the devout. Jillette welcomes and even encourages open discussion, debate, and proselytizing on the issue of God's existence, believing that the issue is too important for opinions about it to remain private. Jillette does not, however, dismiss all who do believe in God: A 2008 edition of his //Penn Says// podcast expresses his appreciation for a fan who brought him the gift of a Gideon Bible after a recent performance.   (To play the following video, your faculty advisor will have to download and show it on their computer.)

[|"Penn Says" Video Clip] 

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=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__**Discussion Questions:**__ = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Would you have done what the business man in Penn’s story did? Why or why not?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">How does Penn describe the business man’s approach? Is that approach the norm for most believers who witness to others?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Respond to this statement, “How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them?”
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Are Christians described as “really good guys” or “polite person(s) living their life right”? How do you think Christians described and does that need to change?
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Do you feel that your encounters with others need to change based on what you heard Penn, an atheist, say? How so?