Does there need to be a specific "approach" to others outside your faith?
Yes. At the core of the Christian Faith is a call to Evangelism. Christ tells us that he is the Good News and that Christians have a responsibility to spread the News. Not really interested in arguing the multitude of abortive ways in which this evangelism has manifested itself in the past and present. Just wanted to put out there that Christians do have to adopt a specific approach because we are called to do so.
As for my journey to the Cross, lots of ups and downs. C. S. Lewis's Mere Christianity helped me work through the intellectual side of Faith. Science and all that is great but at some point you come to a wall...the Big Bang for instance. What was occuring miliseconds prior to the Bang? An answer to that can, of course, be argued in many ways, but at some point you make a choice. Previous posters have said that they chose to believe in the Big Bang as opposed to an omnipotent being that created an imperfect universe. I always think about it like this.
To me, believing that life (and Mankind in particular) is a random happenstance of evolution is akin to believing that a tornado could blow through a junkyard and assemble a fully functioning F-18. Again, just my thoughts.
To all who have posted on the thread, thanks for keeping it so civil and for actually having a discussion vs. some bash fest.
Good Stuff.