Personally i think this is a touchy subject but i was just watching something on dateline and there were ppl over in afghanistan trying to expose the musslims to christianity and some of the ppl say that all musslims are lost souls.... personally i think that is wrong.... to judge an entire ethnic group....
Do you think trying to force ppl into christianity is wrong?
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I think trying to convert people is wrong after a certain point is reached. My mother lied to me in order to get me into church "we're going to the movies" and basically tried to force religion onto me. Not only did it piss me off, but it also pushed me away further from ever wanting to accept it in the first place.
i feel that anyone can believe whatever the heck they want to as long as it makes them a better person
a massive problem with islam. many believe that conversion of a muslim is punishable by death.
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Miramonti
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Your post title is different than your poll question. Trying to convert is much different than forcing beliefs on someone. I can say Michael Jordan is the best basketball player ever, and you can say no he's not. But if after 5 minutes of telling you why, and you come to believe that he is, is that forcing my beliefs on you? I don't think so. Besides, in terms of Christianity, most believe you're not a Christian until you decide to accept Jesus yourself. Btw, what do ya think of MJ?
I accidentally voted yes, oops. I think some ways are wrong, obviously forcing people like the inquisition is wrong, but i think the street ministries and things that churches do, where they feed the homeless and give them bibles is fine, it never hurts to try and help.
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I think that forcing your beliefs on someone is horrendously wrong. I've had to many people try to do that to me, since I'm gay. I've taken abuse from way too many "christian" hypocrites.
jjsole has a good point. It would depend upon how each person looks at the conversation.
All of this said, I still consider myself a christian, and try to do as God has instructed us to.
If I've offended anyone, then I'm honestly sorry.
jjsole has a good point. It would depend upon how each person looks at the conversation.
All of this said, I still consider myself a christian, and try to do as God has instructed us to.
If I've offended anyone, then I'm honestly sorry.
i really wanna know how ppl can become so displeased with themselves that they have to try to convert other ppl to their religion
In India, Australian MIssionaries have been killed trying to convert entire villages into Christians. If a person is educated and knows what he/she is getting into by converting and has reasons, then its absolutely fine. On the other hand, promising villagers that they will become rich and all their life wishes will come true by converting to christianity is pure BS. You should never resort to trickery or lies to convert people.
Uh, you guys do no ALOT, a WHOLE HELLUVA ALOT of muslims are only muslims because its forced upon them and they dont know any better because the have piss poor education, ie cant read or write. Those poor arabs/africans in third world countries(ever the ones with oil are mostly third world), cant read or write and are basically brainwashed into islam at an early age. Not saying Christianity is better than Islam, but most of these people dont have the choice to begin with.
This thread topic is misleading. Trying to convert people without coercion is the exercise of the freedoms of speech and religion. What do you mean by "forcing beliefs on others?" Is that using force to convert or simply being an evangelist? Seems like a setup to me.
that explains why most industralized areas resent Islam to some degree.
I lived in Hong Kong and I don't know if they're racist or not but they resent Islam A LOT more than Christianity (a lot of people converted to Christianity anyway) simply because it's not a "white" or "european" religion.
they teach you crap though. Hell, the once all-mighty catholic church reformed, it's the matter of time before Islam reforms/dies out in WWIII
I lived in Hong Kong and I don't know if they're racist or not but they resent Islam A LOT more than Christianity (a lot of people converted to Christianity anyway) simply because it's not a "white" or "european" religion.
they teach you crap though. Hell, the once all-mighty catholic church reformed, it's the matter of time before Islam reforms/dies out in WWIII
i dont think its wrong. i mean, doesn't the bible say that christians should try to convert others? i'm pretty sure it does, and if thats the case, they're just doing their jobs. a lot of times the method is really bad, though...
well if you think about it, most people DO have religion forced on them. do you really think a young child has the intellectual maturity to choose a religion? and frankly even if they could, parents wouldn't allow it. if all children were kept away from religion until say age 16 or 18 then maybe you could say they really had a choice.
most of the time your just born into a religion
most of the time your just born into a religion
We have a lot of things "forced" on us as children. Like the idea that it is good to be nice to each other, or that it is wrong to kill people. But in the end, we can always choose to change our beliefs.Originally posted by: Nefrodite
well if you think about it, most people DO have religion forced on them. do you really think a young child has the intellectual maturity to choose a religion? and frankly even if they could, parents wouldn't allow it. if all children were kept away from religion until say age 16 or 18 then maybe you could say they really had a choice.
most of the time your just born into a religion
I dont like things being forced onto me. My parents force religion onto me and that just makes it worse I think.
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Trying to "covert a group" is wrong, "exposing a group" to Christianity is okay. There's a difference. The difference is that simply converting is a game of points, but introducing gives a group an option that they can choose for themselves.
If some people say that all muslims are lost soules, I don't think that's wrong, if they truly believe that then they are being honest. They're not judging an ethnic group, they're judging a religion that in their perception is false.
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