what do you think?

Question

wouldn't it be better to just let people believe what they will? i mean you can tell them about your beliefs and let it go. if they are intrested then thats fine, and if not then why brow beat them? people will believe what they will no matter what and when the end comes then we will find out whos right and wrong. wouldn't this planet be a bit more peaceful if we could all do this? ... what are your thoughts?

i happen to practice the celtic religion and i will explain what its about and what its done for me to any one who asks but i will not try to force them or scare them into converting as this is not our perpous.

it is good to see that i am not alone in feeling this wayi just wish tere were more of us and then we could really get down to answering and asking the questions that really need to be here

Answer 1

I will tell people about the story of my life, that is, how I met Jesus and how He changed me from the inside out. But I will not force people to accept Him. I believe that it is not my responsibility to tell people whether they are right or wrong, but rather to state my beliefs and the reasons for my believing them, and hope they take my ideas into consideration. I mean, who am I to tell someone that they are wrong? The Bible itself says do not judge. I know that I am wrong in many ways as well, so why point out the sins of others when I have my own things to work on? It drives me crazy when I see those "christians" out on the street telling passer-bys that they are going to hell. It makes me question whether they have actually read the Bible. I mean, Jesus Himself says to remove the plank from one's own eye before pointing out the speck in someone else's. These are my thoughts on the subject. God bless!

Answer 2

I believe that the act of faith is more important than what you have faith in. I also believe that there is a difference between faith, belief and religion.

Religion is a group of people who share similar views on faith and share similar beliefs.

Belief is someones views.

Faith is unique, everyone experiences something different, it is belief put into action, it is a way of life.

Humans need to believe in something, you only have to look at this site and the amount of religious discussion to see that. We feel better as a group so we band together in religions, central ideas that we agree with.

This was fine right up until the point people discovered that the world was bigger than a weeks walk! With the world seeming to get smaller and smaller, the more religions clash, today we have access to vast amounts of information which shape for good or bad our opinions, changing the very nature of faith and religion.

I feel its important for people to have religious instruction but ultimately its your own choice. What ever religion you follow or what you believe in, having faith is the most important thing. How you live your life can have both positive and negative effects on your physical, emotional and spiritual well being.

Quote from a Church leader:
"You can believe a chair is strong but you don't have faith until you sit on it!"

Quote from a Friend:
"Faith is between me and the man upstairs!"

If people ask me i will tell them, i believe in Jesus. But i love and respect all people, no matter what they believe, because its up to them.

Answer 3

I see a lot of people say: Christians shove this down they're throat. I have not seen this.

A Christian has NO business shoving anything. You might witness 1 time. The person tells you to bug-off, you DO IT !!!

Is this so hard to understand?

Jesus Christ will make this world righteous. That's is NOT the job of a Christian.

This is not a contest of who is right and who is wrong. This is "accepting" Jesus Christ. period. If a person only picks a winning team or side, I wish them luck.

This is NOT what The Word teaches.

Have a good day.

Answer 4

I think that if you have the truth and want every
body else to have what you have you will tell every one. It is kinda like I was driving down a
highway and this man in other car came running toward me shouting and waving his arms hollering STOP a dynamite truck wrecked
a half mile down the road and is on fire DON'T go any closer or you will be blown up!
That is what I am doing telling people about
the danger that lays at the end of their life and won't them to live with me eternally with Jesus and my brothers and sisters in Christ in heaven. That is why I keep warning people and
pray that my Lord will open their eyes to.
Warning hell is real and God has some Good News you can miss it and go live with God for eternity.No sickness no death No SIN.
Joh 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
God is speaking to you through His Word it
is your God given choice please Believe in Jesus Christ i'm praying.
In Christ in Love,
TJ57

Answer 5

ummm, i dont know ppl who "brow beat". i have grown up in an area that is very kind about ppl's beliefs and let them believe what they want and everyone is respected. we try talking to ppl, but if they aren't interested, we let them go on their way. i do know what ur talking about though. i think it is best to let ppl believe what they want and forget it. but its hard to do that because of so many things in the world. like many religions dont agree with gay marriages, and thats y they dont want to make it legal...cuz then more ppl will do it and be ok with it and lose sight of the whole religion problem the way they are about everything else (like sex before marriage....it used to be unthinkable, now almost everyone is doing it). so sometimes they do things to stop the world from getting "out of hand"

i hope that helps some.

Answer 6

I totally agree. I was called to spread the "good news" not to beat people over the head with it. Once a person hears, it is then up to them what they do with the information. Have a peaceful evening. Bye.

Answer 7

I distinguish between "marriage," which is ultimately a unification of the parties ordinarily in a cohabitative arrangement predicated on a contract to which only the parties (and any deity to which they feel obligated therein) need be privy --

and "wedding," which is a ceremonial event that may (but not "must") include one or more components specified by religion or theology -- and "civil union," which is the legal institution through which consenting parties are bound to each other in accordance with the laws of the State.

If there were no strict liability crimes; if there was no death penalty; if people weren't allowed to kill others on account of mere inconvenience (*elective* abortion); if the State was prohibited from spying against its Citizens;

if any persons so consenting were allowed all the benefits of civil union (to simply "register" their union with the State, rather than having the State decide ... on grounds ultimately religious or theological in nature ... if it would extend to partners the protections of civil union);

if those guilty of having committed "War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity (and/or) Crimes Against Peace" were brought swiftly to meaningful justice; if individuals had in the USA the consumer protections that existed in 1999 in the USA;

if injured parties had available to them the civil remedies that existed in the USA in 1999; if the FCC devoted its energies to shielding the public from senseless violence and gore, rather than "protecting" the Public from "foul language," nudity, nonviolent depictions of consensual sex;

if our fiscal policy derived from the establishment and enforcement of compensation maxima defined as a multiple of compensation minima, rather than from a minimum wage that doesn't afford anyone earning that pittance a reasonably good lifestyle (and which aggravates economic class disparity) --

THEN we might say we were on the road to an enlightened civilization.

As to your premise, you are correct: a person ultimately decides whatever he or she will believe, and matters of faith are ultimately personal to the individual. Those attempting to proselytize would do well to remember the aphorism "you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."

In essence, a proselyte should live his or her life according to his or her faith, and if the secular observer notices something worthy of discussion, that observer will ask. Only then is the door open, the invitation for exploration made -- and, critically, that open door and invitation doesn't guarantee acceptance of ideas presented.

All these things rely for their existence on a civil society. As long as we are a nation governed by bloodthirsty barbarians (and as long as they remain effectively immune from meaningful punishment for their misdeeds), a peaceful planet will remain an illusory hope.

Answer 8

People (on this earth)will never all believe the same or accept(be tolerant) of all other ways of belief and thought.Stalin,Lenin,Hitler,
Zemin,Castro and many others have tried and continue to try to force everyone on the same page(control thought and dissent).

Answer 9

Way to be! I mean, I don't think it's wrong to tell people what your beliefs are, and to invite them to join., but the constant condescension and insults that go on here get really annoying.

Answer 10

Yes, I agree!....Even This religious/spiritual site would be more helpful & a blessing to each other if evil folks would stop trying to through their Godly Unbeliefs down Believers throat and be respectful to religious/spiritual authority!...

Answer 11

I totally agree with you; if they want to hear it fine, if they dont fine. But don't bring it up every chance you get because then it will feel like they are forcing that person. It is okay to ask, but just don't badger.