2006-06-27 04:31:59 · 29 answers · asked by Kraljica Katica 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
(What should happen to the whole religion ans spirituality section here?)
2006-06-27 04:35:47 · update #1
Good etiquette, no.
Is etiquette a reason to not share your religion? Also, no.
In Yahoo!Answers the Religion and Spirituality is the place for just such preaching. It should be left alone. (Unless there is a way to filter out the irrelevance, but that could be applied to all categories.)
In my religion we are called to spread good news. We are also told, if a town rejects you, leave it and dust off your sandals. So, we need to moderate ourselves, being responsive to the hearer for if they are accepting or rejecting and follow what we are taught. We can't stop preaching, but we have criteria to tell us when to stop once we've started.
Where etiquette is applied most is in social situations where you are expected to help everyone's experience of the event or evening to be a pleasant one. Evangelizing doesn't belong there, but there are places where it does belong and etiquette is trumped by free speech and free exchange of differing ideas. I hope Yahoo!Answers isn't subject to rules of etiquette so much that the dance of differences is paralyzed.
2006-06-27 06:30:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ken C. 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well in a lot of situations people get uncomfortable with people speaking about religion even when they practice the same religion just because it is a subject bound to bring arguments (like politics). This doesn't always happen however, lately I have been having really interesting conversations with people that I hardly know about different paths of religion and spirituality and not once have I had an argument, but I don't try and change any person by telling them about what I believe, I simply share with them my knowledge about different paths and they can believe what they will.
2006-06-27 11:41:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is all in the approach. answering another persons questions is the best approach. you set that up by asking questions and letting them do all the talking first. ..bull dogging some one is counter productive and never argue.
a great resource in how to tactfully share with another person is the book...SHARING JESUS WITHOUT FEAR
Bottom line is that it the Holy Spirit doing the work.
5 questions to ask some one which are unintrusive.
1) obviously you have some spiritual beliefs?
2)to you who is Jesus?
3)do you believe in heaven and hell?
4) if you were to die to day where would you go?
5) why would you go there?
YOUR RESPONSE TO WHATEVER THEY SAY IS THE SAME "UHH HUM"
UNTIL YOU GET TO QUESTION 6
6) if what you believe isn't right would you want to know it?
if they say no; you say OK and leave it alone.
If they say yes; you present a planned out map through the scripture. letting the Holy Spirit speak to them through the scripture. Your job is just to be a tour guild.
2006-06-27 12:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by quarterton2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure "preach" is the right word. You can talk about your beliefs and your religion with people as long as you are not trying to act like your beliefs are the only ones and that you are right. You talk about you believe and you have to be open minded about what other people believe.
2006-06-27 12:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by triste_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God did not send out his followers to annoy the s**** out of people, regardless of what some conservative Christians think. Manners are about considering the other person's feelings. If the other person is annoyed, bored, or offended, than it is rude, and, as a side note, completely ineffective. How effective can it be to have a non-believer associate God's word with being bored and irritated?
It is not rude, however, to discuss your religion with others, as long as you do not impose your values upon them.
2006-06-27 11:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by Claire F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is always good etiquette to stand up for your principles and what you believe in. This can be done by example as well as with words.
It is not good etiquette to try to force anyone to do anything. Religion is best preached (as anything, really) with love and gentle persuasion.
2006-06-28 13:32:42 · answer #6 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it is bad manners. In Emily Post's book of etiquette she writes that it is expressly forbidden to talk about the big three taboo subjects at a dinner party. They are sex, politics and religion.
2006-06-27 11:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by teena9 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, and that's one of the main problems of our clashing cultures, religion is a choice, and those that choose to accept, and or follow certain religions should respect the fact that others may not be interested, thus MYOB-mind your own business.
2006-06-27 11:37:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not any more rude than sharing your political views or opinions about what constitutes a healthy diet, etc
Many people have a weird double-standard about discussing religion that is positively un-American.
2006-06-27 11:39:39 · answer #9 · answered by Dr Freund 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not, that is very impudent because it implies raising one religion and putting the other down. . . . .
I enjoy talking about comparative theology, only if all parties are neutral. . . .
Saying that a religion is the absolute truth and all the rest are either incomplete or void and null is totally unacceptable. . . . .
2006-06-28 18:25:17 · answer #10 · answered by Romeo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋