Some people think that religion chat rooms (for example) have to do with christianity only. It puzzles me that even though a chat room can be called "All Faiths", a lot of people still come in there trying to convert, rather than accept those with other faiths (or no faith).
2006-08-17 00:15:39 · 10 answers · asked by lostcause8436 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
christians believe unbelievers are going to an eternal lake of fire!!!. It is completely rational that people who believe that doctrine are going to want to 'help' unbelievers away from such an eternal torment. You cant exactly expect them to believe in an eternal damnation , but ... not really make a big deal out of it can you?
So christians will try to convert people because they do care. I am aware christianity is crap, but can still understand what they do. I use to be one
Any christian that does not try to convert non believers one way or another isnt one that truly takes the doctrines seriously.
Im atheist and i would have more respect, so to speak, for a christian that actually believes christian doctrine than one that does not. The same for any religious person
2006-08-17 00:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by CJunk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the people in English-speaking chat rooms are from countries in which Christianity is the dominant religion, right?
(and Preacher, the U.S. is NOT a Christian nation. Read your Constitution sometime instead of spreading treason like this).
They come trying to convert because that's a part of successful religious belief systems. A religious belief system that teaches acceptance of other faiths is unlikely to persist in the long term. Successful religions are, after all, built around
- systems for attracting adherents
- systems for making adherents feel special and unique (no matter how many of them there are)
- systems for discouraging conversion to other religions
- systems for distributing the religion's beliefs with relatively few changes
Everything else is just the window-dressing. As long as a religious system has those things, the details (how it describes god, how it describes the afterlife, etc.) are relatively unimportant.
2006-08-17 00:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Most people in the West say they are Christians. Most of them don't go to church or read the Bible. Nevertheless, if you asked them what religion they identify themselves as, most will say Christian. Some would be honest and say no religion.
Others like me would say what religion they are (I'm a Baha'i) and
Yes, Christians believe they have this God-given right.. no, this
2006-08-17 00:42:18 · answer #3 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only those religions who make it central to their teachings to convert all to their cause...
Which is why you see members of those religions converting others, because that's what their faith tells them to do.
Addendum: Why to people keep insisting America is a christian nation. It's not. God is not in the constitution, and we have laws banning government favoring one religion over any other (the FIRST amendment).
A christian nation would have it's laws conform to christian beliefs. Prayer in school, requirement of being chrisitian in order to hold office, etc etc, like an islamic theocracy, only for christianity. Hell, the 10 commandments forbid any other religions aside from Judeo-Christian ones. A REAL christian nation would BAN all other religions except christianity. Now does that sound like America, to you? Yes, there are a lot of christians in America, but it is not a christian nation (and if we do our jobs, it never will be).
2006-08-17 00:19:55 · answer #4 · answered by 006 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I were to accept any religion other than that which accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour, then I would be showing a LACK of faith, which I do not have. Others are just plain wrong.....
http://planttel.net/~meharris1/mikescorner.html
2006-08-17 00:24:25 · answer #5 · answered by green93lx 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because those who made and those who occupied chatrooms are christians! Simply use the facility to spread christians.
I am a Buddhist. Sadly, even on this Yahoo things, the pro-Buddhist opinion of mine seems to be deleted away.
Damn those christian domination.
2006-08-17 00:31:11 · answer #6 · answered by Chevalerie Classe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This isn't puzzling.
In an ALL FAITHS room... there would be LITTLE to talk about.
It would be like having a room for "all mechanics and all farmers".
The mechanics would have no clue about farming, and vice-versa.
Faiths are different because... THEY ARE DIFFERNT.
2006-08-17 00:22:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we are a post-Christian Country in the USA.
2006-08-17 00:18:42 · answer #8 · answered by Kenneth G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America is a Christian nation, although the devil is trying to turn it over to the heathen. Jesus loves you.
2006-08-17 00:20:05 · answer #9 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we know you need Jesus Christ
2006-08-17 00:23:40 · answer #10 · answered by www.tonizek.com 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋