Seems to me there is a LOT of pressure on people to BELIEVE.
Short ENCOUNTERS I have had with Christianity ALWAYS came back to how I needed to BELIEVE.
2006-08-20 06:39:36 · 47 answers · asked by Henry 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm sure some people do.
2006-08-20 06:43:50 · answer #1 · answered by Girl Wonder 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I didn't have much in the way of peer pressure, besides, a belief based on that wouldn't last very long. It takes a personal encounter with God to convince anyone of His existance. Very very few people will be persuaded by argument, it just doesn't work like that. If I'd known before I met Jesus that I could have a totally personal real relationship with Him, I might have looked into it all sooner. I don't know why Jesus revealed His love to me, He just did it one day, I didn't think I was looking for Him, but He was right there, it was the most beautiful and true feeling in the world.
2006-08-20 07:06:22 · answer #2 · answered by good tree 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello batzoid, are you saying that Christians you have met are telling you to just believe, i'm not sure what you are saying....
If you can give more details i might be able to answer...
Who has been putting pressure on you to believe?
The only answer i can give you really is search for the answers yourself and make your own mind up what you believe.
I don't like being labled a Christian because many can be forceful
sometimes arrogant i'm sorry to say since i'm a believer myself...
I'm also sorry you have felt pressured...
I hope you find the truth......love and peace.....
Can i say i agree with Sherrie, above, this does happen to....
2006-08-20 07:06:49 · answer #3 · answered by ;) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peer pressure would be the wrong reason to believe.
In fact likely would not lead to true belief anyway.
Most people believe in something - just need to make sure you believe in the right things.
Belief in God is not the same ting as Christianity - the Devil believes in God!
2006-08-20 06:47:12 · answer #4 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I decided to believe in God completely by my own accord. I was a slight atheist at first but now due to some soul seacrhing I realized that God does exist. However, I do believe that most people believe due to their parents or peer pressure.
2006-08-20 06:47:42 · answer #5 · answered by tush_dante 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was 14-15, I went to a youth convention, "Acquire the Fire" It was a wonderful experience. They did a call to the alter, and I don't really remember walking down a bunch of steps, all I remember is God calling me to be with Him. It was the single most influential moment of my life, and since then my life has never been the same. I was not influenced by anything but the Spirit of the Lord, and thank God for it.
2006-08-20 06:50:44 · answer #6 · answered by sammyw1024 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you do need to believe, but it is not a conscious decision. If you know the whole truth as is written in the Bible then the Holy Spirit will convince you.Only then can you make a conscious decision.That is what He is there for.Nobody can convince you.The more one tries the more resistance one encounters.It is hard to resist the Holy Spirit.You will have to keep yourself so busy that you cannot hear the inner voice pleading with you.Once you succeed you will be lost forever.
2006-08-20 06:59:54 · answer #7 · answered by Snowey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never really thought that people just 'gave in' and believed in God. I think religion is attractive enough on its own. Think about my position as an atheist. My beliefs have already damned me forever, either to nothingness or to hell. Someone who believes in God gets the best of my options or better, nothing after death or eternal bliss. If your beliefs are fragile enough to be manipulated, do you really need peer pressure to set you on the path to theism?
2006-08-20 06:47:22 · answer #8 · answered by Phil 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont remember the exact moment, but I have always believed as far as I can remember lol. It was not a peer pressure kind of thing, in fact just the opposite. It was embarrasing to be a church kid.
I am glad now that I have my faith. I dont' know what types of Christians you have encountered, but know that we aren't all Bible pushers.
2006-08-20 06:46:35 · answer #9 · answered by Zeida98 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm inclined to say societal pressure. A lot of pressure to join a church, or a faith of any kind, comes from a scare tactic. Logical fallacies and puzzles provide seemingly perfect reasons to accept the idea of an omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient parent figure who watches and judges. With this in hand, those who do not or can not see around these fallacies can become wrapped up in them.
2006-08-20 07:11:31 · answer #10 · answered by rwdsaunders 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I feel that there is much more pressure from the world to try to get us NOT to believe.
We can't tell people "Merry Christmas." We can't sing about God in public schools. They are pulling shows like "Touched By an Angel" off of the air because they mention the word God too much. And science...all people try to do with science is to disprove that God exists, although God is the one who gave us the intelligence to understand it.
2006-08-20 06:50:17 · answer #11 · answered by hopewriter 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋