How come I've never been preached to by anyone practicing your religion or with your beliefs? Does your religion/beliefs just tell you that preaching to others and force feeding your beliefs is wrong? I am just curious, because it seems like all Christians do is tell me how stupid and ignorant I am because I'm not Christian and because I do not accept Jesus as God. I wanted to know how non Christians felt about this?
2006-09-04 17:24:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
if you ask me i will give you information ..but i am not going to push my Religion on anyone...cuz i feel Religion is a personal thing..only you know what you believe in,,you know what faith better suits you than anyone else..
2006-09-04 17:29:41 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking as a pagan, I believe that religion is not only a personal choice, but also a matter of fate. To preach my religion to others would be like telling someone who is illiterate to read War and Peace. It's simply not possible for them to be where I am at. Like a previous answer said, I will answer questions if asked, but I would never presume to tell someone to believe exactly what I believe. The reason we have so many different religions is because We. Are. All. Different. I wish some christians would get that through their heads. Meaning no offense, guys!
2006-09-04 17:46:29 · answer #2 · answered by xanther88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find it annoying, the witnessing that christians do. I'm spritual, not religious, and learnign about all religions is a good outlet for me. Judiasm is a secret club by definition (the chosen people) so you have to be driven by purpose to convert.
Dont know about Muslims. Hinuds are a caste system - you are born into it.
Buddists are also a sect that one drives towards. There are many different flavors of buddism but none are politically astute enough to need to convert followers.
I'll happily stay ignorant if becoming christian is the only way away from it. Because I see it as trading ignorances, actually.
2006-09-04 17:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by Josie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Eastern religions (Zen, Taoism) are about understanding through personal experience. Your life is your faith. It's impossible to explain to someone else.
Also, there comes a respect in knowing that others need the same independence to understand for themselves, from their lives.
Therefore, there can be some guidance, but (by design of what I've stated) there can be no preaching. So it's not a rule or a guideline. It's just that way.
I hope this helps answer you question.
2006-09-07 10:43:10 · answer #4 · answered by Teaim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Buddhist and I deeply believe that everyone has the right to believe what they want to. The others in my Temple also believe this way. If I am asked, I will give a short nonjudgmental reply about what Buddhist's believe. But I don't force my beliefs on anyone and the Buddhists I know feel the same way.
2006-09-04 17:35:52 · answer #5 · answered by buddhafuldreamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In traditions that don't believe in the existence of Hell, there is nothing to be "saved" from. Conversion is strictly destiny or up to choice.
In Taoism, following the Tao can be done "by accident," basically meaning that it is natural for good people from the beginning. The fact that one learns the name for it (or doesn't) has nothing to do with following it or not.
In Judaism, it is believed that Gentiles are not obligated to live by Jewish laws. These apply only to "the Congregation of Jacob." They do however, have rules (known as the Seven Pillars of Noah) that say what must be adhered to in order to please the God of Israel. Conversion to Judaism, by the way is possible, but NOT ENCOURAGED.
2006-09-05 08:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by taogent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am spiritual, not religious. I do not believe in organized religion because I feel it is man-made. God is real and so are we. Make the best of your life what ever happens.
2006-09-04 17:32:19 · answer #7 · answered by crystal89431 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a christian and I don't force my beliefs in people's faces, because I don't give a damn if you accept jesus or not, because I respect all religions.
2006-09-04 17:28:44 · answer #8 · answered by brucy 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Islam says there is no force required to convert people. Every soul is born, with natural tendency to understand, all that is needed is guidance. for further knowledge visit, www.alislam.org. May God help any knowledge seeker.
2006-09-04 17:32:33 · answer #9 · answered by miamian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only speak for Jews. Proselytizing is totally against Jewish tradition. There's no such thing as a Jewish missionary.
2006-09-04 17:32:01 · answer #10 · answered by banjuja58 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋