If a true christian should be unable to convert, why do Christians feel threatened by non-believers?

Answer 1

Because deep down they realize that religion has no real basis in fact. Therefore, they fear reasoned arguments by anybody else, especially non-believers.

Answer 2

If we were threatened and fearful to the point of withdrawing, why were there martyrs? Why were there more martyrs in the 20th Century than in all previous centuries combined, with most of those in the last half of the 20th Century?

We are concerned for our culture, because we see the way previous cultures have gone as they abandon morals and values that are based on God's commands.

Rome collapsed from within because of their inability to control themselves. Look at what has happened in Europe in the last 50 years. For the first time since the Renaissance, Europe's population is in sharp decline, and Europe is becoming Muslimized (if that is a word) just by population replacement.

Answer 3

I've never felt threatened by non-believers. There are a some smart ones, and I study their work closely. I'm more literate in athest literature than most of the atheists I meet. Now I am reading a history of atheism in America. The riff-raff people here are more like kids on a playground kicking up sand.

Answer 4

Religions are groups to which people belong. They have power and influence. If large numbers of people join a religious group, their power and influence grows. If their numbers dwindle, so does their power and influence. Religions also are enormously lucrative throughout history. The more people who belong to them, the more money they bring in.

If non-believers are actually increasing in numbers, in this age of science and technology, then in time they will threaten the survival of religions.

The desire by religious groups to increase their power base has shaped our world. Historically, AND currently, some of the largest religious groups in the world have gone to war to convert people to their way of thinking.

Make no mistake, logic, reason, and enlightenment have always been anaethema to religious dogma. Non-believers are a very, very real threat.

Answer 5

You asked kinduv a leading question. You're assuming all Christians feel threatened by non-believers. Maybe some do, but I can tell you that I don't ..at all. In fact I'm friends with a lot of people who don't believe. So was Jesus :)

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Answer 6

No doubt, Jesus foretold for our day this work: “This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.” He also instructed his followers: “Go . . . and make disciples of people of all the nations.”—Matt. 24:14; 28:19.
When Jesus sent out his early disciples, he directed them to go to the homes of the people. (Matt. 10:7, 11-13) The apostle Paul said regarding his ministry: “I did not hold back from telling you any of the things that were profitable nor from teaching you publicly and from house to house.”—Acts 20:20, 21; see also Acts 5:42.
The message that the Witnesses proclaim involves the lives of people; they want to be careful to miss no one. (Zeph. 2:2, 3) Their calls are motivated by love—first for God, also for their neighbor.

They are not there to convert the person. This comes from within the person. Humility is required. It takes a humble person, conscious of his spiritual needs, to come to the true God [JHVH] in dedication. Now notice what Jesus next says: “Look! I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his house and take the evening meal with him and he with me.” (Rev. 3:19, 20)

Jesus next extents this invitation, to wanting to gain everlasting life, It reads: “And the spirit and the bride keep on saying: ‘Come!’ And let anyone hearing say: ‘Come!’ And let anyone thirsting come; let anyone that wishes take life’s water free.”

We have to remember that not all will accept the messages. Even as it were in Jesus' day or apostles period. The ones who did listen had to make decisions either to accept the message as from God or reject it. The same is true today. Some hearers put faith in Jesus’ words and make progress and prepare themselves to preach the same message, namely, “The kingdom of the heavens is at hand.” The least one can do is tell others what one hears about God, in one’s daily conversations with other persons. (John 7:14-17)

Jesus’ words: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) The same fact is shown in the statement of Jesus, at John 6:44: “No man can come to me UNLESS the Father, who sent me, DRAWS him, and I will resurrect him in the last day.”

"Nevertheless, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the true worshipers will worship the Father with spirit and truth, for, indeed, the Father is LOOKING for suchlike ones to worship him."- (John 4:23-24)

Answer 7

I think you have it backwards. The atheists are always the ones complaining that they get approached to much by Christians. So, how do you figure that Christians are the ones who feel threatened?

Answer 8

a true Christian
someone that loves god and has faith in him/her. would be unable to convert simply because they would have no desire to.
they have found their truth.

I am a Celtic Pagan. i cannot be converted. i have faith in my gods and goddesses. i love them and they return that to me.
noone and no god can offer me anything better than what i have right now. so there is no desire for anything that another god can offer. therefore i am not able to be converted because there is nothing for me to convert for. my gods have kept me through thick and thin and helped me when noone and no other god would. therefore i trust them. and this is an earned trust. i will not violate that trust for anything.

people of all religions feel this same way about their beliefs.

Answer 9

here we go again putting christians in a class of many. we do not feel threatened by non believers. why would we???

Answer 10

A Christian can lose faith.
St Alphonsus de Liguori has petitions for each day of the week.
On Tuesday: "For heathens, heretics and fallen away Catholics"
So it happens, man, it happens.