There are so many who don't believe in God. How can we be effective?

Question

So many do not believe in God. What is the best way for believers to help their friends believe in God. How can we let the others know there is a God and that He wants them to go to heaven some day?

Answer 1

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Amen to Don. We have to be examples. Salvador's latest song says it best:

Lord let me shine
Shine like the moon
A reflection of you
In all that I do

Lord let me be
The light for your truth
The light of the world
I wanna be used
To shine for you

When we live as a true representative of Christ, people will want to know what you have that they don't. God will do the rest.

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Answer 2

Now, when you talk about "God" are you talking about Jesus Christ or God of War, Buddah, Allah, Zeus?? Be more specific when you talk about "God."
Can you prove that "God" is real? Do you have actual proof that he really wants to help people??
Here is a couple of questions for you to think about:
1. If there is a God, that wants to save people and help them, then why is letting killers murder 7 year old girls and letting them die a horrible death?? Why is he letting child molesters rape young children?? Why is he letting people of all ages die the most horrific death and letting the guilty run free???

2. Why does "God" let poor people in 3rd world country starve to death?? What about the homeless people living without heat, food, or a home??

3. What about the innocent rotting away in prison??

4. What about war?? Doesn't the bible say "Thou shall not kill?" If I am correct (and I know I am) then why in the bible do people kill each other and why today are people killing each other?? If the 10 commandments are correct, and if "followers" do not appreciate or follow what the bible says then every single one of us is going to Hell.

5. If Jesus was a Jew, and Christians despise Jews, then wouldn't you despise Jesus??

Now, if those questions do not get you thinking maybe this will.

Why do Christians only go one way? To Christians its like this: Your way or the highway. I don't understand it. How do you know that "Jesus" and "Christianity" is the right religion to follow? What damn proof do you have. You have NO PROOF. You just have the words that you were raised by and what other people have brainwashed you to believe. How do you know that Hinduism isn't the irght religion??? Or Muslim?? YOU DON'T. And thats my point. Christians do not consider these options when trying to force other people into thinking that they are going to go to Hell if they don't believe in "God."
I bet you didn't know these tiny little tidbit facts about Christianity.

1.Did you know that the bible was actually written by word of mouth?? The words were passed down by generation to generation. Have you ever played the kid game telephone?? You knw when you whisper in somebody's ear a phrase then they do it the next person and when the phrase gets down to the last person they phrase was not the right one to begin with?? Ya, how do you know the bible wasn't written like that?

2. Christians FORCED Europeans to convert to Christianity so Constantines soilders wouldn't cut off the mens heads and slit the throats of their family. Constantine also converted to Christianity on HIS DEATH BED, not when the text books say he did in his 20's, no onHIS DEATH BED.

3.There were lost scriptures found in the mountains of Jeruselm in the 1940's, but the Venetican burned most of them so the people wouldn't find out??

So, this is the reason that I am a non-believer in any religion. I believe in Science. No, magaical man came down from above and decided to make up a human being and the problems that come with them. Its ridiculous. And yes, my grew up in a very very strict Christian household. But I branched out on my own and decided for myself how my life was going to be. I am very happy, ful-filled, and satisfyed with my life. I dont need a book to tell me how to run my life. I can decide whats wrong and right. And to determine if "God" really does exsist, I guess we will both find out when we die.

Answer 3

To be effective, All believers should live the right way the books that talks about God teaches(bible ,Korean, etc...). if they can live this way, even the unbelievers will be more amazed at their lives than at miracles because all of the religion talks about love for mankind and the life after now.

Answer 4

I can't help you to be effective but I can tell you why you're not. I don't believe in God because I'm sufficiently well educated to arrive at firm conclusions myself about the nature of the universe, the origins of life and the source of a sense of morality. You don't have anything to counter that except tedious and constant reference to an ancient self contradictory book of myths. So give up being effective. so many people don't believe in God because there is no grounds for them to believe on.

Answer 5

Maybe instead, you should respect people's beliefs for once and only focus on your own. That's why our world cannot move forward, cause too many people are caught up on religious things that have no real meaning to the state of the earth. I don't care about god right now, I care about new energy sources so my children will have a safe and healthy place to grow up. I don't care about heaven, I care about new leaders that will LEAD the countries and not bring them down. I don't care about hell, I care about health care for future generations and my own. Worry about what's happening right now rather than worry about your soul in heaven.

Answer 6

Truthfully,you can't make them believe.
Remember and understand the old saying which says you can lead a horse to water but you can't make the horse drink the water.
God wants us all to come to him of our own accord ,not forced,and through the Spirit of God one will discover what is right and what is wrong about that was said about God all in due time.

Answer 7

We can only tell them. I want to point out a few things that will help.
First, it IS NOT UP TO YOU to make them believe. The fact is, we can sow the word, we can water...It is God that provides the increase. It is God that builds His church, NOT us. If there are any conversions, you were merely an instrument God used. You don't save anyone.
Alot of people get all hung up and nutsy-neurotic because they get that wrong.
All we need to do is get our lives in order, be willing, get the facts straight, and not be pushy. Notice in scripture that Jesus DID NOT force Himself on anyone. He is our example.

Answer 8

YOU can't DO anything but live a life of Godliness and leave the rest to God.

Answer 9

BY running the race which is set before us.

We don't give up. We keep on letting people know that God is love, and no one need go to hell.

We dont tell people that they are going to hell.

We show people by the way we love them and each other what Christianity is all about, so that they want what we have.

We encourage, not force our faith on others.

Answer 10

Its not up to you. Its up to them, just to clear things up for you. They choose how they wannu live. In general if you want to be effective to someone, you should be their friend and love them from the heart and not a fake love that is.

Answer 11

Stop worrying about our eternal salvation and START worrying about the state of the planet. It is RELIGION that is killing and maiming by the score. A list of current conflicts around the world will show that 3/4 are over religion.

It is time to STOP religion, not feed it.

I care about my children, don't you??