We have religious freedom to practice what we want, but we shouldn't be subjected to them trying to "convert" us. Also do you feel they judge you for not believing what they do?
2007-04-03 05:15:35 · 16 answers · asked by WyoWonder 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
atheist Dude! please do not generalized...when did you ever get approached by a Jew insisting you accept GOD..you never. we are not missionary and we leave others of different beliefs alone so would you please reword your question and direct it to the real culprits (the christian people) and yeah i can relate to you..i hate when other people (christians) shove their religion down my throat.
2007-04-07 03:58:45 · answer #1 · answered by mindy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that everyone has a right to their own beliefs. I do not believe they have a right to condescend anyone who doesn't measure up to their so-called standards which are double by the way, and aren't followed.
I do think it is too bad that you are just asking out a question, but it is being taken out of context to mean that you have something against anyone who expresses these on answers.
That is how paranoid people have become. God Bless!
2007-04-03 07:26:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With religious liberty comes the right to propagate your faith. Surely you cannot enter someones house and force them to hear sermons, but ministry on the sidewalks, publishing books, and having religious assemblies is NOT forcing religion. Read a history book to find out what forcing religion is. Merely hearing about this or that deity is not religious persecution. You put the people who suffered real persecution to shame. You cry over "hearing" of a God, but they went to prison, suffered, and died over their views of the Supreme Being. You disrespect them.
2007-04-03 05:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before atheists all agree to your call they will need to wash their own bloody hands.
You say that you want people to stop trying to "force their beliefs on you." But atheists do that. When they take force my children and grandchildren to listen to the hypothesis of evolution in school as if it were dogma not mentioning the problems with evolution, you are successfully forcing your beliefs on me and mine.
You say that you shouldn't be forced to support a belief system that you dissagree with. Yet you take my tax dollars to support the abortion of millions of innocent lives; a practice I detest.
You say that you feel that you are judged for not believing as they yet Christians have epitaphs such as "stupid; close minded; not living in the real world" and other insults by atheists. The peculiar thing about this is that a Christian view is that they are not better than anyone else, only that they believe in the saving power of God Who loves them and gave Himself for them. Sounds more humble than prideful.
So if you are willing to stop oppressing me by ceasing the previous things mentioned I will cease to 'oppress' you. In the meantime, we'll just call it a healthy exchange of ideas, ok?
2007-04-03 05:29:30 · answer #4 · answered by Bud 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Puh..lease! Force? This forum is for all beliefs in case you're new here. What you believe is your choice. We can all express our opinions though. No group can be fairly singled out as being judgemental-everyone blames the other side, and everyone feels judged. No one can 'make' you change your beliefs.
2007-04-03 06:11:23 · answer #5 · answered by beano™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't care about them trying to convert me -- it only bothers me when they want to legislate their superstitions in violation of the constitution.
The ones who come to my door are kinda fun...I invite them in, then demolish them intellectually. Though they come trying to convert *me*, I send them away either frustrated or (hopefully) actually thinking about all the contradictions in their beliefs for which they have no explanation. Perhaps some of them will come to recognize their delusion, and my discussion will be a spark to help them throw off the shackles of ignorance and superstition that keep them from knowing the real world.
Just saw in the news that 20% of americans 18-30 now consider themselves atheists...good news indeed. If reason keeps spreading among the youth like that, we won't have to worry about religious people trying to convert us for much longer, they will have gone the way of the dinosaurs (become extinct).
Peace.
2007-04-03 05:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who or what has made you guys so angry. I may share my beliefs, and in sharing you guys think I am trying to convert you.I am enjoying just talking to other believers. You guys are the ones trying to convert me.
I've known my Savior since I was 6 years old. Do you honestly think I have time to sit here and waste it on you, who are always looking for a fight.
I'm looking for those who honestly searching for life. Real life.
I'M PRAYING FOR YOU!!!
2007-04-03 05:37:52 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 02:43:26 · answer #8 · answered by fogleman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My apologizes to anyone who may have gotten the impression that I was trying to convert them or judge them.
I give answers to those who seek to understand what I believe by my own experience.
2007-04-03 05:30:32 · answer #9 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Holier-than-thous can be a real pain in the rear. If only they had the decency to recognize that other belief systems should also be respected.
2007-04-03 05:22:19 · answer #10 · answered by Fred 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋