What does conversion mean to you?

Question

To me it's the conversion of Hebrew myth into christian propaganda by way of the written word.....

Answer 1

Conversion for me was to drop religious fanaticism and wake up.

Answer 2

"What does conversion mean to you?" - It means that after much careful thought a person has freely desided to take another path instead of the path they were born/raised as child. Usually this is done with much care as they are unhappy somehow; and a need, a vacant ache has grown that must be paid serious attention to.
I actually do not know, why people are wired they way they are, only GOD knows. Some see in a faith not theirs a bonding and happiness they do not presently have. Others see a removal of materialism and a more focused approach to understanding their place in the universe. Others see bingo winnings and church socials. Some may want to be remembered as Saints are.
Many are non-violent faiths and this is atractive to some others. Other faiths are acient, and this ties the converted to early man. Some families have shamans in their family tree and the great great grandchildren may convert because of this family tie.

Answer 3

Conversion the process of calculating Fahrenheit into Celsius.

Answer 4

Qutestion: "What does conversion mean to you?"
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It means finally releasing one's traditions for something that one has discovered to be better. And it should only happen under those circumstances.

Answer 5

I would call it the conversion of Christianity to pseudo-Judaism by fundamentalists. Let's face it: they worship Jews. That's their god. Nothing to do with mine.
Maybe I should say "philo-judaism.

Answer 6

Implimenting Hydrogen technology, and converting it through our current energy grid!

One must have faith in hydrogen and the desire to do the best thing!

Answer 7

It means I'm in an international airport and have to exchange currency.

Answer 8

Do you mean when they convert an old church into a methadone clinic? Lol! Hiya :)

(I love Universal pant's answer!)

Answer 9

To me it means converting AC into DC. Which is what my welder does.

Answer 10

con·ver·sion
–noun 1. the act or process of converting; state of being converted.
2. change in character, form, or function.
3. spiritual change from sinfulness to righteousness.
4. change from one religion, political belief, viewpoint, etc., to another.
5. a change of attitude, emotion, or viewpoint from one of indifference, disbelief, or antagonism to one of acceptance, faith, or enthusiastic support, esp. such a change in a person's religion.
6. a physical transformation from one material or state to another: conversion of coal, water, and air into nylon.
7. the act of obtaining equivalent value, as of money or units of measurement, in an exchange or calculation: conversion of francs into dollars.
8. a physical, structural, or design change or transformation from one state or condition to another, esp. to effect a change in function: conversion of a freighter into a passenger liner.
9. a substitution of one component for another so as to effect a change: conversion from oil heat to gas heat.
10. Mathematics. a change in the form or units of an expression.
11. Logic. the transposition of the subject and predicate of a proposition, as “No good man is unhappy” becomes by conversion “No unhappy man is good.”
12. Law. a. unauthorized assumption and exercise of rights of ownership over personal property belonging to another.
b. change from realty into personalty, or vice versa, as in the sale or purchase of land or mining coal.

13. Football. a score made on a try for a point after touchdown by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the bar between the goalposts or by completing a pass in or running the ball into the end zone.
14. Psychoanalysis. the process by which a repressed psychic event, idea, feeling, memory, or impulse is represented by a bodily change or symptom.
15. Physics. the production of radioactive material in a process in which one nuclear fuel is converted into another by the capture of neutrons. Compare breeding (def. 6).
16. Computers. a. the process of changing software designed to run on one computer system to run on another.
b. the change from an existing computer system to a new computer system.
c. the act of transferring or copying data stored on one storage medium to another storage medium.
d. the process of changing the base that a number or numbers are written in.

17. the transformation of material from a form suitable for printing by one process to a form suitable for another process: a halftone gravure conversion.