Is there ever truly a point in trying to make others see things your way?

Question

Personally I don't see the point in trying to make people believe the way that I believe or feel how I feel or even to have them see and agree with everything that I do or believe simply because at the end of the day I'm gonna believe how I want to believe and I realize that everybody else is gonna do the same thing as well. So I ask you why do some people feel the need to do that and are you one of those people?

Answer 1

You are perfectly correct in your appraisal of things. We ARE different, yer speaking for myself, I absolutely LOVE that fact. This would be one very boring universe if everyone and everythng conformed precisely to MY expectations. I have never asked for others to change and come to MY way of thinking. All I've ever done is to simply ASK that people accept me for WHO and WHAT I am. That is what I have done with them and feel that it's ONLY right that they treat me in the same way. In my answers, I've tried to see thngs from their perspectives. Some times I have been very perceptive and have been able to do so. Other times I find it extremely difficult to see things from their points of view. Through it all I have found that we are all MORE alike than we ever realized. Perhaps we can use those commonalities to reach out to each other and come to an understanding among ourselves. We are ALL members of this strange species of talking monkeys who stand on two feet (no offense to those who are unable to ACTUALLY stand on both feet, mind you). We ALL are different. There HAS to be SOME reason that we are like that. We live in a time where there are going to be some MAJOR changes in our world. These changes are going to affect every single thing on this planet. OUR response as a FAMILY of living creatures on this world WILL determine our fate in the final outcome. I don't know if there truly IS a Divine Being or not. I have ONLY my Faith and Belief that it is so. I can ALSO understand how some people find the existence of a Divine being hard to swallow. That in and of itself, does NOT make them BAD people. THEY are just as unsure of things as WE are and, no matter how things turn out for us as a people on this World, we ARE ALL in this thing together. We ALL sink or swim in whatever is in store for us, as History unfolds itself. There is an AWFUL lot WRONG with the way things have been done in the past, An awful LOT wrong in the way things are being done right NOW. The important thing is, CAN we actually LEARN from it all or are we doomed to end up hating each other in an endless series of HATEFESTS towards each other for eternity? I certainly hope not. WE, as an entire race of people on the planet HAVE to come together to try and solve our problems, and we have to do so together. We NEED to set aside our petty differences and realize that by ONLY working together can we solve our ever increasing world-wide problems.

Thanks for this question. It touches on asomething that I think we ALL know deep down in our hearts. A LOT of us still have some things to work out for ourselves but as I see it, there IS still hope for our world..

Brightest Blessings,
Raji the Green Witch

Answer 2

I think that they feel if they can't make people agree with that they believe then maybe they are wrong. They don't want to be wrong so they want to try and get other to agree with them and when they can't they get defensive and start calling them idiots or something like that or in some religions telling them they will be tortured forever. Thats the only way I can really see it. It's human nature you don't like to be wrong others just really take it to the extreme. They aren't secure enough in what they believe so they need everyone to agree and if they don't agree then it must mean the person either lack intelligence or is just a bad person.

Answer 3

yes and no. like the issue of breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding.

since the beginning of time human babies relied on human moms to feed them. then come the 1960's and the big campaign to switch to bottles . women everywhere caved in because they were convinced by others that is was better for the baby, more convenient for them, and somehow more sanitary to use artifical methods.

then a few decades later, it was discovered that babies were prone to be more allergic, experienced speech delays and lowered brain development, and a whole host of issues that all related to how they were fed at an early age. so in the 1980/1990s, the push started for women to return to the methods of their ancestors to ensure the best for their babies.

so...yes and no. if someone is doing something that is not beneficial and is not aware that is not beneficial, it would be kind to let them know. (unfortunately, we are our brother's keeper) but on the other side, having pointed out the matter and the other person is unwilling to consider a different pov, then your point is well taken.

Answer 4

Personally i find it amusing when people come over all preachy and tell you that you are going to "hell" unless you start believing in god. It's as if some religions have points systems like on YA, the more people you convert, the greater chance you have of getting into "heaven"

I'm an Atheist and i really could care less about forcing my own non-religious beliefs on people. If someone wants my opinion, i'll give it to them but i'm not some Atheist missionary who needs a flock of followers!!!

Answer 5

I am somewhat like that. Hopefully none of us is so sure of himself about everything that he is not going to change his thinking about anything, ever. I feel the need to share my life experiences and whatever bit of wisdom I have gained so far as a humanitarian duty. I hope others will do the same for me as well. I don't expect or even want people to "change", but rather to refine and enlarge their views based on new information or experience.

Answer 6

I think the one who went deeper into the problem (by reading books on the subject and doing any kind of researches on it, since he/she was really interested to have a really objective and wise point of view on the problem), should be listened and, eventually, followed. Yes, it happens to me to try and make other people change their point of view on some subject, if I understand they are trying to give a superficial point of view on it, while I tried to go deeper into it and I think to have built a very objective and wise point of view on it (the most objective and wise as I can). At the other hand, if on a subject I know someone who went deeper than me, into it, I will change my point of view on the subject itself and "hug" the point of view of the person who is more objective and wiser than me in considering it. (Sorry for being so long!). INNER PEACE.

Answer 7

I agree, but more often I like to share my beliefs with people who disagree and make them try to see it from my point of view. Often people can change dramatically from seeing things in a new light.

Answer 8

I am not and I also dislike people that are. The church preaches that you have to spread the word and try to ensure all will go to heaven. In order to to that you have to be willing to push your beliefs on others that don't really want to hear it. I am not willing to do that, nor am I willing to sit and listen to someone that will not stop sticking their collective noses into my beliefs.

Answer 9

All you can do is point things out and not try to ramp your beliefs down someone else throat.

Answer 10

It is not good to force your will
on others. It is good to give
witness to the truth, if asked.
If you see a person doing wrong,
then tell them it is wrong. If you
do not, then you must surely hate
them. And yourself. :)