Do You Feel Upset Or Condemn Someone Who Rejects Your Spiritual Beliefs For Another?

Question

If someone has TRULY delved into your belief system, doctrine, holy scripture and it did not:

- Point them to a God who inspires love, trust, awe and devotion
- Bring them happiness, peace of mind and spirit and the means to live in harmony with the world and its challenges
- Give them hope for the future, comfort during times of grief
- Answer fundamental questions about their purpose on earth in a way that made sense and completed the picture for them.

And as a result, they switch and go to another religion or not, that finally DOES THESE THINGS and fulfills them spiritually.....

Do you feel happy for them or do you get upset when this happens and accuse the person of actually rejecting the TRUE God, not trying HARD enough, or being evil at heart?

Do you think God BIGGER than a religion or book and can transcend these to reach anyone in anyway that will speak to them?

OR

Your religion/beliefs/holy book is the ONLY way God has chosen to reveal Himself?

Answer 1

I think it's up to everyone to find what they believe in. Yes, I can share what I believe, but they have the chance to say no or yes to that. It doesn't bother me if they don't accept it. They have to find what is right for them.

There are many different ways to find truth, and each person has their own way of finding it. My way may not be right for someone else, and vise versa. That doesn't make their way wrong, and my way right.

I don't think God will condemn someone just because they didn't believe or accept something. Their own personal truths are what matters. And in the end, God judges a persons heart, not what they know.

God can reveal Himself to people in many different ways. Not everyone who has a personal spiritual experience has a religion, or anything to go by but personal experiences. If God chooses to show that person something, then that is their own personal spiritual experience and has nothing to do with religion, but with their relationship with God.

Answer 2

I know this question is directed towards christians, but I will answer anyway.
I was raised in a certain religion, and it did not work for me. I found it to be more destructive to me than anything. I am now quite happy as a atheist. The reason I *try* to keep an open mind towards anything and everything that people believe is, I changed my mind. There was a time when I was very devoted to that religion. Then, I found something that worked better. And I am still really young - I have no idea what else I will learn about that will change my life. I honestly don't know what I will end up believing in. So, I really try to just say "whatever works for them is great." I have no room to judge them.

Answer 3

I guess this wasn't really directed at me, since I'm a Pagan.

But no, when someone studies my religion and does not find it to be something that calls to them, I just respect our differences. After all, conformity would be boring. I know that different people have different needs, and I know that my religion will not empower and fulfill everyone.

The important thing is that it fulfills and empowers me. And I hope that the other person finds something that will do the same for them.

Answer 4

There is only one way...through Jesus.
I, however, do not condemn anyone's choices. My job is to witness to the sacrifice and love of Jesus. Whatever choice someone makes is their own....if it is the wrong one, God will still turn that bad choice into good for His overall purpose.
I have made MANY wrong choices along the way and I know that I did not like being judged by others when I did fall.

Good question! Have a great week!

Answer 5

Good question,

Actually there´s a quote from a Christian book i´d like to share about it:

"It is no part of Christ's mission to compel men to receive Him. It is Satan, and men actuated by his spirit, that seek to compel the conscience. Under a pretense of zeal for righteousness, men who are confederate with evil angels bring suffering upon their fellow men, in order to convert them to their ideas of religion; but Christ is ever showing mercy, ever seeking to win by the revealing of His love. He can admit no rival in the soul, nor accept of partial service; but He desires only voluntary service, the willing surrender of the heart under the constraint of love. There can be no more conclusive evidence that we possess the spirit of Satan than the disposition to hurt and destroy those who do not appreciate our work, or who act contrary to our ideas." Desire of Ages, page 487.3

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Answer 6

I personally dont care what someone believes as long as they have something to believe in and they dont want to try to take away what i believe. It is our right here to believe what we want. I know, that pesky first amendment gets in the way from all their oppressive fun.

Honestly, if it works for them, im glad for them. Otherwise, I hope they are looking elsewhere to figure out what will work.

Answer 7

G-d reveals in light. If a friend of mine embraced something I could not understand I would continue to love him or her, but I'm not sure how happy I could be for them. I don;t believe G-d has revealed himself fully yet, and we may be surprised at what he really is, but I do believe my faith and the New Testament are the closest we've come to understanding G-d, at present.

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Answer 9

Obviously not everyone has the same needs... it would be like me getting mad at someone for not buying the same mattress as I did.

Answer 10

What any person chooses to believe is **his/her** business ONLY... so there is no way in the world that they could offend me by personally rejecting anything that I believe.

(And wouldn't it be wonderful if ALL busybodyism disappeared overnight, worldwide?!?)