2007-12-22 06:59:40 · 12 answers · asked by Lady Death 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually I just want others options. I have no need to convince anyone.
2007-12-22 07:04:37 · update #1
I am getting a lot of good answers thank you.
2007-12-22 07:08:28 · update #2
Thank you moddy almondy, Jon M, Scooterette1!, aida, Molly Amandine, Cheryl E, dovesong44, for your answers these are most likely to be what I chose for best answer, wish I could chose them all.
2007-12-22 07:28:07 · update #3
That's not a question you should be asking, much less desire. Free will is everyone's right and no one should try to convince anyone to do anything.
You're free to answer questions and discuss what you believe but pushing it on someone else will only drive them further away.
2007-12-22 07:09:27 · answer #1 · answered by dovesong44 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why should I want to convince someone to believe what I believe? That would make them pretty pliable, gullible, and not someone whom I would have any respect for. I expect people to have their own ideas and beliefs. Even if I don't agree with them, I'll respect them MUCH more than if they are convinced by every argument they hear to believe something different.
2007-12-22 15:06:17 · answer #2 · answered by Cheryl E 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would never try to convince a person to believe the way I "want them to." That seems very arrogant and egocentric to me.
I do want them to know God, and to be able to tell the difference between the real God and the phony god that some fundamentalists push, but that only means I wish they would believe the way GOD wants them to believe -- I have nothing to do with it except as a guide to what God wants.
What God wants for them is perfect. What I want for them might be totally wrong, despite my best intentions.
I think the best way to convince somebody to believe the way God wants them to is to do what Jesus told us to do: Love one another as He loved us.
2007-12-22 15:02:52 · answer #3 · answered by Acorn 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Live your life as an example in front of them. Eventually, they will see how your beliefs affect your life, in both positive and negative ways.
2007-12-22 15:04:18 · answer #4 · answered by Scooterette1! 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shut up and lead by example.
There's nothing less attractive than preaching mingled with hypocrisy.
2007-12-22 15:02:41 · answer #5 · answered by moddy almondy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Live what you believe and pray that you're setting an attractive example. And pray!
2007-12-22 15:04:19 · answer #6 · answered by aida 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want them to believe in a religion, some time of traumatic brain injury will probably be helpful.
2007-12-22 15:03:12 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
You can't force someone to believe what you want them to believe.
You can tell them why you believe, but the rest is up to them,
a little breathing room please, sheesh...
2007-12-22 15:04:36 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
show them the truth of the gospel, with the gospel.
2007-12-22 15:06:34 · answer #9 · answered by paula r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Threaten them with death. Worked pretty good for Christians and Muslims.
2007-12-22 15:03:47 · answer #10 · answered by James G 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋