"Christians Offended by Proselytizing?"

[crysthewolf]

http://www.wildhunt.org/2008/07/christians-offended-by-proselytizing.html

Juuuuust thought it was interesting. ;)

Comments

[crysthewolf.livejournal.com]

Do you mean the article is close-minded or the Christians offended by prostelytizing are close-minded?

[smithwick1974.livejournal.com]

you I thought about the wording after I left the library, and I am sorry that I forgot to clarify: the christians offended by the prolyelytizing are close minded.

[crysthewolf.livejournal.com]

lol, ok. That's what made the most sense, I just wasn't positive.

And yeah, although I can see the point a little bit. I don't know if I'd consider it close-minded as much as hypocritical, or at least POTENTIALLY hypocritical. After all, there wasn't really a poll done on those same Christians to ask if THEY ever prostelytized (and no, I never do spell that word correctly, although I think I spell it differently every time, so at least I can't be accused of being boring. ;) ), so maybe it wasn't even hypocritical. Maybe they're just, scared.

I know that I get edgy when Christians try to convert me because I'm scared to death of being re-converted. I don't WANT to be a Christian anymore, I don't LIKE myself as a Christian, and I don't like how being a Christian makes me FEEL. I suppose it's possible that they've just found something that makes them happy and don't want to be tempted to leave that.

Albeit, I don't mind being prostelytized to much anymore because I don't think I'm nearly as at risk of going back to it as I used to be (religion can be like an addiction, I think), so it doesn't bother me quite as much. I'm incredibly happy where I am. So I am forced to wonder, if the people who ARE afraid of being converted out of their religion, are really happy where THEY are.

[smithwick1974.livejournal.com]

I don't like prostelytizing, and I hate being prostelytized. It's too much of a sales pitch.

Personally, I like conversations with people who don't think the same way as I do, because it gives me a chance to learn; and the only constant thing I have learned is that there are far more similarites than differences.

Besides it's God who converts, I'd rather have a beer(or coffee...or tea), and conversation

[crysthewolf.livejournal.com]

*nods* I definitely think it's interesting to talk to people who think differently than I do. Particularly considering that the only way to talk to someone who thinks exactly the same way you do is to talk to yourself. ;)

Yeah, my thing I think is that some people tend to be so ready to be offended. I'm not even OFFENDED when someone tries to talk to me about God or convert me necessarily... especially if it's some guy on the street. I'm offended if someone treats me like there's something wrong with me because I'm not like them, y'know?

[smithwick1974.livejournal.com]

no doubt...

last year around race time, ian, doug, and myself went to the circle to visit carrie at work. some guy came up to us with a track, which prompted, doug and myself to make a few snide remarks about his salesmanship, but ian engaged him. Ian said that we were all christians, and this guy went into an interrogation as to where we went to church. I knew where this was going: He was seeking out if were "real" christians like him, and not counterfeits. that just made me mad.