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Reply to "Should Christians Refute False/Cult Teachings On Public Forums?"

We all can read or we wouldn't be reading posts.  We can all visit our local churches, read books, read on the internet, talk to friends, etc., so if any one of us or anyone who happens along here wanted to learn more about Christianity or anything else we can ask someone or read it.  If someone is searching s/he is perfectly capable of asking for information.  If semi or anyone else is searching for a belief system she is perfectly capable of finding one on her own privately without explaining anything to anyone or needing anyone to come tell her what to believe.  I am not speaking for her or anyone, but just saying that this type of search is intensely private and when one is bullied into it then it isn't that person't true path, but instead someone being led by the nose.

 

That is where zealots of any religion (or those insisting no one should believe in any religion) make a big mistake in my opinion.  When the nuns and priests told me as a child that they were the ones who "knew" what the right way to worship was it set off alarm bells for me, and anyone who says that now still does.  When anyone tries to tell me his or her way is the only way and that I must believe or else it is a signal to me that this person isn't coming from a place of inner peace with his/her beliefs, but is coming from a place of force and bullying.  If that is what a person's system of beliefs teaches I want no part of it.  I take responsibility for my own actions, and I would think I was being arrogant to decide that I knew what the best path was for anyone else.

 

Any religion or other group who tells me I am not supposed to think for myself and reason out what makes sense to me is a cult and the person isn't representing something healing and peaceful in my personal opinion, and therefore I am not interested.  So when a person tries to push me into his/her beliefs it turns me totally off.  I can read and think for myself, and I respect everyone else's right to do that as well.  If I say I am happy with the path I am on that means I am not interested in being converted to another one, so beating me over the head with something isn't going to make me run toward it.  

 

So really why does it matter it would take for a person to become Christian?  You assume she and all others here really want to be Christian but for some reason just haven't gotten there yet, but  (can't speak for semi, but in general) people are actually able to choose for themselves and might not want to be one.  There really are many people who lead happy, healthy, balanced lives and do good deeds without belonging to one particular religion or any religion at all, whether any particular person believes that or not.  Some have already searched and found a path that is right where they want to be and have no interest in being Christian, and that is a legitimate and personal choice.  It doesn't mean they just haven't gotten to Christianity yet, but that they are wherever they need to be that might not be where someone else feels they should be, and when someone says that it means" I am not interested in being bullied about my choices and it isn't up for negotiation, so let's move on".  Really.

 

Perhaps the real question is, "What would it take for you to stop pushing people into believing exactly as you do?" to anyone who has the urge to do that. 


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