Lol, what? That post seems like complete nonsense.
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If one invites me to one' religion/no-religion, should I get annoyed with one?
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Lol, what? That post seems like complete nonsense.
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
Not as long as it does not persist after a polite "no thanks".
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
If one invites me to one' religion/no-religion, should I get annoyed with one?
Should I get annoyed with them, instead?
Regards
I am always happy when someone invites me to his religion/denomination/no-religion. Invitation is a sign of respect and I always take it in this spirit. I never get annoyed for that. I feel happy in the company of people whatever their religion/denomination/no-religion .
Should I get annoyed with them, instead?
Regards
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
Well, paarsurrey, I have been on this board long enough to know that you have annoyed quite a few people. LOL
But hey, if ya can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
I am always happy when someone invites me to his religion/denomination/no-religion. Invitation is a sign of respect and I always take it in this spirit. I never get annoyed for that. I feel happy in the company of people whatever their religion/denomination/no-religion .After reading the post you linked to I'm not sure I understand the question. Could you elaborate?
Should I get annoyed with them, instead?
Regards
psychoslice
Veteran Member
I personally believe that many in religion are insecure, and when one leaves the flock they panic. Its natural for humans to want to feel part of the herd mentality, we feel safe in numbers, so when one of our numbers disappears we feel fear, we project our fear onto the person who leaves.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
It is others inviting me.
Regards
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
If you are interested, stop and listen. If you are not interested, just say "no thank you" up front. If they persist, they are just rude people.
Mackerni
Libertarian Unitarian
Corrected.
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
You are welcome to your opinions. You are not welcome to change mine. I don't care if they are from a planet in another solar system.....they are rude people. All religions start as a cult. To many, they all remain so.
Aquitaine
Well-Known Member
Depends how the invitation is made. If you do so by claiming that said person's faith will eventually merge in to and under yours as your God intends, then maybe it will be met with negativity.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
I don't see any reason to get annoyed. I take it as a sign of respect.
Regards
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
Didn't say you were to get annoyed.......but I would be if people can't take no for an answer.
Mackerni
Libertarian Unitarian
Ha, yes! It was a tongue-in-cheek joke. Penn Jillette from Penn & Teller made a few videos regarding converting people to Christianity. He said that if he believed in Christianity and believed the ones he cared and loved for were actually going to go to Hell based on the fact that they aren't Christian, he would try to convert them and understand why other Christians would try to do the same.
If you follow me on this forum you'll see me express my religious concepts over and over again. I am very passionate about our exaltation. I'm looking forward to a very bright future, in the metaphorical sense. I try to convert people because I get a lot of fulfillment from my Faith, and I think if people understood the concepts the way I'd like to believe them, they would get the same amount of satisfaction as me. I have only found that the case so far for people that previously did not believe in anything (believing in atheism does not count).
Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
I certainly get it that people can be passionate about a belief, religious or otherwise. Atheism is not a belief, however. It does sometimes include specific positive beliefs, but not always. Those you speak of who did not believe in anything were by definition also atheists. That is because they lacked a belief in gods. Or we're you meaning that they were people who believed in a god of some kind but had not defined it?
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
The topic of the thread is "If one invites me to one' religion/no-religion, should I get annoyed with one?".
If somebody invites me to his religion, I am pleased with him rather than that I get angry with him. Why should I or anybody else?
Regards
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Milton Platt
Well-Known Member
If you are invariably pleased, then asking if you should get annoyed makes no sense. It is a simple personal choice.
Kelly of the Phoenix
Well-Known Member
Most evangelism strikes me like a bad car salesman:
*car explodes in lot*
Salesman: Comes with it's own fireworks display!
The only reason I would go now is if you are depressed or dying or something and need someone to go with you for sheer emotional support.
*car explodes in lot*
Salesman: Comes with it's own fireworks display!
The only reason I would go now is if you are depressed or dying or something and need someone to go with you for sheer emotional support.
Speaking for myself, when I engage in debate here, I'm open to having my mind changed. I also don't approach debate with a proselytizer's mindset: that without even knowing what the other person believes and why he believes it, he ought to set aside those beliefs in favour of what I believe.
My approach here in debate is that I'm throwing my belief into a pit with someone else's belief to let them fight so I can see which one wins. If my belief loses, I either fix it where it failed or throw it out completely to replace it with something else. This is very different from proselytizing.
Mackerni
Libertarian Unitarian
It was more in line with trying to get to the original thought. I have tried to convince atheists of my concepts, but they are against any notion of divinity. They use the words, "logic" and "science" to describe the things they believe in. I believe in the exact same things, only with a divinity attached to these concepts.