Should any spiritual person try to convert others from their faith?
450946
No, and this is one of my pet peeves. I changed my religion because my initial one felt "wrong" to me. I went searching for what felt right and I found it through my own quest. I didn't need anyone badgering me, which is how every person I met trying to convert another has come off. I hate when people try to lay their own beliefs on others.
957473
Only if they had felt the faith/belief in their heart. They can understand intellectually but not completely.
364543
There comes a point in accepting faith, when that faith will be tested.  There are a great deal of souls that have not reached the same stage as you.  The secular world is full of temptations and holds onto them with greedy hands.  One of the reactions that people have around those who have accepted Christ, is to be repulsed by it.  It is natural.  They are not ready for it.  They do not need it yet.  I myself have felt this revulsion, and I myself have felt the movement of the Holy Spirit within me.  To be converted is to be in love, and nobody likes people in love.  They act sappy, but to that person who is in love, there is no feeling like it in the world.  You are on cloud nine for weeks on end, and someone's going to pull you down.  Misery loves company.  Just hang on to that faith now, and guard it like your most precious possession.  Pray for those who would revile you.  After all, it is easy to love your friends, but not so easy to love your enemies.
1109424
a) Challenge everything you can, its the only way we learn. If part of my faith is proven wrong, then so be it.
754820
Good question mate!\nI... don't know if I would, honestly. I'm not religious but I am spiritual, and if I lost that part of my life... It sounds terrible but it depends on who the person was. I'd save anyone I knew in a shot, but a stranger? \nFeel guilty saying this so I'm gonna stop!\nOne. x\n- ACTUALLY, the main part of my religion is morals and the rest is science and optimism, so I would have to say yes. It would be the right thing to do, and since I claim to care about morals I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't denounce my beliefs for them.
1088456
This is a very important question.  Yes, it's true that, ideally, every "true christian" should desire to worship God at and with every waking moment.  Unfortunately, it's also true that not a single person on earth is perfect.  "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."\nIt's not a matter of faith, since this person obviously (from what is presented here) believes strongly in God, Jesus, and the whole shabang... it's a matter of overcoming the flesh, the human nature, that is pretty much the basis of all the struggles that all Christians (not just new converts) face.  It's a matter of beating temptation, and I think in you friend's case, it is a matter of beating the temptation to simply believe without acting upon these beliefs both in spirit and in action.  Believing in Jesus and his sacrifice makes you a Christian, but following Jesus and trying to do his will is what allows you to fulfill God's purpose in your life.
976779
I only approach others under unction or nudging of the Holy spirit in my community and if it wasn't for that then I wouldn't do it at all. It's all about obedience and as for me I don't do it for just love nor compassion and definitely not for the good life in the afterlife but only because I am commanded too and I must obey and trust God to do the rest. I firmly believe that believers must let their light shine so that those who are lost will be drawn then God does the rest not me. I can only tell them what they ask of me and that's the truth. My goal on this site is to learn from other believers and not to convert nor to seek out those who are lost. Some believers may call me selfish for not reaching out but this section for me to be enlighten by others who are on a spiritual journey as I.\n\nShalom
206061
People push it on you because they believe strongly, that they have found the only path to heaven. They are just trying to bring you into the faith because they care about you and want you to go to heaven too. The unfortunate thing is most people don't know how to go about "selling" their faith to others, and sadly, end up offending more than they convert. It is not intentional, it is an unfortunate by product of their good intentions. I am sorry that this friend has made you feel like your faith is a lie, or rather that he is calling it that. Thank you however, for keeping an open mind about the whole thing. Christianity can be a bit messed up at times. Most Christian faiths think that any other Christian faith that isn't theirs is going to hell too, so don't feel too bad. The way I look at it, if you are right with God, that is all that really matters.
1001555
Apologize profusely for not believing, but I would plead my case and explain that all that I have done in my life would add up to the same. And that in all cases I have nothing but the utmost respect for anyone who stands by their religion. I learned a long time ago that nothing should change the way you feel about your convictions, not even angels, because the evil one can disguise himself as an angel of light.
69642
I wish they would. I think each person has their own path and a right to that path and if it makes them a better person who are we to try and judge them or convert them. I think if people really lived according to the basis of most religions they would respect others and love their neighbor without prejudice. It would be a wonderful world if we all would seek first to understand, then to be understood. Not have to insist on being right or seeing their way as the only way or others seeing people of other religions as a threat or some sort of abomination to their religion. I find it quite hypocritical and ironic.
445739
No. Absolutely not. The fact that I have a strong faith is a personal decision. What anyone else chooses to believe in is entirely up to them, and I do respect that. I wouldn't be living the way my faith requires if I were to push it onto someone else. I respect their beliefs the same way that I would want someone to respect mine. (Lutheran)
797265
I don't think it can be miraculous, unless you're referring to their attitude in religion. I would tell them to let God and Jesus enter their life, to accept God, and to call on His angels. I would tell the person to think positive and make the most of your life to pay it forward, to accept the good, bad and ugly days that are colored black, white or shades of gray.
858280
One of our biggest problems--and the fastest way of turning others off to faith--is that so many of us believers think our way is the only way to approach God.  We don't allow for differences in the body of believers.  Jesus had dinner with tax collecors, allowed a prostitute to anoint him, and had fellowship with the woman at the well.  In fact, many of the most powerful moments in his ministry involved his encounters with folk who scandalized the establishment.  \n\nWho are we to try to ban someone just because he has a few ideas different than ours if Jesus refused to do that?\n\nPS for David:  I hope your sabbath was all you hoped for.  Blessings!
646282
Apparently you can, but it is not easy. It requires a total change of lifestyle and, in some cases, of faith.
569873
They say you can't, but if this is what you believe in, that you are walking in the wrong path and are now choosing another, which is your right to freedom to choose any way.\n\nI would urge you to go on. Many people especially Christians have died for their faith. We know that for every martyred, there is great rejoicing in heaven not that they died or where killed, but because they died for their faith.
44936
I think the key word in your question is respect.  It is entirely possible to disagree with someone and still respect them.  The other thing that we need to remember when dealing with people from other religions, is that we are representing our own faith to them.  As a Christian, my faith teaches me to love my neighbors, and it even teaches me to love my enemies.  So, I am certainly called to love people of other faiths.
915407
i am christian, and would not try to convert him so that he would not be tortured.\n\ni am not responsible for Louie's beliefs.  He is.