am I the only one that sees that evangelizing is the root of almost all religious conflicts?

I absolutely agree with you. If someone thinks they are helping me by sharing their beliefs with me, that always means that they think they are right and I am wrong, and they are afraid for my soul, because they believe that I will suffer dire consequences if I am unable to accept their faith. They don't seem able to grasp that that attitude, in itself, tells me that they consider their faith the only true one, and that makes them feel superior to me. They don't get that people can always feel it if someone else thinks they are superior to them, and they will always react to that.

If someone doesn't believe the things I do, to me it simply means that we disagree, but it doesn't mean either of us is better...we are just on different paths, and all paths lead to the same destination.

Telling somebody there is hope when they feel hopeless is not wrong.

The wrong would be to condemn the person if they choose not to listen.

There’s nothing wrong with telling somebody about a free and precious gift. But if they don’t want the gift, that is their choice and we should let them be.

Historically you will see that often the divisions were more about somebody trying to hold on to power than a genuine desire to convert. A person might want to hold a valuable trade route through mountains, for example. So he tells the locals that they must not cooperate with people of different religions because they are evil. Soon enough you build genuine distrust and hatred and if anybody ‘different’ tries to use the route he will be killed. And the person controlling the route becomes obscenely wealthy.

Look at the motives. If this one individual genuinely trying to help another or is this about power.

i imagine on your case, you requested for it once you needed a kin reunion. in case you recognize what to assume, then next time, be prepared for what's to come back. like another poster pronounced, learn up on issues and be prepared with an answer to even with they ought to assert. If it bothers you all that a lot, then say some thing. i'm particular they propose properly, yet enable them recognize that it makes you uncomfortable. i'm satisfied that you all appreciate one yet another sufficient that you'll question if you're soliciting for too a lot. i myself were df in spite of the undeniable fact that it does no longer make me turn adverse to my faith. It strengthens my faith and that i admit my wrongs, yet i am going to't turn faraway from my beliefs after experiencing what I actually have. to each and every their personal, i'm on the different end, the position none of my kin are contained in the religion. I actually have carried out it by myself and made blunders, yet no longer some thing on heaven and earth can turn me away. I desire i develop into on your shoes......

It would alleviate many problems if evangelizing stopped and people were able to accept other beliefs with the same respect they want for theirs.

Quite often when you try to rescue a drowning person they will struggle against you.

Does that mean you should just let them drown?

If we truely "love thy neighbor" you will be concerned for there well being. Whether they go to heaven or hell. You are obligated to plant a seed and let God do the rest.

"What's your name?"

"Kunta. Kunta Kinte."

"What's your name?"

"Ok, ok. I was just playing..... Toby"

I don't know but since then I've always seen the person with the whip as evil regardless of their motive.

no i agree with you i dont think that any god would approve of killing someone just because they dont beleve the same thing as you do

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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I will...But I hope you get to tell him yourself friend. By the way killing is against christianity...just because something is done in the name of god does not mean god is in it.

nope, you got it 100%