What do you think?

So since I've been growing and learning more about my faith, and Christ, there's been a lot of discussion at my church around the idea of preaching to others.

This conflicts me greatly, as I've said in the past, I used to be Christian in name only and used to very much live by "to each their own" "live and let live" etc etc. of course now I've come to actually follow the beliefs I once claimed, I understand we as a people want to give as many people a chance as we can to come to know Christ.

My question is this, all those who don't believe, I'm really curious, if you believed there was a chance we were in fact correct, and we by all means could be,

What would you see as worse?
1. Christians pushing more and more to try and convince and convert more and more people?

2. Or, if Christians , with all our beliefs in that
You need to follow Christ to be saved, if we just excluded ourselves as a religion, and kept to ourselves?

I ask because I by all means want to give as many people a chance to know Christ as I do,
But I also remember those feelings of just wanting to keep my beliefs to myself and not really caring what others believed or wanting to bother others(I was not the nicest person lol 😅)

Edit: sorry I think I wrote this poorly, I'm not trying to claim or imply anything religious, I'm more asking a question around being made to make a choice you don't want to make, or being in a situation where your not even aware about a choice to Begin with (basically getting a bad end without being told a bad end exists)

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Thodsis · 51-55, M

I think that the second option would be worse.

Any group that seeks to exclude themselves from everybody else seems to become prone to abuse from their leaders.

The lack of exposure to the thoughts of those outside the group would probably make the group members more vulnerable.

GeminiDuality · 31-35, M

@Thodsis I didn't think about that angle , but your definitely correct, there are lots of examples of exclusivist Christian groups going weird

Thodsis · 51-55, M

@GeminiDuality The other option is also not so bad.

It might irritate those who are being preached to but may make them think about why they regard gods as imaginary beings.

GeminiDuality · 31-35, M

@Thodsis that's why I do this, I like thinking of unconventional ways of making people think, and I like hearing the opinions of those who don't believe

Thodsis · 51-55, M

@GeminiDuality What other disbeliefs would you like to listen to?

GeminiDuality · 31-35, M

@Thodsis well I talked to a satanist once, that was eye opening, Ive talked to a couple of people who follow Hinduism, a Jehovas witness....that was wild, and a ton of atheists, even a few agnostics.

I like listening to anyone respectful enough to appreciate my beliefs while also willing to discuss theirs, usually just comparisons in the end

Thodsis · 51-55, M

@GeminiDuality What did the satanist say?

GeminiDuality · 31-35, M

@Thodsis believe it or not, they don't believe in Satan....go figure

Thodsis · 51-55, M

@GeminiDuality I think that's the point of modern satanism.

There are many gods that have been invented.

The currently 'trending' one has only been around for a relatively short amount of time.

'Satan' is just one of those invented gods.

So why not just pick the anti-establishment one?

It's a bit punk. :)

GeminiDuality · 31-35, M

@Thodsis jeepers 😮 that's very punk