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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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HoeBag · 51-55, F
People are free to believe as they wish, but should probably keep it to themselves or discuss only among like-minded.

I believe REAL christians do not feel the need to go around boasting about it.
Anyone can call themselves a christian but it doesn't mean they are "Saved".

In my observations, most people calling themselves that do so for one of two main reasons -

They are looking for an excuse to h4te the Left or more specifically, the LGBT.
Or they are trying to get out of having to go to h3ll.
GeminiDuality · 31-35, M
@HoeBag I definitely think the discussion should be open so people outside have a chance to learn and understand, but I definitely don't think forcing it on people is the right move,

For me I think of it like my posts, you CAN reply to it and respond to it, if you want to interact, or you can go past it or even block me , so that people have options.

And yes 1000% correct, being a faithful Christian means a constant battle to be better then our wants and personal struggles, no one is inherently saved, everyone has the ability to be. I'm that middle ground idiot that messes up but is trying lol