Converts...from Islam to Christianity?

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 12-31-2008, 23:12

Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly

So you've seen atheists dristribute flyers saying people are going to if they don't follow the true religion...

The way HoreTore worded his post was obviously a little strange. However, yes, I have seen (and I presume he has seen as well) atheists distributing flyers saying that religion is wrong.

im sure there are atheists who try to force thier beliefs on others, but they are hugely outnumbered by christians who try to force thier beliefs on others...

Perhaps it is a matter of location, but I've always had many more militant atheists trying to talk me into following their quasi-religion.

**Alexanderofmacedon** · 01-01-2009, 00:30

I agree in many circumstances it's annoying and often they sound ignorant, but when they're telling you that you're going to hell, in many cases they genuinly believe what they're talking about and want to "save" you. At least from what my right wing Christian conservatives tell me...

Converting seems to be a problem when money is involved. For example Mormons require members of the church to send 1/10th (I think that's the fraction) of their income to the Mormon church. There is a perfect reason to have aggressive conversion stances...

**LittleGrizzly** · 01-01-2009, 00:43

Perhaps it is a matter of location, but I've always had many more militant atheists trying to talk me into following their quasi-religion.

Well to be honest in personal experience its hardly any of either, in school it simply wasn't discussed except in r.e. though thinking on it that means we get told about all the religions but not atheism... but in personal experience very little of christianity, and well i never see like a group of people in town centre trying to tell people theres no god, maybe it only happens in fairly big cities but in the likes of newport and cardiff and i can honestly say i haven't seen it (not that im there all the time)

I was more basing my opinion on the fact that there are big powerful organisations with commited followers who want to convert people, whereas there seem to be little disorganised groups of atheists making the odd effort, with things like the bus advertising topic we discussed a while back...

**HoreTore** · 01-01-2009, 04:05

Originally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon

I agree in many circumstances it's annoying and often they sound ignorant, but when they're telling you that you're going to hell, in many cases they genuinly believe what they're talking about and want to "save" you. At least from what my right wing Christian conservatives tell me...

So what? Why on earth should I care...?

**Alexanderofmacedon** · 01-01-2009, 19:42

Originally Posted by HoreTore

So what? Why on earth should I care...?

Take it as a compliment they care about your being in their afterlife. Other then that, get over it.

**Fragony** · 01-01-2009, 20:21

Kinda funny how the most anti-religion are usually the same people who are convinced the earth is warming up. Coincidence, I think not.

**HoreTore** · 01-02-2009, 08:11

Originally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon

Take it as a compliment they care about your being in their afterlife. Other then that, get over it.

1. I don't care what they think of me.
2. I won't get over it as long as they keep pestering me. If the missionaries could just keep their bloody faith to themselves like most religious people, I wouldn't have a problem.

Originally Posted by Fragony

Kinda funny how the most anti-religion are usually the same people who are convinced the earth is warming up. Coincidence, I think not.

Do you know my stance on enviromentalism, Frags?

And quit the "atheists do this and that" yadda yadda. My stance on religious/existential issues is impossible to push on others, because my stance is apathy and "could not care or interest me in the slightest".... Pretty hard to work up the energy to spread apathy...

**Fragony** · 01-02-2009, 18:00

Originally Posted by HoreTore

And quit the "atheists do this and that" yadda yadda.

Hey I can relate, I am atheist from the Dutch biblebelt I feel your pain glad I am out of there

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 01-02-2009, 18:22

Originally Posted by HoreTore

And quit the "atheists do this and that" yadda yadda.

Don't like being on the receiving end for once, do you?

**Fragony** · 01-01-2009, 13:41

Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars

The way HoreTore worded his post was obviously a little strange. However, yes, I have seen (and I presume he has seen as well) atheists distributing flyers saying that religion is wrong.

Atheists are much more pushy indeed. Christians accepts atheism, and I never have Jehova's at my door, had one in the 7 years I live here, gave her a cup of coffee was raining like hell and politely said I wasn't interested and that was all there was to it.