Conversion: Pagans, etc.

BobtheWalrus · 02-27-2008, 04:56 PM

Back in the day, the Christians went around trying to convert Paganistic peoples to their reiligion, why?

I've always wondered

Even today, if someone says they're agnostic, a person usually jump down their thoat and bombard them with why their religion is the best

Not saying that it's all Christians, only a few

Not trying to offend anyone, just asking

Dizzy · 02-27-2008, 05:09 PM

The churchy answer is because we want to save people.

Christians get a bad rap for pushing their beliefs and morals on others when in reality, for the average Christian it's nearly the opposite. For every one fundamentalist, there's thousands of normal people who are Catholics. We teach tolerance but at the same time we want people to at least look into our religion.

asuro · 02-27-2008, 05:16 PM

bc ppl always want other ppl to be like them.

BobtheWalrus · 02-27-2008, 05:17 PM

I know that it's not everybody, and only a few people, but howcome they're not after the Jewish people or Muslims? Maybe because that's been in on going battle for 2 centuraries?

Were the ancient Pagans, and Native Americans naive, when it came to their religions?
Wouldn't that be no belief in their religion?

asuro · 02-27-2008, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BobtheWalrus

I know that it's not everybody, and only a few people, but howcome they're not after the Jewish people or Muslims? Maybe because that's been in on going battle for 2 centuraries?

Were the ancient Pagans, and Native Americans naive, when it came to their religions?
Wouldn't that be no belief in their religion?

they probobaly think that pagans and antagonists and stuff are easier to convert. i dont know if ppl still think like this now but in the past christians saw pagans/natives of foriegn lands as primitive...and that through education they would see christianity as the right way. i also dont know if in the past they would want jews and muslims to become christian. idk....this is a tough question...and theres no right answer to it

BobtheWalrus · 02-27-2008, 05:33 PM

It still happens today though, even at school, people are trying to shove their ways down other people's throat

Why?

asuro · 02-27-2008, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BobtheWalrus

It still happens today though, even at school, people are trying to shove their ways down other people's throat

Why?

we have a whole bunch of non-relgious ppl at our school so we dont have this problem. we have a very very very diverse school so everyone has learned to pretty much accept the ideals of others or learn to leave them alone. i have, however, heard ppl trying to convince ppl not to be religious...which i dont care since i myself am not religious, but its still not right. although not the only non-religiouse ppl at school, the emos and goths are usually the ones that openly hate on it.

Kryren · 02-27-2008, 06:41 PM

Jews and Muslims believe in the same god that Christians do, and as such the desire to convert them is far from pressing. Pagans on the other hand are seen to worship "false gods" or "idols" and as such are going straight to hell.

They were also easier to convert as generally the Christians had more advanced technology (weapons, armor, medicine) and could produce "miracles" for the native peoples to convert them.

As to why, the Christians were given the order to go and spread their faith across the lands by Jesus and later by Paul.

As to why today, some people probably feel the genuine need to spread their faith, others just do it because it's what they have been told to do.

Gow616 · 02-28-2008, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by BobtheWalrus

Back in the day, the Christians went around trying to convert Paganistic peoples to their reiligion, why?

Why do Blu-Ray people want you to come to their side? Why do sports fans want you to cheer for their team? Why must you pick Xbox, PS3 or Wii? Apple or Windows or Linux? Democrat or Republican or other?

Etcetera, ad infinitum.

The only thing that gets under my collar is people condemning pagan religions.

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Originally Posted by BobtheWalrus

Even today, if someone says they're agnostic, a person usually jump down their thoat and bombard them with why their religion is the best

Same reason you have a few atheists jumping down Christian throats over the issue.

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Kryren Jr. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 347 Reputation: 21	Jews and Muslims believe in the same god that Christians do, and as such the desire to convert them is far from pressing. Pagans on the other hand are seen to worship "false gods" or "idols" and as such are going straight to hell. They were also easier to convert as generally the Christians had more advanced technology (weapons, armor, medicine) and could produce "miracles" for the native peoples to convert them. As to why, the Christians were given the order to go and spread their faith across the lands by Jesus and later by Paul. As to why today, some people probably feel the genuine need to spread their faith, others just do it because it's what they have been told to do. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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