When you meet someone who is an atheist do you try to educate them on God?
MsBaptistGirl
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honestly ill tell you how i really feel about this question.personally iam scared of atheist and i would be a bit nervous speaking with them.but if they really had a question and they asked me and was respectful i would of course talk to them.but a person who is atheist or dosent belive in god or hates god i will question that persons actions towards the outside world.meaning if they would hurt someone and thats a bit of a problem because you are not suppose to live in fear.
no one is perfect and iam saying iam not.so with that said i may be a bit quiet around them.
i have never met a atheist in real life and i would never in million years want to.thats what apart of me says however....i also feel if they really have a question and wants my advice on god and mabe wanting to change i would talk. god bless
no one is perfect and iam saying iam not.so with that said i may be a bit quiet around them.
i have never met a atheist in real life and i would never in million years want to.thats what apart of me says however....i also feel if they really have a question and wants my advice on god and mabe wanting to change i would talk. god bless
SweaterKitteh
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I'm not Mormon.
APandStudy
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Educate? Is that a subtler word than "convert"?
I respect everyone's beliefs, regardless, because I want that respect to be reciprocated. I clarify misunderstandings (for example, some of my friends were laughing about the "rich man and the eye of a camel" story. They thought I was stupid for believeing in something so literal, and I explained to them that the "eye of a camel" actuall referred to the narrow gates in the walls that surrounds cities in Biblical times.)
I don't try to "educate" others who have already decided for themselves because I don't want them to "educate" me about their faithlessness. To each his own, you know?
I respect everyone's beliefs, regardless, because I want that respect to be reciprocated. I clarify misunderstandings (for example, some of my friends were laughing about the "rich man and the eye of a camel" story. They thought I was stupid for believeing in something so literal, and I explained to them that the "eye of a camel" actuall referred to the narrow gates in the walls that surrounds cities in Biblical times.)
I don't try to "educate" others who have already decided for themselves because I don't want them to "educate" me about their faithlessness. To each his own, you know?
MyGodReigns
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if they are curious about anything you try answer
otherwise leave them alone
otherwise leave them alone
I don't think you should really try to educate the person or push it on them so much. Remember God is a gentlemen, he wont force himself on you, he's patient. Just slowly express to the person how God is in your life and be an example. Thats always the best way, they can't really come down on you and how God is in your life because you don't come down on them for not having God. I hope I made sense. All and all, just be an example. 
samuelbrown
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sure
I generally don't evangelize towards atheists because they are most often angry and tumultuous inside. Being hostile towards scripture reading people like me, I wait it out until they have become less so, for I know that it is difficult to sustain oneself in a state such as this type of hostility without considerable outside input of hatred.
I have yet to meet an atheist who won't get cranky if i allude to anything Biblical.
I have yet to meet an atheist who won't get cranky if i allude to anything Biblical.
The thing about Atheists is, they already know the crap you are trying to "educate" them on. Most of us probably know the bible better than some Christians. WE KNOW!
If you were a die-hard Christian would you suddenly become an Atheist because I gave you some high pressure sales pitch? People believe what they believe, you can't change that.
If you were a die-hard Christian would you suddenly become an Atheist because I gave you some high pressure sales pitch? People believe what they believe, you can't change that.
dis_orient_ed
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Hell no. I wait till after they've bought me a couple of beers.
conundrum_dragon
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When someone starts preaching to me, if after asked nicely they don't leave me alone. I walk away from them. Thankfully I don't have to worry about that. They no longer knock on my door or bug me. My dad has a very unusual way of looking at religion. and he told them he would listen to them and there views if they listened to him afterward..they agreed...and have never been back.
HollywoodHarold
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alot of them get mad i bet athesit will get mad at this question
Jimbotloser
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I shove a bible in their face and yell "BELIEVE IN WHAT I TELL THY TO BELIEVE!" and then they beat me up
MreHeatMiser
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I like talking to the JWs that used to show up. I miss 'em. After hours every weekend for several weeks, I guess they gave up. I read all their pamphlets and always asked questions! Maybe they didn't like my questions.
I hang out with Atheists everyday, i don't let my words speak for me i let my actions. If they ask i will tell them that i am a man of faith and that everything i do dictates my faith and if they like what they see and want to be like me i will talk to them if not that is their choice
MazzaLeNinja
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When a religious theist tries to "educate me on God", I try to educate them on how messed up the bible is.
Usually they just throw blind faith and pathetic answers at me.
Usually they just throw blind faith and pathetic answers at me.