WHY DO RELIGIOUS PEOPLE TRY TO CONVERT?

Why do religious people try to convert other people to their religion?

Asked By: thinkingalot 37 minutes ago

Good Question? (10)

Posted by pukirahe Apr 8th, 2012 at 7:12PM

This was my reply on Yahoo:

Baha’is, why is it that you do not try to convert others?

Asked by B Knott Wildered

For me, I will readily share my beliefs but if you tell me you are not interested, I will leave you alone as far as matters of spirituality. But I love to share with those I love. Yet another gustatory concoction of mine that has won kudos in the past, a new flavor of ice cream or a glimpse of newly-hatched bluebirds in one of my bird houses. I will offer to share my faith with you in the same manner I will offer a serving of some dish I have created to let you see if it is to your taste. If it is not, then by offering I have done my part, have done all I can and should do.

A second reason that I like to share it is I firmly believe that the Baha’i Faith is the only way mankind has to achieve world peace. Not just the best way, but the only way. Furthermore, I believe there is a critical mass that when reached, when enough hearts are attracted to Baha’u’llah we will have world peace almost overnight. I am doing what I can to help reach that critical mass.

A final(?) reason I readily share it is that I do not believe I have the right to choose for you. If I tell you the Baha’i Faith exists and share just a bit of it with you, then you have the choice to investigate it or not. If I choose not to tell you about it, I have made a choice for myself, but I have made one for you also. In effect, I have chosen that you will not investigate it for yourself. (Yes, I realize this is related to the first, but I felt it important to emphasize.)

To conclude, it is only here that I will at least sometimes try several times to pique your interest, but even here, if I feel I have sufficiently done my part, I will bother you no more. I will ever be available and ready to answer questions, but you first have to let me know you are interested.

3 weeks ago

Best Answer by Cleth – Chosen by Asker

I always try very actively to introduce the Baha’i Faith, because mankind need urgently this new Message of God to solve the global problems of this Age of human maturity. If people don’t know about it, it is really my fault.
But I have no power to convert people. Any persons who turn to God, God will enlighten their minds and lead them to all truth.
You can read this blog to see how hard I am trying:

https://pukirahe.wordpress.com/

Source(s):
This is the source of my learning:
http://www.bahai.org/