Sentences with phrase «converting others»

Those interested in converting others to their way of thinking might pass along one of these books to anyone whose heart could be helped by busying her hands.

X5 IN THE MARKET While the X5 has a solid base of BMW loyalists who need the space and flexibility that a two - or three - row SUV offers, converting others over to the brand might be a little trickier.

What benefit do you atheists get out of converting others to your miserable pointless existence?

Unfortunately, there is no chance of converting others here (CW, Steve, etc. - no disrespect intended) to our own non-belief.

cloud nine, i have read the bible, but i must say that there is more to the world than converting others and imposing others to read this..

He defends our brand online, provides feedback and converts other fans into advocates.

Previously, it was possible to add money to a Roth IRA by converting some other account such as a traditional IRA.

I try to approach these discussions without the expectation of converting the other person to my side.

History is filled to the brim with fundies who have killed to convert others to their myth.

I do not try to convert others to atheism, please show me the same favor.

Doug, I do believe we call these folks «religious proselytizers» who come knocking on your door to convert others to their lifestyle.

It's always so cute to watch Christians spend huge amounts of money trying to convert each other to what they each consider the ony «true» version of Christianity.

These beliefs are apparently the ones set forth by Messrs. Johnson, Hoge, and Luidens in «Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline» (FT, March 1993): (1) That Christianity is the only religion with a valid claim to truth, (2) that persons can be saved only through Jesus Christ and otherwise go to hell, and (3) that therefore one should try to convert others to the Christian faith.

In my view, atheism is itself a religion, preaching there are no gods and trying to convert others just like any other religion, whereas the nonreligious don't mind other people practicing as long as they don't have to themselves.

ANY religion that seeks to convert others should be banned worldwide.

Any religion that tries to convert others to their belief is simply a tool for control.

It was as Christians that they went to war, engaged in conquests, and sought to convert others.

This creates new options within a culture, and makes individuals more reactive to change, as they watch for anything that will support their new vision, using that to convert others.

Some people are uneasy about the idea of trying to convert others to the Faith, and particularly the idea of trying to convert Muslims.

That makes it seem to me that their need to convert others is a guilt factor, because they think that they do nt want someone to go to h.ell when they could have done something about it.

What is at the heart of the impulse to convert others to the vision and the group?

But there are kinds, based on behavior, passion, need to be right, need to convert others, etc..

If they believed what they said that they do, they would (1) be happy and not feel the need to convert others — having no command from above to do so, nor any pressing natural law putting such a perrogative on them and (2) would see that athiesm is a loosing bet where the best outcome is not being wrong — as there is no outcome where they can be right, a negative can never be proven.

I had to convince him to use my «kuffar boo - tay» for exercise, our biggest fight was over whether or not we were going to live in the US or Jordan, him wanting to stay in Jordan, and not once has either of us ever tried to convert the other.

I do feel that Christianity and Islam are probably the worst of the lot when it comes to those features, both prostilatize and try to actively convert others.

I also fear some people may use it to convert others to their religion.

So if it's a wash, why do missionaries try to convert others?

In a statement, Pentagon spokesman Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen said that «Service members can share their faith (evangelize), but must not force unwanted, intrusive attempts to convert others of any faith or no faith to one's beliefs (proselytization).»

Then they spend their parishioners money on sending out their people to convert other people in other countries, give them credit cards and fill their minds with fairy tales.

Then once we agree with this, then we understand that the next step is to convert the other to our way of thinking.

Besides the paradox of foreign missionaries establishing the indigenous process by which foreign domination was questioned, there is a theological paradox to this story: missionaries entered the missionary field to convert others, yet in the translation process it was they who first made the move to «convert» to a new language, with all its presuppositions and ramifications.

In 1970, he referred to a «pre-ecumenical age» in which Christians sought to convert others.

robert, you do know those words were written by humans to control humans, then edited by more humans to make money, control more humans and to convert other humans to christanity right?

Believers in the nice God claim that nobody should try to convert others.

You're telling atheists not to try to convert others to their way of thinking (which again, is not the point of these billboards)?

Religion is a personal thing, and I feel that trying to convert others who don't wish to be converted is hateful and ignorant.

A group of people unite with the same beliefs, outreach to the community to convert others to atheism, and debate with other religions on why they are right... Sounds like a religion to me.

«Jews do not believe that they must convert others in order to achieve the redemption of humankind,» says Rabbi Gilbert.

Not hatred, separateness, and a quest to convert others.

An atheist can proselytize just as aggressively as any Christian, Muslim, or any other believer, or they can be confident in their belief system and feel no need to try to convert others.

Those who practice their faith with independence and with no need to convert others are welcome by many atheists.

That because you do have faith and do believe that it is your responsibility to convert others.

If it were proselytizing, the purpose would be to convert others.

How can they when their religions mandate they make some sort of attempt to convert others.

Sgstuck, yes I think I am being naiive, unfortunately, not all Christians believe in respecting others» beliefs and go too far in trying to convert others (They should take the log out of their own eye first).

You are mistaken however, in believing that I am out to convert other people to share my beliefs (or lack thereof).

(4) Participants can discover and practice styles of communication that reduce polarization and increase understanding — owning and expressing one's own needs rather than trying to convert the other, listening with understanding, etc. (5) If the group learns these bridge - building skills, it can break out of the win - lose struggle and achieve a degree of difference - respecting, collaborative intergroup relationships.

Notice that I have not tried to convert others to my faith on here; I have only explained why I made my choice.

It's much easier to hide my non - belief / non-religion from people who are taught to try to convert others to their beliefs.

And if evangelicals stop trying to convert others, they will be rather lonely, for advertisers, New Age pitchpersons and advocates of every other therapy and worldview are aggressively making their pitches.