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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:24 PM Original message |
What makes a person want to CRAM Religion down your throat? |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Their own guilt I suppose...... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. don't know why |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. no Buddhist has ever tried to cram it down my throat |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. yep.... |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. They think |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. they are mentally ill |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I agree. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Agree with ya on that one. There is a difference between faith & delusion |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. delusional people become violent when their delusions are challenged |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Not all together true, I'm afraid. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Not all get violent but they get plenty worked up |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. "The great commission" |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Bingo! You've hit the nail on the head. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. In the last couple of hundred years, |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Please don't lump us all together |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. I think the more important line |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. insecurity. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. AMEN sister!!! n/t |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. yes, the need for others around them to reinforce their beliefs is there |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. If they don't cure you of your diseased unbelief in their religion |
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Technowitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because active evangelism is an integral part of their religion |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. The thing with the food |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why? Why do extremist "evangelicals" want to . . . |
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maxudargo (306 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. You know what's interesting? |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. In my decades of experience |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Money. n/t |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You're right H2O Man |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. missionizing/'witnessing' is a cult tactic |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
16. Poor boundaries! And their own insecurity, of course. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. well, for some it could be despiration |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
50. With your friend it seems |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Insecurity of the correctness |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Cult of personality |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. They think it's their duty |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. A religion that doesn't promote itself doesn't propogate |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Men with small penii want to do that |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Respect |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. For control |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. They call it "witnessing", Mo. |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. There is Faith and there is evangelizing... |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
34. My first thought was |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. Mopaul, I think you're right about the Buddhists -- |
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mopaul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. the hive mentality |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 06:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Yes, now you are getting warmer. |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. Do you push your political beliefs? |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
41. Its simply validation, I believe that deep down they doubt it themselves |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's all a kind of cosmic pyramid or Ponzi scheme. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 07:12 AM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Sure explains why Amway was so successful with this group, and all the |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. They think their imaginary friend is going to send you to hell... |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because they're not satisfied with not thinking for themselves |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
45. You get bonus points in Heaven if you make some converts in this life. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-05 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. Religion is what makes a person cram religion down your throat. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
51. Interesting question. |
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jmcon007 (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
52. at least for Christians..... |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
53. It can be many things but I think it's mostly arrogance |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
54. I don't know, but |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
55. They think that if they convert you it |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-05 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
57. For Allah's sake, MoPaul, you know the answer to that one! |
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