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Post by swankivy on Aug 19, 2011 22:26:45 GMT -5
Your Philosophy
Have you ever tried to teach someone a religion, philosophy, or way of life? If so, was it because the person came to you wanting to know, or because you wanted the other person to believe/practice what you do?
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Post by SHO! on Aug 20, 2011 0:57:16 GMT -5
I once made some Jehovah's Witnesses excuse themselves, looking at their watches, and go away from my apartment through earnest debate. I have not had Jehovah's Witnesses knock on my door since then. I think they put me on a Jehovah's Witness-Relocation list or something.
Years later some left a pamphlet and a note but didn't knock. I kept the note. I call it my "drive-by witnessing". True story.
Does any of this count?
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Post by brightamethyst on Aug 20, 2011 1:51:18 GMT -5
I with Dax on this one. If someone asks about what I believe in I'll answer questions, but who am I to try and teach a belief, let alone attempt to force it on someone else? (though I think there are exceptions for philosophies that are more about common decency than anything else, i.e. stealing is bad, so is bad mouthing someone, etc.)
In general though, who am I to tell anyone else how to live their life? I may not always agree with everyone else's beliefs and ideas, but they're just as entitled to their opinions as I am to mine.
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Post by SHO! on Sept 3, 2011 11:54:07 GMT -5
I with Dax on this one. If someone asks about what I believe in I'll answer questions, but who am I to try and teach a belief, let alone attempt to force it on someone else? (though I think there are exceptions for philosophies that are more about common decency than anything else, i.e. stealing is bad, so is bad mouthing someone, etc.) In general though, who am I to tell anyone else how to live their life? I may not always agree with everyone else's beliefs and ideas, but they're just as entitled to their opinions as I am to mine.  |
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