Hey all, I just wanted to make a post here on something I was thinking about after going through a lot of these topics.
I don't know if it's been covered before(as I didn't go through every single topic) but here's what I want to say.
I see a lot of people talking about "here is proof that atheists are evil" or "this is why God is real" or "why all religion is insane" and so on and so forth into every variation that could ever possibly exist.
The issue with this, of course is the acceptance that people are either going to or not going to use for proof, or evidence, whether scientifically or religiously backed or not.
People are going to believe what they're ready to believe in, whether it happens to be true, or not. If you have something you regard to be true, and you want to share it with people, then cool. But the problem I see is that when people don't accept that truth(?), then it turns into needless rage, strife, malice, and even violence.
The way you spread truth is by offering it to people, and letting them accept it, or not. You don't spread truth by focusing on why people are wrong for what they believe in, or why some spirituality is wrong, or why some religion is horribly insane--you offer truth freely. And you accept whether they accept it or not.
I have my own beliefs, and none of them belong to any mass religion or spirituality(that I know of) and the last thing I would do if I wanted to talk to people of my beliefs is by looking them in the eye and saying "THIS is why you're WRONG, and why your GOD is EVIL, AND COMPLETELY INSANE."
So back to what I said, people are going to accept something only if they are ready to. And I believe it is extremely important to also accept whether they are ready, or not ready. And that readiness may not even occur in your lifetime.
So to sum up all that I say here, if you believe you have something that is true, then by the cosmos--FOCUS on THAT. Not on the people who don't believe it, not on other religions or spiritual practices, focus on that which you hold to be true, and if you want to share it, then share it, and if people don't want it, then let them deny it and follow their own way. And if people want to share in that truth, then give it to them as well.
That's all I wanted to say.
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