03-21-2016, 06:47 AM
(03-18-2016, 02:05 PM)APeacefulWarrior Wrote: Now, where this becomes an issue in terms of proselytization of any sort, is that if someone doesn't agree with or share your worldview, the mere act of reading your words and being "forced" to reject them is a negative act. And broadly speaking, the less their views have in common with yours, the more negative their reaction will likely be. (Since, in this case, opposites repel.)
Yet on the other hand, as Jade said, there's always the chance that someone will resonate strongly with your words as well.
It's really just going to be up to your own judgement and wisdom to decide when\if that tradeoff is worth making. Put bluntly, if you go around preaching, you are going to piss some people off. Is it worth doing so if it means helping a few people also 'see the light', so to speak, and open their eyes? You're the only one who can answer that.
I see your point. I feel sharing light is worth possibly angering someone, because I know my heart was in the right place, and I was in no way judging them. However, I certainly don't like being preached at, so I can see why they would react in such a way. It's a double-edged sword. No matter what you have to say, someone is going to take offense to it.
I guess that is why Jesus spoke in parables to those that were not his immediate followers. He understood that they hadn't asked for the message he was here to give.
I think I'm going to take everyone's advice here, and only send them love via thought, because now that I think about it, I don't want to anger anyone, or try and make my view any more valid than theirs.