why do people want to spread their religion?

[Eddi]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

I have no intention to proselytise or try and spread my religious beliefs by converting others to them yet I feel a desire to discuss them with others which is something I try to stop myself doing

 

[JustGeorge]

For some, its written into their teachings that this should be done. For others, they believe that trying to get people to behave and believe 'correctly'(whatever that may be) pleases their God.

Sometimes I think its simply the more, the merrier...

 

[SalixIncendium]

Not everyone wants to tell others about their religion. There are a great many that keep it to themselves.

Aside from here, the only people I discuss my religion with are those who bring them up. And I don't even discuss them all that often here unless it's relevant to the discussion.

 

[MikeF]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

I have no intention to proselytise or try and spread my religious beliefs by converting others to them yet I feel a desire to discuss them with others which is something I try to stop myself doing

There can be many different reasons. One potential reason is in resolving conflict. There is that strong sense that if everyone else shared one's set of values and rules held to be true and universal, a lot of problems in the world would be solved.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I think for many, their religion is something that brings them comfort, so they assume it will do the same for everyone.

Also, people tend to like to talk about themselves and their lives.

 

[Estro Felino]

I don't.
I think that it violates people's free will.

 

[ppp]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

I have no intention to proselytise or try and spread my religious beliefs by converting others to them yet I feel a desire to discuss them with others which is something I try to stop myself doing

[shrug] we want affirmation and consensus. Not (necessarily) a bad thing until it runs rampant.

 

[Vinayaka]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

I have no intention to proselytise or try and spread my religious beliefs by converting others to them yet I feel a desire to discuss them with others which is something I try to stop myself doing

It makes no sense to me, but obviously a ton of people think it makes total sense, so they do it. However, it reminds me of a little immature child, when having a play date, insists everyone plays his game. Many of us grow out of that stage.

 

[F1fan]

Ideology is spread as a way to validate it. The more that accept the dogma the fewer who will challenge the concepts and more who agree. It’s basic tribalism and the passive need for emotional security.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

I have no intention to proselytise or try and spread my religious beliefs by converting others to them yet I feel a desire to discuss them with others which is something I try to stop myself doing

Big inflated egos typically. Others like to have a cottage industry that requires the gullible who will eagerly throw money at it.

Also a number of people people tend to be insecure and inferior, and not satisfied with personal religious activities on their own , so they appeal to others as their religious superiors who can tell them stuff to believe in.

 

[Quintessence]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

Because humans are social animals. Humans tell other humans stuff. The precise stuff doesn't much matter. It's just how humans behave. And religion - one's lifeway - is pretty much inseparable from a human's identity. It can't not come up. It's part of who one is.

 

[LuisDantas]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

There are many possible reasons. Some are trivial and not much different from the desire to find speaking partners for matters such as Star Trek. Others are perhaps darker and more doctrinary.

 

[Estro Felino]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

Because humans are social animals. Humans tell other humans stuff. The precise stuff doesn't much matter. It's just how humans behave. And religion - one's lifeway - is pretty much inseparable from a human's identity. It can't not come up. It's part of who one is.

I would change that into: "because humans are easily prey to egotism and egoism, so they consider themselves superior to others and feel entitled to impose their own personal vision on others".

 

[Estro Felino]

Big inflated egos typically. Others like to have a cottage industry that requires the gullible who will eagerly throw money at it.

Also a number of people people tend to be insecure and inferior, and not satisfied with personal religious activities on their own , so they appeal to others as their religious superiors who can tell them stuff to believe in.

Excellent.
Disoriented people need a guide who tells them what to do and what to believe.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Excellent.
Disoriented people need a guide who tells them what to do and what to believe.

I think it's a form of intellectual laziness and discernment if one cannot see and decide for themselves on their own.

 

[Quintessence]

I would change that into: "because humans are easily prey to egotism and egoism, so they consider themselves superior to others and feel entitled to impose their own personal vision on others".

Ouch, that's pretty cynical. I can't say it's reflected in the vast majority of humans I've known in my life. I've known a handful of people with narcissistic personality disorder (or they probably had it, anyway) but they're the exception rather than the norm.

 

[Estro Felino]

Ouch, that's pretty cynical. I can't say it's reflected in the vast majority of humans I've known in my life. I've known a handful of people with narcissistic personality disorder (or they probably had it, anyway) but they're the exception rather than the norm.

Do you think the Crusades were not the emblem of cynicism?
I think they were.

 

[Quintessence]

Do you think the Crusades were not the emblem of cynicism?
I think they were.

I couldn't say. I have only a very passing and elementary knowledge of the Crusades and do not have enough information to make much of a judgement one way or another. I know enough about history to know better than to trust the likely very misinformed stereotypes that circulate around popular culture about that historical era.

 

[Estro Felino]

I couldn't say. I have only a very passing and elementary knowledge of the Crusades and do not have enough information to make much of a judgement one way or another. I know enough about history to know better than to trust the likely very misinformed stereotypes that circulate around popular culture about that historical era.

I just meant that there are religions that cannot rest until the entire world is converted. All people are converted. Even by force.

I think that's monstrous. Don't you think the same thing?

 

[sun rise]

Why is it human nature for people to want to tell others about their religion?

It's human nature. For example, when I find a restaurant that serves great food, I want to tell others. If I've just remodeled a room and love the result, I want others to appreciate the result etc. So religion is just one example of something very very common.