an intelligent but uninformed layperson?

[Eddi]

Question: Do you feel able to explain your religion to an intelligent but uninformed layperson?

I think I could mine

But I know that in the past I'd have had a harder time trying to do so

The command I have of my current beliefs is much stronger than the command I had of my previous beliefs

Partly because my current beliefs are much more simple

 

[Sirona]

The problem is probably not explaining your faith, but giving convincing arguments for why your faith is true. Once you have resolved this, appealing to emotions is probably a useful strategy to convince others.

Didn't you say in another thread that you didn't want any followers (a one-man cult?)

 

[Eddi]

The problem is probably not explaining your faith, but giving convincing arguments for why your faith is true. Once you have resolved this, appealing to emotions is probably a useful strategy to convince others.

Didn't you say in another thread that you didn't want any followers (a one-man cult?)

That's right, I don't want followers

But I do want to be understood

I don't think that sharing one's beliefs is the same as looking for followers

And I'm always interested in learning about the beliefs of others

 

[Spirit of Light]

Question: Do you feel able to explain your religion to an intelligent but uninformed layperson?

I think I could mine

But I know that in the past I'd have had a harder time trying to do so

The command I have of my current beliefs is much stronger than the command I had of my previous beliefs

Partly because my current beliefs are much more simple

Others are supposed to understand me when i speak about my belief ohhh boy

 

[Sirona]

I don't think that sharing one's beliefs is the same as looking for followers

That's an interesting point. I think in that order to be understood you have to motivate the other to put themselves in your place. I think for this, some kind of basic argumentation is needed.

 

[Eddi]

That's an interesting point. I think in that order to be understood you have to motivate the other to put themselves in your place. I think for this, some kind of basic argumentation is needed.

I think that the best conversations about beliefs are ones that are two-way exchanges, rather than one-sided lectures

That's why I'd never let door-to-door proselytisers into my home

Because they are only interested in pushing their beliefs, they are not interested in having an exchange - or even a conversation

If any ever come knocking I've planned to pre-empt them and take the initiative, by trying to convince them of my position - to give them a taste of their own medicine

 

[George-ananda]

Question: Do you feel able to explain your religion to an intelligent but uninformed layperson?

If you can't do that then I think you need to re-examine your religious thinking.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Question: Do you feel able to explain your religion to an intelligent but uninformed layperson?

I think I could mine

But I know that in the past I'd have had a harder time trying to do so

The command I have of my current beliefs is much stronger than the command I had of my previous beliefs

Partly because my current beliefs are much more simple

A machine with less moving parts is the least likely to break down.

I like simplicity.

 

[PureX]

That's right, I don't want followers

But I do want to be understood

I don't think that sharing one's beliefs is the same as looking for followers

And I'm always interested in learning about the beliefs of others

I'm always much more interested in WHY people believe what they do about 'God', rather than the what. And I find that it's nearly impossible to get anyone to explain that ... because almost no one I meet actually knows why they've chosen to believe as they do.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

I'm always much more interested in WHY people believe what they do about 'God', rather than the what. And I find that it's nearly impossible to get anyone to explain that ... because almost no one I meet actually knows why they've chosen to believe as they do.

In what sense?

I know there aren't many who say why. By things like he saved my marriage and of course that scripture tells them they are saved.

 

[exchemist]

Question: Do you feel able to explain your religion to an intelligent but uninformed layperson?

I think I could mine

But I know that in the past I'd have had a harder time trying to do so

The command I have of my current beliefs is much stronger than the command I had of my previous beliefs

Partly because my current beliefs are much more simple

No, I think it would be like trying to explain cricket to an American.

 

[lovesong]

Question: Do you feel able to explain your religion to an intelligent but uninformed layperson?

I think I could mine

But I know that in the past I'd have had a harder time trying to do so

The command I have of my current beliefs is much stronger than the command I had of my previous beliefs

Partly because my current beliefs are much more simple

I love casual interfaith work and dialogue. Explaining my faith to uninformed laypeople and answering their questions/clearing up their misconceptions is literally one of my favorite things to do! My faith doesn't proselytize, but I believe that teaching others about it and other minority faiths is the best thing we can do to spread acceptance and make the world a little bit better for us.

 

[exchemist]

I love casual interfaith work and dialogue. Explaining my faith to uninformed laypeople and answering their questions/clearing up their misconceptions is literally one of my favorite things to do! My faith doesn't proselytize, but I believe that teaching others about it and other minority faiths is the best thing we can do to spread acceptance and make the world a little bit better for us.

Good for you.

P.S What's the aubergine thingie in your footer?

 

[McBell]

No, I think it would be like trying to explain cricket to an American.

Crickets?
They are little insects that chirp when there is silence.

Hear them from time to time right here on RF.....

 

[exchemist]

Crickets?
They are little insects that chirp when there is silence.

Here them from time to time right here on RF.....

You mean right hear, surely?

 

[McBell]

You mean right hear, surely?

Or the left ear, which ever one you can hear out of.

 

[PureX]

In what sense?

I know there aren't who say why by things like he saved my marriage and of course that scripture tells them they are saved.

I think many people need to believe what they believe for deep emotional and psychological reasons that they are completely unaware of. I also think a lot of people simply believe whatever they were taught to believe and never bothered to question it because they were also taught not to question what they were being taught. And in both cases they aren't now going to be able to explain to anyone why they believe as they do.

 

[firedragon]

Question: Do you feel able to explain your religion to an intelligent but uninformed layperson?

I think I could mine

But I know that in the past I'd have had a harder time trying to do so

The command I have of my current beliefs is much stronger than the command I had of my previous beliefs

Partly because my current beliefs are much more simple

As long as that uninformed person thinks to himself he is uninformed rather than pretend.

 

[Secret Chief]

No, I think it would be like trying to explain cricket to an American.

Or the offside rule

 

[exchemist]

Or the offside rule

I don't understand that myself, though.