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But that is the point. They truly believe that if you don't come over that you will go to hell. It is extremely intolerant to get upset with someone who is trying to save your soul.
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I've just had a word with my Dad who is a christian, and he says that basically the only person who saves your soul is God himself. People cannot believe without having a personal experience. Educating people about Christianity puts them in a place where they will be able to make the right decision if they have a religious experience, or they come across something inexplicable that can only be explained as an act of the christian God, due to relevance that they would not have noticed if they were not educated about Christianity.
The same is true for all other religions. It's not about going round saving souls... people should be educating where the education is wanted. It says in the Bible that Jesus himself pointed out that it was counterproductive to attempt to force people to hear things they did not want to or were uninterested in. That makes sense to me to be honest. I'm put off by all these people who try to convert everyone... they scare me in actual fact, as I suspect that many of them are insane.