14th August 2011, 2:03 AM
I never said you were a christian either. I didn't mean to imply that.
I guess there's a difference of opinion. Lots of people try to change other's mind on issues. I don't consider that "interfering". After all, no one's making anyone read these books. No one is forcing anyone to change their minds. It's entirely through making arguments. In and of itself, wanting to convince someone of your opinion is not wrong. The opinion itself might be wrong, but debating to change another's mind is the point of debate. It's not interfering or aggressive at all.
I mean, I don't understand your point. You are trying to convince me that trying to convince people of something is aggressive and interfering. To me, it takes more than that. Threatening someone to change their mind, or forcing them against their will to hold your opinion, or even something a little lesser like constantly hassling someone about it, that I would agree is aggressive or "interfering", but writing a book with the intention of changing minds? Why exactly do you think people write books if not to change minds?
I guess there's a difference of opinion. Lots of people try to change other's mind on issues. I don't consider that "interfering". After all, no one's making anyone read these books. No one is forcing anyone to change their minds. It's entirely through making arguments. In and of itself, wanting to convince someone of your opinion is not wrong. The opinion itself might be wrong, but debating to change another's mind is the point of debate. It's not interfering or aggressive at all.
I mean, I don't understand your point. You are trying to convince me that trying to convince people of something is aggressive and interfering. To me, it takes more than that. Threatening someone to change their mind, or forcing them against their will to hold your opinion, or even something a little lesser like constantly hassling someone about it, that I would agree is aggressive or "interfering", but writing a book with the intention of changing minds? Why exactly do you think people write books if not to change minds?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)