[Charles F.]

Growing up in an evangelical church, I heard this analogy: What if you had the cure for all diseases? You knew how to cure AIDS, cancer and everything else. You knew how to end suffering. Would you share it with others or keep it to yourself? Some people of faith believe their faith needs to be shared. They see their own lives as better. They are blessed and happy and at peace. They have left behind their old problems and embraced a better life. They want to share, and they feel that keeping this to themselves is cruel. And so, with the best intentions, they refuse to leave people alone about it. They see it in the same light as having an intervention for a friend in trouble. If you truly cared about a person, you would help them, even if they kept rejecting you. Be it alcohol, drugs or lack of faith. And not wanting anyone to go to Hell is also a concern. Again, if you were truly caring, would you want anyone to go to Hell? But that’s the ideal motivation. There are other, less-ideal motivations: 1) Some faiths teach that if you don’t go door-to-door, you yourself go to Hell. So these folks are doing it for themselves, not necessarily you. 2) Some people are determined to evangelize because they are actually insecure about their faith; thus, they go door-to-door in an effort to persuade themselves. 3) Some people have a martyr complex and thrive off the rejection. 4) Some people can’t stand the thought of people living differently than they, and are out to change that.

There are many reasons. In the end, people are silly creatures, and that explains many of life’s questions.

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Name : Charles F., Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, 

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