See you understand it, but a lot of religious don't. That's why people like me speak out, because someone has to stand up for what is right and against what is not. It'd be great if everyone let everyone else live and let live, but it simply doesn't happen that way. As long as there are people trying to force their religion and way of life on someone else, there will be those like me to combat them and protect those that are having it forced upon them. Because if we don't, who is gonna?

If people wanna disagree and cast me out for it, fine, but it isn't gonna stop me from standing up for those that can't do it on their own.

If you could not translate it then yes you would be correct.
However, if you translate that into basic English you might get something like

For you are to be worshipers of no other god: For the Lord is a god who will not give his honor to another

You are absolutely right.

Cowboy stop trying to convert people.

I know that the University committee cleared the decision, but I still think it would be a really bad move.

Better to hold out for the PAC-12.

What a dud of a game.......

Well either the bible is the infallible word of God, or it contains erroneous errors and falsehoods. It can't very well be both.

So either the Biblical God's name is "Jealous", or the Bible is totally undependable, and cannot be trusted to contain truth.

Well it's been my experience that many Christians outright lie about this. They are indeed trying to convince others even when they in denial of this themselves.

Moreover, re-read your own post.

You said,


You personally may not be trying to convince others. But that's not what you said. You said that you don't think "anyone" is trying to convince you.

And that is what I'm saying is extremely naive.

You can ONLY speak for yourself. To think that no one is trying to convince anyone of Christianity is silly. Like I've already said, there are entire Christian organizations that are dedicated to proselytizing and evangelizing the religion throughout the entire globe.

Christianity is historically a highly proselytizing and evangelizing religion. The Crusades were the epitome of that, burning down pagan temples and threatening people at sword-point that if they didn't confess Jesus as Lord they would suffer grave consequences.

It's historically a quite hostile religion actually.

And let's not even get into the horrible things they did to women because of their belief in a demonic "Satan". Burning midwives at the stake as "Witches" many of whom were actually Christians themselves!

The religion doesn't have a very proud history.

When it wasn't burning witches on stakes or threatening people to convert or be chastised it was socially crucifying scientists for discovering truths about the natural world that conflict with religious superstitions.

Many Christian fundamentalists even today use the religion to argue against evolution, the age of the earth, etc.

There are many people who have been adversely affected by this religion in this way.

And let's not even get into the Christian hostility toward same gender relationships.

Try telling people who are being adversely affected by this religion that no one is trying to convince anyone of anything.

Good luck with that.

Don't be too naive about that.

There are entire Christian website entirely devoted to evangelizing and spreading Christianity throughout the world. And they stress the need to 'target" non-believers.

After all, what good would it do to evangelize to someone who is already sold on the religion?

So YES, there are many Christian organizations whose sole purpose is to CONVERT non-believers into buying into the Christian religion.

There are PLENTY of people trying to convince others that Christ is the "only way" to salvation.

You're in total denial of reality if you aren't aware of that fact.

IT IS ONLY MAN'S LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT GOD, THAT

IS THE PROBLEM....

NOT GOD.