Religion and Ethics BBS: Define proselytizing

Unsolicited and repeated proselytizing is rude and offensive

- Mugwump July 2, 2025, 9:15 am

If the post is not even addressed to you, it's easy to just ignore. - Ken C July 4, 2025, 11:02 am
- Ken, I wasn't going to go here, but - there were comments made - Dancing Digits July 7, 2025, 7:59 am
  - The old MSNBC board said "This is not a place to preach, pray, or proselytize " - Ken C July 7, 2025, 11:44 am
- But it has been numerous times. - Mugwump July 6, 2025, 4:27 pm
- "People should avoid saying things like "This us why you should join my religion ...". - Mugwump July 4, 2025, 2:21 pm
- Is it? - Dancing Digits July 4, 2025, 12:34 pm
  - Yes! - observer July 4, 2025, 2:06 pm
    - No! - Dancing Digits July 4, 2025, 8:13 pm
Except when YOU do it? - observe July 4, 2025, 10:23 am
- convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another. - Mugwump July 4, 2025, 10:32 am
  - Definition includes belief and opinion. You do it almost exclusively. - observe July 4, 2025, 11:18 am
    - Oops! I have no particular wisdom to offer. But I recognize stupidity - Mugwump July 4, 2025, 2:24 pm
    - G - Mugwump July 4, 2025, 2:22 pm
Perhaps the problem lies with you - yome July 4, 2025, 8:44 am
- Hmmmm:-) - GOG July 6, 2025, 10:00 am
- Completely misses the point. - Dancing Digits July 4, 2025, 11:07 am
  - No it doesn’t. It makes his point. - observer July 4, 2025, 2:07 pm
    - Misses the point! - Dancing Digits July 4, 2025, 8:15 pm
Isn't proselytizing.. - mark July 3, 2025, 2:42 am
- As in junk political mail!! - GOG July 3, 2025, 9:13 am
- Try very hard to read ALL words.in a sentence. - Mugwump July 3, 2025, 6:23 am
  - Well.. - mark July 3, 2025, 6:25 am
    - Those - Mugwump July 3, 2025, 9:30 am
      - Oh the... - mark July 3, 2025, 12:05 pm
        
        Imitation - Mugwump July 3, 2025, 12:19 pm
        
        Bird in the hand… - mark July 4, 2025, 4:14 am
It can be. - Dancing Digits July 2, 2025, 11:00 am
- AI us troubling and its getting worse - Trish July 2, 2025, 5:29 pm
  - "Don't use it, you lose it." - Dancing Digits July 2, 2025, 7:06 pm
    - Agree - GOG July 3, 2025, 9:14 am
    - An AI won't sit and struggle over a word or phrase - trish July 3, 2025, 5:23 am
      - Our souls require the struggle. Otherwise we wither and die. - GOG July 3, 2025, 9:04 am
- Campaign ads, anyone? - GOG July 2, 2025, 1:06 pm
  - My mare was my savior. . . . - Dancing Digits July 2, 2025, 4:04 pm
    - Faith, hope, and charity also refers to being respectful. - GOG July 3, 2025, 9:10 am
- Re: It can be. - Mugwump July 2, 2025, 11:16 am
  - I hear ya! - Dancing Digits July 2, 2025, 11:43 am
    - But for my age I would flee Babylon. - GOG July 3, 2025, 9:19 am
    - Re: I hear ya! - Mugwump July 2, 2025, 1:57 pm
      - My family and I vacationed - Dancing Digits July 2, 2025, 4:39 pm
Define proselytizing - BornToFarm July 2, 2025, 9:36 am

BTW, I might ask you to define unsolicited and repeated, IOW - Mugwump July 3, 2025, 3:54 pm
- Incessant is a good word - trish July 4, 2025, 3:00 am
  - That is the point, isn't it? - Mugwump July 4, 2025, 4:16 am
- Let me see if I've got this right.. - BornToFarm July 3, 2025, 5:45 pm
  - Those are clear terms and describe the specific conditions involved. - Mugwump July 3, 2025, 6:28 pm
stating-Jesus-saves-us-from-sin.. - scott July 3, 2025, 7:24 am
Try Webster or any standard dictionary. - Mugwump July 2, 2025, 10:15 am

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