Hey I have 2 friends that used to be christians but their parents pressured them too much in the catholic church and now they are agnostic. I really want to help them because they are dear friends. Any Advice PleaseHelp Change my friend from agnostic to Christian. I need some help any advice for converting?
Are we in the middle ages? No-one needs converting.
If they decide to start subscribing to a fairytale, that's something they'll choose to do by themselves.
Telling them lies to get them to think like you do is cruel and misleading.
They are better off as they are.Help Change my friend from agnostic to Christian. I need some help any advice for converting?
as you say you cannot pressure them, but be reminded of this- the Holy Spirit is the only one that will bring them into a relationship with Christ. A church is not what saves, be it Catholic or protestant. What saves and makes a person a Christian is that they admit that they are a sinner, confess and repent and accept Christ as payment for their sins, and then after that strive, through the power of His Spirit to walk as Jesus walked.
Since they are asking you questions just encourage them that it should be a relationship with the living God, not a ';set'; of rules that a church may place on them. Yes, we do have to follow the Word of God and we should be transformed into His image, not the image that the church thinks we should be.
Nice of you to try to help, but everyone has the right to believe what they want to believe. You can't force them to believe anything.
In a few years, they might outgrow their parents and find something that works for them. Until then, you can still be their friend. That would be the Christian thing to do, right?
It's nice you want to help, but if they are truly your ';dear friends'; then respect their religious beliefs and don't convert them.
You really shouldn't pressure them the way their parents did because you'll just push them farther from christianity.
they'll come to it in their own time if they want to.
You don't do anything but be their friend. Their religious beleifs are their business.
See that they go to church as much as possible. Being around other religious people can have a powerful effect.
If one of my Christian friends tried to convert me, they wouldn't be my friend anymore.
Tell him about the talking donkey. That ought to do it.
They won't be your friends for long, if you try to convert them.
Be a true friend, and accept them for who they are.
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