# How often do people try to convert you to their religion? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-try-to-convert-you-to-their-religion/983176 "2023-04-25T19:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 281
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> [@Ulfreida](#): > > You simply haven’t noticed. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Then you might not be doing it right. > [@Ulfreida](#): > > What would you suggest? I’d suggest referencing this 2015 pit thread. Scroll up and down from here: > [@When will white, christian moderates speak up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-white-christian-moderates-speak-up/715895/215): > > My take is that all Christians are real Christians but that, being sinners, all Christians will be unchristian from time to time. But that’s a nitpick. I agree with the underlying point: mainline Christians have ceded the field to those wearing their faith on their sleeves, [praying on the street corner](http://biblehub.com/niv/matthew/6.htm) and pushing a political agenda wholly independent of the Gospel (i.e. anti-gay and anti-abortion). Part of the difficulty is ideological, I think. I’d summarize the gospels as saying, “Love God … > Basically, we need a couple of mainline equivalents of say, Bill Nye the Science Guy. The fact is that the media loves controversy. A handful of mainline or liberal Christian Reverends need to place themselves on every big reporter’s rolodex and provide standard replies to the bible pounders. Start off bland, more in sadness than in anger. Leave it to another reverend to ramp it up as appropriate. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-people-try-to-convert-you-to-their-religion/983176)._