What Christians believe about life is up to them. They should not try to make others accept their position Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer showing you have considered more than one point of view.

   As they follow in the footsteps of Jesus they never force or make anyone do anything, as this was how Jesus acted, Jesus also forgave those who sinned which is reflected in the lives of Christians today.   As well as treating others with compassion, care and respect.  

   However some Christian do try to make others believe what they believe and sometimes in a militant way.  For example when a group of Christian protestors where outside an abortion clinic.  One of the protestors shot at a doctor about to enter the clinic.  Those Christians may condemn women who have abortions but other Christians remember John 2:7 and say “Let those who are without sin cast the first stone” which tells them that even though others sin we should not judge them.

   People may say claim that Christians interfere with other people live and try to force Christian beliefs on them by saying that non-Christian beliefs are wrong but this is impossible to do as no belief is wrong as such.  Though people say this, they are mistaken as Christians cannot force another person to believe as Christians believe although Christians are merely trying to spread their views taught by Jesus as he asked his disciples to do long ago.

 Today we live in a liberal and unmoral society where not everyone believes in Christianity and have his or her own views on issues like abortion. We live in a democratic country that allows abortion, how can you criticise somebody if it is legal? As a Christian you should have the right to choose, which God has given all of us.

   I feel that as life is the most important subject and our beliefs about it naturally have a major effect when the beliefs are put into practice, for example, in abortion or euthanasia.  This means we must take tremendous care when we are trying to decide our views on the matter.  To believe in something with as much importance as life and death we need to listen to other beliefs to decide this way we are not giving in to a blind faith of something we know little about but instead have looked at the different sides and views of the topic at hand.  This is to form our own beliefs.

   If someone is already living a good life; they are living within the law, following their conscience and rejecting evil, but they are not a Christian, some people could say that there is no need for Christians to enforce their beliefs on the person, because as they are already leading a good life, God would be pleased with them.

  However, if this person is living within the law, following their conscience and rejecting evil then they must already be living their life as Christians wish to live theirs, by following the Ten Commandments but doing this without recognizing them as something they live their life by.

   In conclusion, I believe that as Christians are in no way capable of forcing someone to believe as Christians do the statement is unreliable and possibly biased.  It is a very generalized statement and doesn’t take into account the different denominations beliefs within Christianity.  However, the statement does realize that Christians do try to spread Christianity but mistakes it for trying to force non-Christian denominations into believing Christian beliefs about abortion and euthanasia which is impossible as different Christian denominations believe different views on abortion and euthanasia, for example on euthanasia most Christians are against it although there are still the Christians in the Netherlands that agree with it. Christians I believe must have care and respect for others opinion. Although being a Christian requires you to follow the word of God and if you did otherwise that would change your status as a Christian. Overall tolerance is essential for we live in a democratic country and in multi cultural societies.