If the Vikings or the Romans for that matter hadn’t invaded England and imposed their Views, Religions, Laws and Ways of Life, would the world be as it is today. After all, changing the invaded country into another Roman or Viking Empire was the aim, and it was done no matter what, even by force. But the question remains, is it or was it right for people to impose their views on others. Well, some see it as though they would not be here today if it had not happened, and so in that respect it may be right. But could the world have been a better place if it hadn’t happened.
Nazi Germany, when Hitler called the shots, with the persecution of the Jews. Hitler believed that all Jews were evil, and the Jewish religion should be whipped out. So, he persisted to attempt to do so. If you were to call that his religion, is that really wrong, what he did. He was imposing his views onto others, with devastating consequences. I think that it is unquestionable that what he did was wrong, and so should I therefore be against a religion imposing their views on other, as in essence that was what he was doing.
And so from past actions we move to the present and future of imposing views. Human rights; the freedom of speech and obviously thought. So people can say almost whatever they like, and definitely think what they like. If a person thinks that it is right to try and impose their views onto others, who’s to say that is wrong. But then again, the other person also has the same rights.
The same issue could be raised in school teachings. Is what we are taught in school right. In school, we are taught morals, and respect, amongst the basic syllabus. Who’s to say that we are taught the right things, the right way. Should there be a basic view, that everyone follows. After all, it is all imposing a view, because getting those views set in school wrong can lead to punishment.
In the future, if Christians were allowed to openly impose there views onto others you would not just allow only Christians to impose their views, but every Religion, Group and Culture would be able to. This could lead to Chaos. After all, in a religion there is no compromise in Religion. You cannot bend the rules a bit to suite everyone. Views would certainly clash, and a war could break out considering this is the subject of most Religious wars (a clash of views). But if there were only one religion allowed to impose their views onto others, convincing the world to follow one religion, on set of laws. Would there be a world peace? The world as it is, is divided by religion among other things.
In my view, it’ll never happen. To be honest, the world would be so boring if everyone were united in religion and thought. Every day, people disagree, which on a small scale is someone trying to impose their view on someone else.
Christians should not be allowed to impose their views violently, or be pushy about it, but if anyone ever wanted to change something, making a suggestion was the evolution of man. A view could be classed a thought, and so there has to be some level of imposing a view onto another passively. As long as there is no violence.
