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Jeehozaphat,I meant jehovah.
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Proselytism is the use of unfair and coercive methods, --that is to say, those which apply pressure--to convince a person to leave his/her religion and join another. Evangelization, on the other hand, is giving witness to God as revealed through Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit in a simple and direct manner. It includes the renewing of humanity, witness, explicit proclamation, adherence with the heart, entry into the community, acceptance of signs, and apostolic initiative. It means to carry the good news to all areas of human life and through its influence transform from within and renew humanity itself, but without pressure. Most Christian Churches including Catholicism practice evangelization not proselytism. With love in Christ.
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Seems that some definitions could give proselytize a bad name. Regardless, seems that some religions with a large following in the west, such as most Christian sects, include attempting to convert 'non-believers' as a standard activity. Moslems as well seem to promote converstion. On the other hands, a regimented attempting to convert does not seem to be part of Hinduism, Judaism, Jainism, Buddhism, nor among atheists.
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