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If you really believe in Jesus (Buddha, Lao Tzu, Krishna, etc.) you can't be too upset with others who don't believe the same way you do, as that isn't your job. "Judge not lest ye be judged" and all that. To try to coerce another in any way; physically, intellectually, emotionally or psychically, to your "religious" positioning flies in the face of what all of the above teachers taught
Unfortunately the remains of Buddha, Lao Tzu, Krishna are still dead and in their graves.
Jesus's Tomb was and is empty.:) He defeated death, hell and the Grave.
Secondly..I am not trying to coerce anyone to believe anything.
Speaking the truth in Love IS what Jesus commanded us to do until His Return
Gospel of Mark":16:15( JESUS Speaking)
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matt 28:18
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway *, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
St Paul -1Corinthians 9:14
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
I could go on...but my point is made. Christians are commanded to share their faith. Not browbeat...not force...not make it an Offical State Religion like Rome did
but we are simply to share our story of what HE did for us....how he changed our lives.
Instead of actually listening to those teachers, people have put them above the realms of human experince with all sorts of ritual BS; calling them Messiahs, Immortals or Avatars over the centuries, but they were ultimately teachers with practical messages for everyday people. People have free will. If they don't want to grow and change, if they want to be unethical and immoral, then no one can make them be otherwise. If you try, you are acting just like one of them.