“Why do Christians try to impose their values on others?”
The word “impose” is an intransitive verb that means:
- To establish or apply as compulsory; levy.
- To bring about by authority or force; force to prevail.
Is this really what Christians do when they preach the
gospel? At worst, we might say that they strongly recommend an alternative they
believe preferable to the direction our society is currently going. The climate
change folks, depopulationists, would-be socialists, vegans, vaccination
mandate supporters, LGBTQ+ activists, and a whole host of other opinionated
people do precisely the same thing.
But impose? Where is the force in the Christian message?
Where is the coercion? Where is even the threat of such things?