Why do believers in God try to convert others?
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"Believers in God often seek to convert others not out of certainty, but to drown their own doubts in the numbers of the crowd; true understanding stands alone, needing no validation from followers."
According to Osho, God-believers push conversion to muffle their own hidden doubt. By swelling the crowd, they borrow certainty from numbers - 'the whole world can't be wrong' - and thus repress, not resolve, inner uncertainty. Proselytizing becomes a psychological crutch of the sleepwalking masses. Authentic knowing stands alone; it neither seeks followers nor needs social proof.
People try to make others believe what they do because big crowds make their own shaky beliefs feel safe.
Why this matters practically
- Notice the urge to convince as a signal to examine your own doubt.
- Seek direct, lived experience instead of secondhand belief or social proof.
- Respect others’ paths; truth doesn’t need marketing or majority approval.
- Seek direct, lived experience instead of secondhand belief or social proof.
- Respect others’ paths; truth doesn’t need marketing or majority approval.
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