I find christianity to be morally offensive and downright disgusting. Anyone who subscribes to a faith that claims that Nazis can go to Heaven by simply asking for forgiveness (Mark 3: 28 ) while their non-converted Jewish victims must burn in Hell Forever! (John 14:6) and can't find anything even slightly wrong with that doesn't deserve consideration for their "hardships" by my attempts to rescue them from their f***ed up cult. "Salvation" is the very foundation of christianity but they don't put enough thought into it to realize that (the above) is what that actually means.

Would you have felt compunction for rescuing Susan Atkins from Manson?

Until reading this post, I thought I had a fairly extensive vocabulary. Without a dictionary, I cannot reply to this, so I'll just happily read comments.

If a person is searching for the truth and you can point the way you should do so. Honestly if a person comes to understand that there is no such thing as the supernatural they will have a better life and will welcome the truth once they understand it.

No. I'm not responsible for other people's decisions. Nor am I responsible for whatever consequences they face for having made their decisions.

I leave people alone in their mistaken beliefs. Not my business.

I have, however, corrupted my ex's prudish upbringing. He was a fussy, conventional, religious person when we started seeing each other, but I eventually got him drinking wine, going skinny dipping, and doing mild B & M, with all the trappings and costumes. He didn't seem to mind being corrupted, though.

At that time, I still attended church, but eventually I began pulling away from it because our church rebuked us for going ballroom dancing. I thought it was none of their business and that they were nutty control freaks, but I don't know how much my ex agreed with me.

I can not force anyone to truly believe or not. It isn't my decision to make. Supplying evidence or counter arguments are all I am responsible for. I can't weigh those arguments for another.

Nope. I'm not your momma. If you do stuff for which you are not prepared, it's not on me.

My gut reaction is no, but I’d have to have specific examples of the hardships incurred to give an honest answer.

I do not try to convert anyone and do not believe it is my purpose to do so. I will state my case as to why religion is man made nonsense, but the rest is up the them.

I don't think you can influence someone who doesn't already realize that religion is BS. They just have to come to terms with that somehow.