Doc Daneeka said:
You use the word coercion and that's wrong. If a store sets up an entrance that goes through a certain aisle first I don't consider that "coercion". That is a marketing tactic. We know for a fact, that laws influence the morality of certain people to and extent and that they end up believing in certain ideas. Why would Christians not attempt to influence all organizations like this. If influence can lead to true belief how is influence bad?
You keep using bad examples, when Christ already gave us clear ones. Laws are backed through coercion. If you violate the law, armed men seek you out and, depending on the severity of the infraction, either steals your money or throws you in a cage. If I didn't want to go through that particular aisle in your example, then I'm free to leave the store with no penalty.
Again, and I'm not sure why you continue to ignore this - Christ gave us example after example. He never coerced people to believe in Him. That would have been counterproductive. He did present a different way than the world offers. Some accepted, but most rejected it. He never called for them to be arrested or fined for rejecting His way. We see it in the parable of the Prodigal Son. We see it with the rich young ruler. His way isn't a way of coercion. The gospel isn't spread through the sword. It's not by political power that the world will know we're His followers. It's through our love....the self-sacrificial, non-coercive love of Christ that we're to be imitators of.