Before you can convince someone, you need to respect them, but even if you don’t want to convince them, you still need to respect them.
Basically, if someone believes something you don’t, it’s probably in bad form to immediately want to convince them otherwise, to save them from themselves or whatever. It’s not your place to do that, usually. Sometimes you can’t change their mind and it’s not worth the effort, so it’s best to just respectfully disagree and not think you have to change their mind.
However, if your goal is to change minds, it’s best to think of the person as reasonable anyway, rather than as some fucking irrational idiot whom it’s your responsibility to save. Don’t be that guy. Besides, if they’re so irrational, why would you even want to reason with them?
“Why do you believe Jesus Christ is your savior” is interesting, because it can mean anything from “why do you believe in God” (and God is Jesus, of course it is) to “why are you a Christian and not a Hindu”
