[starbase]

I'm not sure what to think about laws telling people they can't advertise their religions, but I have worked with some Indian guys who told me that the people in the countryside are like people in feudal times, they're completely ignorant.

One guy said missionaries will give a Tylenol to some poor, uneducated guy who was complaining of a headache, then when the headache goes away, they tell him Jesus cured it, so he converts.

I would guess this law is meant to stop overt abuses like that, and other examples of taking advantage of the local people's temporary disadvantage of backwardness.

[Cronos]

One guy said missionaries will give a Tylenol to some poor, uneducated guy who was complaining of a headache, then when the headache goes away, they tell him Jesus cured it, so he converts.

That happens inthe US also! What's to stop that poor schmuck from converteing back the next day?? Nothing. I think fooling the poor guy is wrong, but how do you prove such a thing? And even if you do prove it, has the poor guy really lost anything? Well, besides the headache...