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To: Gengis Khan

"As I have said before and repeat it for the umpteenth time. And expostion of the tenets of ones faith is no crime and voluntary acceptance of another religion is no crime either but proselytization as a systematic and organised activity is unacceptable."

I'm curious as to why it is unacceptable. That seems to be something that has not been explained very well.

"It is the judiciary's business to ascertain if the conversion is indeed genuine and not simply a scam as is the case with most of the Christian conversions in India."

How can the judiciary tell someone why they converted? The judiciary cannot see into that persons heart. As for your assertion that "most" are caused by some sort of scam, I'd like to see hard facts on that.


347 posted on 05/22/2006 6:43:20 PM PDT by Romish_Papist (St. Jude, pray for my lost cause. St. Rita, pray for my impossible situation.)
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To: Romish_Papist
-----"As I have said before and repeat it for the umpteenth time. And expostion of the tenets of ones faith is no crime and voluntary acceptance of another religion is no crime either but proselytization as a systematic and organised activity is unacceptable."
I'm curious as to why it is unacceptable. That seems to be something that has not been explained very well.
 
In secular India the Indian government is not allowed to promote or favour any particular religion then how can a foreign government (the government of Vatican) be allowed to actively promote and further the cause of "one" religion on Indian soil?
 

-----"It is the judiciary's business to ascertain if the conversion is indeed genuine and not simply a scam as is the case with most of the Christian conversions in India."

How can the judiciary tell someone why they converted? The judiciary cannot see into that persons heart. As for your assertion that "most" are caused by some sort of scam, I'd like to see hard facts on that.
The judiciary can certainly ascertain if a person is genuinely converting of his own conscience and fully understands and is able to explain the tenets of his faith he/she is converting into and also the reason why he/she feels the need to convert. That would be enough to ascertain if he/she is genuinely influenced by Christianity and not just falsely indoctrinated or simply a party to some spurious arrangement in return for some material/monetary benefits. 

377 posted on 05/23/2006 1:18:53 AM PDT by Gengis Khan
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