I agree with Gilbert. There should not be any bans on conversions in India or anywhere. Religion (as Gilbert correctly described with his example of Christianity in France), like any business, is all about spin and marketing. It does not have to be based on facts, but is focused on making the "customer" feel good. Whether Jesus was god, human, illegitmate, married etc does not matter. The fact is that the Christian church has been able to maintain a large base of very happy customers over the millenia. In fact the church has been so successful, there are so many versions of it today, each with its own brand of christianity and Jesus Christ. The catholic church for its part, is fundamentally a very successful 2000 year old business, and is a testament to the vision of its founder father (no pun intended) and its CEOs that followed Jesus. Amen.
The Govt's banning of the rights of Christians in India to prostelize is equivalent to it restricting the rights of private enterprises to function in a free market economy. Such polices may be acceptable in theorcratic states such as Iran, Israel or Saudi Arabia, but we cannot accept it in a secular India. However, even "secular" America is not immune to the government stacking the deck, as evidenced by President Bush's "Faith Based Initiatives", where around 90% of its funding has been utilized on christian organizations in America. Still, this does not compare to the bans being considered by the Indian government. Marlon --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PS: On a related point. You are for availability of > the book "Da Vinci Code" in India (which I agree). > But you are for banning the distribution of the > Bible (evangelization) in India. Changing standards > would you not say?. My stand is I am in favor of > Christian conversions in India and Hindu conversions > in USA as long as in both (and other) cases there is > no overt or covert coercion. > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected])
