That eliminates the last vestiges of excuses for abridging as fundamental an individual right as to the choice of a faith -- or to change to one other than the one born into, doesn't it? Since EVEN the superstitious 'jaat-mora' cannot be an excuse.
> As to your remark, regarding the Dimasa's complaint, I wish, I did not >have to repeat the words, 'force', 'allurement' etc, over and over again. *** No you don't. But HOW does a FORCED CONVERSION stick? That IS my question. Similarly it is extremely easy to abandon a faith converted into by material allurements, as you proved with examples ( we won't even get into the circumstasnces of re-conversion ). So what would be the rationale to JUSTIFY conversion ban. And if CONVERSION could be prohibited, why can't re-conversion be similarly prohibited? >Why should the Dimasa relax for the next twenty years watching the >Christian >number double, at the cost of their religion, just because the >Vatican has been >dispensing enormous amount of dollars to 'harvest' human >soul? *** I am very touched by the empathy towards the assault over the Dimasa identity and their religion by the Christian one. However, if the Dimasa's could be so easily sold (pun intended) a new faith, by the Vatican or the Baptist Church, maybe the one they are born into are not all that hot to begin with. What do you think? At 8:04 PM -0400 9/7/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 9/6/03 12:01:36 AM Central Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > ><<So, if you are forced, even > under the sword, to have undergone baptism--you can never become a Hindu > again. You are forever lost. Under such circumstances, it would be > understandable why the Hindus are so obsessed about PREVENTING 'forced' > conversions.>> > > Is that right? Read the following severely abridged list, gleaned from >just over a couple of years. > > 1. In July 2000, seven families, belonging to the Mising community, were >reconverted to Hinduism in Majuli. (Asian Age, July 10, 2000). > > 2. Amidst fanfare, 500 Christians and 50 Muslims were reconverted to >Hinduism, as priest chanted mantras and performed the "paraavartan yajna." >(Rediff March 25, 2000). > > 3. Hundreds of families who converted to Christianity, over hundred years >ago and were settled by the British in Haryana villages by giving them >land are now shedding their Christian identity, to join and embrace >Hinduism. ( The Tribune, Jan 25, 2002). > > Moreover, familiarize yourself with the "Ghar Wapsi" program by the RSS, >which Padris have been demanding to ban. The project entails >"reconversion" of converted Hindus, back to Hinduism. > > As to your remark, regarding the Dimasa's complaint, I wish, I did not >have to repeat the words, 'force', 'allurement' etc, over and over again. >Why should the Dimasa relax for the next twenty years watching the >Christian number double, at the cost of their religion, just because the >Vatican has been dispensing enormous amount of dollars to 'harvest' human >soul? Why would anyone expect to? Whether a person in distress offers you >their body or soul in exchange for relief, the principle remains the same. > > KJD. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam
