I agree with you on this - conversions done thru greed or coercion should be made illegal- and that the harvesting of souls by evangelicals should be banned by law. However, at the same time, the reconversion dramas of VHP and other Sangh parivar bodies (based mostly on intimidation or bribery) should be banned, and the insidious role of these organizations in tribal areas should be inquired into. I am concerned about the cultural imperialism of the mainstream Hindutva forces in tribal areas, and strong and organized attempts to incorporate/brainwash tribals into forgetting their own cultures.
One may also consider that many dalits have converted to christianity because of caste based discrimination and economic domination by the upper castes. We also need to address the questions of such exploitation. Regards Nachiketa On Jan 23, 2008 12:33 PM, adi_rkmv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected] <Jharkhand%40yahoogroups.co.in>, v > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We have strayed far away from the topic under discussion. > > > > It is okay to convert is a person is attracted by a religion and > spends > > years studying it. > > But mass conversion by evangelist is nothing but a fraud. Most of > the poor > > tpeople covnerted have no clue what i a bible not anything about > Jesus. It > > is due to material incentives and coercion that they end up > coverting. The > > stad has a duty to protect ids citizens from being exploited in > this hideous > > way. > > > > > > > > > > On 1/20/08, Sathya Mohan Puttagunta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > This is not totally bad > > >
