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In a message dated 10/31/2005 4:20:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Of course, once your friend says "no, thanks," you should not harass or in any way impose your beliefs on the unwilling listener. I wonder how realistic this
is. If members of a particular religion are required to share the good
news, saying "no, thanks" to one member of that religion has no effect on the
obligations of other members of that faith. So if someone objects to the
continual, how should one say it, attempts by members of a parituclar faith to
share their faith or convert others, the above disclaimer has little real world
meaning. Only if the particular religion itself were to exhort its members
to be extremely circumspect about who, when, and where they attempt to reveal
the good news, would the unwilling listener be protected at all; "no, thanks,"
won't do the trick.
Bobby Robert Justin
Lipkin
Professor of Law Widener University School of Law Delaware |
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