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To: CarrotAndStick; Calabash

Oh lovely way to make your point. Amid fiery speeches by government leaders demanding the deportation of Christians and banning of conversions TO Christianity, 342 people switched back to Hindu.

Carrot, if Calabash or Soldier had posted that, it would be one thing. But you don't see how bad that article makes the anti-Christian fervor sound? It makes it sound like those people professed Hindu because they were terrified of what might happen to them if they didn't! I hardly imagine that with public leaders making such proclamations, that they felt they could rely on the vigorous protection of the law!


93 posted on 04/12/2006 8:36:06 AM PDT by dangus (Church: "The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops." Me: "US gets new HOV lane.")
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To: dangus
Carrot, if Calabash or Soldier had posted that, it would be one thing. But you don't see how bad that article makes the anti-Christian fervor sound? It makes it sound like those people professed Hindu because they were terrified of what might happen to them if they didn't! I hardly imagine that with public leaders making such proclamations, that they felt they could rely on the vigorous protection of the law!

Let me put it again, the ones whom you refer to as "public" leaders, aren't elected politicians. They go about re-converting people to Hinduism. The ones who proposed the bill, are elected officials. And as such, no bill can discriminate between religions. It would violate the constitution.

As per the bill, the activities of the VHP in "reconverting" tribals would be illegal.

That aside, I've mentioned Israel enacted similar anti-conversion laws way back in 1977. What's your view on that?

98 posted on 04/12/2006 8:51:56 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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