To: Gengis Khan
It means conversion is always about intolerance. If you can tolerate the religious ethos of Hindus then there is no reason why you would want to covert them into Christianity's straight-jacket. If you had a good friend, and you thought that giving him a better understanding of the laws of karma would improve his position on the next cycle of rebirth, would you seek to improve his understanding of karma, or would you keep your mouth shut and allow him to proceed on a path that you think will lead him in a bad direction?
To a Christian, it's not a question of tolerance/intolerance. The Christian sincerely believes that a friend improves his prospects in life and after life, by becoming Christian
140 posted on
05/21/2006 10:03:25 AM PDT by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the arrogance to think they will be the planners)
To: SauronOfMordor; Gengis Khan
If you had a good friend, and you thought that giving him a better understanding of the laws of karma would improve his position on the next cycle of rebirth, would you seek to improve his understanding of karma, or would you keep your mouth shut and allow him to proceed on a path that you think will lead him in a bad direction? To a Christian, it's not a question of tolerance/intolerance. The Christian sincerely believes that a friend improves his prospects in life and after life, by becoming Christian
Good analogy -- and note Gengis, the Christian will also beleive that his friend has the freedom of Choice -- divinely given -- to choose or not to....
149 posted on
05/21/2006 10:14:18 AM PDT by
Cronos
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