Why this double standard? Should not he restrain the Churches to stop converting non-christians which will ensure peace in Indian society? Poor and uneducated Indians getting converted to christianity for being allured by medicines and financial allurements is an exploitation of people's ignorance and poverty. Is it what Jesus expected his followers to do with mankind?
2006-09-27 20:18:15 · 9 answers · asked by John 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Pope is head of a State of which Vetican City is the capital. Christianity is the religion of the State of Rome which is a theocratic state. Religions other than Christianity are not allowed to freely preach or propagate in the Vetican City. This exposes the lack of tolerance of difference in faith, so far as Christianity is concerned. Pope as the head of the followers of christianity came out with a statement opposing the move of the Government of Rajasthan in India to prevent conversion by fear, bribe, allurement, misrepresentation etc. Then the question arose, as to why other religions are disallowed in the Vetican City? Perhaps in this context is the 'double standard' of Pope being questioned by the asker.
I fully agree that conversion of people's faith is a trivial practice which should be stopped forth with whole over the world. The organised religions have already marketed the name of God to further their selfish ends bereft of any spiritual purpose. The claim that Christianity is trying to liberate the oppressed class is a myth which has been exploded from the experience in South Africa. Mankind would no longer be deceived by the tall claims by Christian missionaries that the human suffering could be allayed by the Church. The violence prevailing between the Jewish Israel, the Islamic Middle-East is originated and fuelled by the Christian UK and the USA which has already cost so much of human blood. China has rightly outlawed the missionaries from its land who carry the seed of intolerance, insurgency and violence by cultural invasion. India is trying to do it in a hard way while maintaining its rich traditions of tolerance, democracy and seculrism.
2006-09-29 01:58:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course Christians in Rome and anywhere in the West are allowed to convert. What double standard? No one compels conversion. What happens is they see people acting selflessly helping strangers and protecting women and children. When they try and figure out why they are doing it, they end up converting.
Jesus insisted that his followers change the world and in doing so people come to agree with Jesus and follow him and abandon prior beliefs. He should not restrain churches from converting others to prevent war because that war must come from the non-Christians. What should happen is that the non-Christians who propose war should be restrained as it is they who are proposing violence.
2006-09-28 06:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by OPM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
POPE is a typical hypocrite.
His missionaries attack only poor Hindus in India with evil tactics because Christianity has totally FAILED in converting millions of educated Hindus. There are cases when these missionary wolfs used money and insulted Hinduism for their mission. Anti- forced conversion laws are only against such manipulative conversions and people are free to convert if that is their personal decision.
POPE knows noone will buy christianity in more than billion strong India because even after 2000 years and lots of efforts and resources Christianity in India is only 2%...so he is against such laws which prevents evil tactics from use.
On the other hand he will not allow any Hindu Guru to spread Hinduism in Rome....what a hypocrites!!
Hinduism dont even need missionaries to spread itself. Without sending single missionary today millions of people believe in Hindu basics like Reincarnation, yoga, meditation and Karma...and moving closer to Hinduism with every passing day.
POPE took 2000 years to reach 2% in India but Hinduism took 50 years to reach 2% in USA and 4% in UK etc. and that too without using any evil tactics of christian missionaries.
Christians like POPE are so unlike Christ.
2006-09-27 20:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by Kwel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What double standard are you talking about? Who told you that no one was allowed to convert to another religion in Rome? Of course they are!
2006-09-27 20:22:56 · answer #4 · answered by Robert L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are Muslims and other faiths in Rome and one is free to convert.
2006-09-27 20:25:20 · answer #5 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
join the club play by the rules ! that's why I abstain from all groups controlled by the few that don't allow free thinking or try to suppress free will .........freedom with nothing to die for......
what did Jesus have to do with formal religion he scorned the religious scholars of his day for their ignorance .... follow the the man's teachings not the churches exploitation of them.....
don't need hate filled distortions of the truth !
2006-09-27 20:28:12 · answer #6 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lots of indians , hindu, buddhist and muslims are converting to christianity to escape oppression. christianity is a religion of freedom and it wants people to liberate themselves from all the cultural and social stupidity
when people convert to christianity they convert to a religion thats far more advanced than other religions
2006-09-27 20:25:11 · answer #7 · answered by country 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the Italian constitution provides for freedom of religion including "propagation."
Article 19 states:
“All are entitled to freely profess their religious convictions in any form, individually or in associations, to propagate them, and to celebrate them in public or in private, save in the case of rites contrary to morality.”
I do not see a double standard.
With love in Christ.
2006-09-28 18:30:35 · answer #8 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does this mean no one can convert to Christianity? or they will still take them?
2006-09-27 20:24:09 · answer #9 · answered by daliaadel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋