Should it be a crime to go to other places and convert people? I mean how arrogant are these people to interfere with other people's beliefs?
2007-02-01 18:03:47 · 19 answers · asked by . 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
lura i'm talking about these preachers that go to other countries and try to interfere with other people's beliefs. they should be arrested!
2007-02-01 18:08:19 · update #1
HOW ARROGANT IS TO TELL OTHERS THEY ARE WRONG IN THEIR BELIEFS AND TRY TO CONVERT THEM! STAY IN AMERICA AND KEEP YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS TO YOURSELVES HYPOCRITES!
2007-02-01 18:09:45 · update #2
YES and no.. i dont know! thats a difficult question! in one light, having people go in and spreading their beliefs kills years and years of tradition and culture.. but in another light, it, in a lot of cases, brings new- life saving- technology to the area... that otherwise would never be introduced. but.. you know, that in itself can be negative and positive- new technology brings more people - more people bring more mouths to feed, more pollution... ugh! spreading religions can REALLY screw things up! for the most part, i agree, i think it should be illegal, or at least heavily frowned upon by major leaders of major countries... too much BAD comes from spreading religion- barely any good comes from it. barely any. its so sad.
2007-02-01 18:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by louie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not exactly a crime because that would probably butt up against the freedom of speech stuff.
Being the Atheist that I am, I can imagine a group of religious people showing up at my doorstop and threatening to not leave until I'm converted 'for my own good'. The kind of thing a real rural church might organize to 'help a neighbor'.
I'd promptly have them trespassed off my property. If it keeps happening, I'd get a restraining order against the church and its congregation. If they decide to get nasty, I ask the cops to file an anti-gang injunction against the church forcing it to disband. (I live in Los Angeles I imagine you can call a church a gang if it starts harassing people.)
2007-02-02 02:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by Jack Schitt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be tantamount to making it a criminal offense to attempt to persuade people in the marketplace of ideas. Why does one's freedom to believe something be subject to state legislation? Or protected by State legislation? Everyday we are being persuaded by all sorts of media to accept/reject certain beliefs. Why don't we make these attempts criminal too, instead of just applying it to the area of religion? Duh!
The fact of the matter is this, religious beliefs are simply any set of beliefs, and beliefs can be true or false, accepted or rejected. If you are not able to defend your beliefs (religious or otherwise) intellectually, then it shows how weak and without substance your beliefs are, such that you need the law to enforce your staying within the religion. I find this situation pathetic. In other words you require the law to force you to adhere to your own religion, and to forbid others from expressing their faith.
Why should the attempt to persuade others to your view be tantamount to arrogance and interference? You can either accept or reject what is being presented to you. Similarly you are trying to change our thinking by selling us th eidea that religious conversion should be criminalised, then shouldn't you be branded a criminal too for trying to convert others to your frame of thinking?
2007-02-02 02:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by Seraph 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I do NOT want the government involved in religion AT ALL. That includes making proselytizing a crime, making children pledging to a god, or, having a line in state constitutions saying elected officials have to believe in a "higher power" (i.e. Texas and some others).
2007-02-02 02:08:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. If people don't wish to be preached at, they can just say "go away". It IS extremely arrogant to impose your beliefs on someone else. But it is still freedom of speech. They have the right to speak. And WE have the right to totally ignore or make fun of them.
2007-02-02 02:06:54 · answer #5 · answered by grrluknow 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If arrogance were a crime a lot of Yahoo! Answer's users would be typing from prison cells.
2007-02-02 02:28:14 · answer #6 · answered by Garius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a crime...you sound like something out of a horror film...or the way the communist are...next you'll think it OK to start going into churches and executing them....WHATS WRONG WITH YOU INSANE PEOPLE
should blatant arrogant stupidity be a crime...if it were you'd be serving a life sentence
2007-02-02 02:12:35 · answer #7 · answered by purpleaura1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should religious prostelyzing being criminalized?
NOT YET!
As soon as you guys have your SHARIA LAW functioning it will be so!
2007-02-02 02:06:27 · answer #8 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah under false advertising, Unless they can back up their claims they should be forced to pay fines and restitution to all who gave them money.
2007-02-02 02:25:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be a violation of the constitutional right to freedom of religion.
2007-02-02 02:06:40 · answer #10 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋