Missionaries should be banned
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Anonymous
People should be free to practice their religion, which often includes sharing it with others. Also, the burden should be on the person proposing an infringement on people's religious freedom, not the other way around. |
Anonymous
Is one congregation helping another congregation in the same church really considered “missionary” work? How about missionary work that isn’t affiliated with an existing congregation? Why should that not be banned? |
Anonymous
But they can share their religion without missionary work. Missionary work infringes on indigenous people’s beliefs and customs. Their autonomy supersedes others’ religious freedom. |
Anonymous
You mean like, hypothetically, the book of Revelation . . . comes true? And the world unites against the remnant seed church spreading God's message? Throw in there taking away people's ability to buy and sell without a mark of the beast for good measure if you like. |
Anonymous
Translation? |
Anonymous
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Tell me how you’ve ever been to 3rd world countries without telling you’ve never been to 3rd world countries.
op was privileged and it shows. |
Anonymous
What do you think missionary work is? It's going somewhere and sharing your religion (including often doing service work as well). No one's autonomy is infringed by someone telling them about Christianity. Indigenous people aren't a museum piece that have to keep the same beliefs forever because you've decided you like it that way. |
Anonymous
Indigenous people should decide their own future without high-pressure, predatory tactics. |
Anonymous
Start by reading some of Revelations 12:17 13:5-7 13:15-17 14:6-7 |
Anonymous
Is proselytizing protected as part of “religious freedom”? Is predatory proselytizing protected? Why would it be ok for foreign beliefs/religions to infringe on local/indigenous beliefs/religions? |
Anonymous
Just because you use words like “high pressure” and “predatory” doesn’t make it true in many of not most cases these days. Please go back and re-read the posters who have tried to answer with explanations of what missionary work actually looks like in the 21st century. Those posters were posting in good faith—you need to show good faith by reading them. |
Anonymous
DP. I have done some Googling around the internet and what you say does have some merit. That does seem to be the trend these days. Consistent with observations in the other threads that people these days are down-playing religiousness, or just hiding I guess. Which is fine. People are becoming more "spiritual" and missionary work is becoming more like any other secular aid. |
Anonymous
^ This is a good trend to be encouraged! |
Anonymous
This. When privileged DCUMers in their jammies, sipping their cava, can show us that developing countries already have enough wells and health clinics, then they can (maybe) make a case for banning this type of help. Until that day arrives, it’s pretty high-handed to tell impoverished people in developing countries that they shouldn’t benefit from missionary help. Especially as they’re free to ignore any proselytizing, although some here have said they don’t even do that. |
Anonymous
Thanks for the validation. PS. Nobody wants to engage with your spam about bogus definitions of “religious” and “spiritual.” Take that boring stuff back to one of the other threads you’ve spammed about it. Especially as missionaries would call themselves “religious” even by your ridiculous definition, so your post makes zero sense. |