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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Proselytizing is obnoxious because it assumes their religious beliefs are superior to yours. And it's rude to randomly approach people in this way, uninvited, and start talking about something so personal. [/quote]

Absolutely. [/quote]

Tell that to all the missionaries who've been proselytizing for centuries. Talk about double standards. :roll: [/quote]

Not the PP you're quoting but I agree that Christian evangelists are obnoxious. They use some incredibly shady tactics in India actually. Let me see if I can find the article.

Here it is: [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-goldberg/missionaries-in-india_b_4470448.html]Missionaries in India: Conversion or Coercion?[/url]

Useful quote from the article:

[quote]Targeting mainly the impoverished and uneducated, some of their tactics make the hospital bargain I described earlier look as reputable as ordering a book from Amazon. I was told of missionaries giving people temporary jobs in return for converting, and then threatening them with job loss — not to mention eternal damnation — if they reconvert to Hinduism. Families have apparently been torn apart because the converts are made to disassociate from the heathen.

I heard about missionaries who dress in orange robes to look like swamis. Gullible and desperate villagers are told that their traditional gods are actually corrupted versions of Christ; that the venerable saints and sages of India’s past were really Christians; that the three horizontal stripes traditionally drawn on the foreheads of Shiva devotees stand for the Holy Trinity; that the Upanishadic prayer that includes “Lead us from darkness to light” was meant as a cry for Jesus to save them.
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