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It's unethical to proselytize during critical care.

Here is an example of "pushing religion". 
https://video.samaritanspurse.org/sharing-christs-love-in-waverly/

You don't think he feels some obligation to these people after they did all of that work for him? You don't think there was any pressure for him there at all? 
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If your standard is that helping someone creates a sense of “obligation” and “pressure,” then you might as well call for banning ALL aid, including NGOs. You could equally argue that USAID is out to win hearts and minds for America, which they partially are. Or that the IMF exists to prop up the international banking system, currencies, and western bank loans to developing countries, which it partially does. All of this is mixed into secular help. Put down your Belgian brown ale and tell us how any of this is different.

[b]If that guy had to look at a cross on the wall or a Bible on a table, then no, I don’t think there was pressure. [/b]You continue to dismiss peoples’ ability to make their own choices.

(Also, I’m not clicking on any more questionable links or spending any more of my time watching your minutes-long videos. After you accused missionary groups of “kidnapping” a kid to, gasp, take him to a hospital where Christian hosts, horrors, treated him “like family” (quotes from your post above), your outrage doesn’t carry enough credibility to warrant me spending much time. If you think there’s something objectionable, you need to write it down in a post.)[/quote]

They did much more than help this guy and have a bible on a table. Did you even watch it?

I didn't say they kidnapped him. More strawman.  :roll:

Questionable links? It's Samaritans Purse. Listen to what the volunteer in Haiti says. You don't think that's proselytizing?
https://samaritanspurse.org/article/restoring-health-and-hope-in-haiti/
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Here’s what you said on the previous page: “Mongolians parents basically held in captivity to get medical care for their children.”

When in fact the parents accompanied their children to a place where their children could get needed heart surgery. So, you know, the children didn’t have to be alone.

Bottom line: you’re not a reliable narrator. [/quote]

Right. I didn't say they were "kidnapped". They weren't physically forced to go.

But they didn't have much of a choice, did they? Their kid is seriously sick and they literally have no other option for treatment? Of course they are going to go.

But that means going to another country where you don't speak the language or have a car. You are totally dependent on your hosts. They provide critical medical care to your kid - you feel indebted. They bring you into their homes and feed you from their table - you feel further indebted. They say you are part of their families. They want to talk to you about God? Of course you will let them. You get stuck there for 5 extra months - you literally cannot leave their home. They want to talk to you about it for months. You let them because you want to show your appreciation and don't want to be rude. Maybe you even agree to go along with some of their beliefs to show your appreciation.

It's a crazy power imbalance. Wouldn't you agree?

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