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Originally posted by kimish
In your opinion would you say missionaries push their faith or just "spread" it?
Originally posted by kimish
reply to post by Klassified
Agreed. Share their faith but don't push their faith onto someone. In your opinion would you say missionaries push their faith or just "spread" it?
Luke 14:23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
Originally posted by alienreality
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
There is nothing moral about trying to tell someone what to believe or to try and change what they believe.
Ahh, I see... So then, the guy that I talked out of believing his life wasn't worth living and that he really should not jump from a 16 story balcony, because I believe his life IS worth while, So I should have just agreed with him and watched him jump?....
edit on 30-9-2011 by alienreality because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by traditionaldrummer
Missionary work is simply theological fascism. I find it insidious to exploit the people and problems in faraway communities to promote your unproven beliefs (especially when derived from a book making many claims we now know are untrue). It would be far more humanitarian to bring such people education, vocation and critical thinking skills - with a prejudice against superstition. Just my opinion.
Originally posted by kimish
reply to post by windword
How many Islamic slave drivers were there in history? Just saying. The total idea of Missionaries was not for slaves. I absolutely can't stand when people bring that up (no offense to you) but Christians weren't the only ones. Just like whites werent the only slave owners, etc.
Missionaries are on a mission to "save" people through Christ Jesus. There are always a few bad seeds in the bunch.
Originally posted by kimish
We can't condemn all missionaries or the entire church for doing such ugly deeds.