Comment on The Hindu article "Bring back all converted Hindus, says RSS chief"
The Hindu, dated Dec. 20th 2014, carried this article, "Bring back all converted Hindus, says RSS chief", http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/enact-law-against-conversion-says-rss-chief-bhagwat/article6711131.ece. I submitted the following comment to the above web page:
In my view, converting people to another religion using material allurements is doing a great disservice to the prophets, mystics & founders of various religions. If proselytising organizations, no matter what their religion (even Hindu proselytising organizations), offer material allurements as a prize for religious conversion then such proselytising organizations should be strongly discouraged from such activities as these kind of activities will not only disturb the delicate harmony between followers of various religions & sects in India, it will also wreck the religious & spiritual life of those converted in this fashion.
However proselytising organizations that win converts from other religions by the teachings & practice of their religion/sect should be free to do so. Freedom to choose & change one's religion/spiritual path is a fundamental freedom which should not be denied to any Indian, and I believe this freedom is enshrined in the Indian constitution.
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I later got an email from The Hindu that my above comment has got rejected! No reason was provided for the rejection.
In my view, converting people to another religion using material allurements is doing a great disservice to the prophets, mystics & founders of various religions. If proselytising organizations, no matter what their religion (even Hindu proselytising organizations), offer material allurements as a prize for religious conversion then such proselytising organizations should be strongly discouraged from such activities as these kind of activities will not only disturb the delicate harmony between followers of various religions & sects in India, it will also wreck the religious & spiritual life of those converted in this fashion.
However proselytising organizations that win converts from other religions by the teachings & practice of their religion/sect should be free to do so. Freedom to choose & change one's religion/spiritual path is a fundamental freedom which should not be denied to any Indian, and I believe this freedom is enshrined in the Indian constitution.
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I later got an email from The Hindu that my above comment has got rejected! No reason was provided for the rejection.
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