Personally I do not understand
why some Christians believe that their religion is superior to those of
others and try to convert followers of other religions to the Christian
faith. I was born a Hindu and consider all religions to be equal leading
to the same goal. I think it is wrong to go around trying to coerce people
to believe in any religion, and worse to exploit the poverty and helplessness
of people to gain them as converts.
It is sad to see
Christian fundamentalism coming to Sri Lanka. None of us in this island
needs to be "saved" because we all have beautiful religions
that are spiritual and serve our needs. These new Christian groups are
not doing Sri Lanka any favours by ruining the religious harmony of the
country.
If a religion has to resort to providing material inducements in order
to gain converts, then what does that say about the spiritual power of
that religion?
Renuka Mahendran
via email
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