04-17-2007, 05:18 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Meena+Apr 17 2007, 04:41 AM-->QUOTE(Meena @ Apr 17 2007, 04:41 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->These are the views which they use to convert people. When they go to a tribal and tell him/her their way of living is incorrect and is devil worship. Then after the conversion he/she joins them to go after his original co-religionists. One is not looking for congruence but one must be able to stand up to them.
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Meena,
I don't think this is how conversion works. Tell a tribal that he is worshipping the devil, and he will spit in your face.
I suspect how it works is:
1. Say you are coming to help the tribe.
2. Set up hospitals and schools.
3. Show the power of money.
4. Involve them in prayer and slowly introduce the tribals to a new God, new rituals and new form of worship.
5. The above will convert atleast a few. Now, give them status and economic facilities, and cause a split in the tribe. The remaining will eventually follow, when they see how much of a difference missionary money will make to their lives.
It is not by argument that they are converting the tribals. It is not by calling it devil worship. They don't call it devil worship in the initial stages of conversion. They call it that when they are seeking to isolate the last hold-outs.
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Meena,
I don't think this is how conversion works. Tell a tribal that he is worshipping the devil, and he will spit in your face.
I suspect how it works is:
1. Say you are coming to help the tribe.
2. Set up hospitals and schools.
3. Show the power of money.
4. Involve them in prayer and slowly introduce the tribals to a new God, new rituals and new form of worship.
5. The above will convert atleast a few. Now, give them status and economic facilities, and cause a split in the tribe. The remaining will eventually follow, when they see how much of a difference missionary money will make to their lives.
It is not by argument that they are converting the tribals. It is not by calling it devil worship. They don't call it devil worship in the initial stages of conversion. They call it that when they are seeking to isolate the last hold-outs.