AS TO THE CONVERSION THINGY. . . firstly, you can't "deconvert" someone, you can just help them see things differently and question their beliefs. Surprisingly (yea, right) most Christians that are put into a saturation type environment, especially of this sort, will grow away from the bias views and ideas they've been told to buy into. Not all "convert" to a new theology but most will alter the philosophical manner by which they view and live their lives, which frequently means not participating in church related rituals, politics, etc. One of the biggest problems faced by the Puritan overlords when populating North America was the number of people who were denouncing the pious ways of the church and embracing the more benevolent ways of living WITH the land as the natives did. This is one reason why so many christian factions fought to pass laws forbidding natives of observing their native faith, speak their native tongue, etc. Ironically, in this land in which Freedom of Religion is so loudly boasted, it wasn't until the mid-1980s that the Native Peoples could legally re-embrace the ways of their ancestors and escape the brainwashing antics of Priests.
This is a very old tale and the day we finally segregate the church from politics, allowing genuine religious freedom, we might actually catch a glimpse of Utopia.Statistics: Posted by Craig Browning — 11 Nov 2011, 04:49
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