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Originally Posted by mthambi
People who take religion seriously are free not to take food/water. It will leave them no worse than if the law had existed.
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No, How very unkind, Taking food and water to people who has suffered and telling them NO you cannot have it.
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I agree that what the missionaries are doing are highly immoral. Should it be illegal? In any case I think the point is moot. If the state is not competent enough to provide food/water how do you expect it to enforce the law. Instead of passing impractical laws, it should focus on improving public services.
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The law is impractical, and I agree to that. But the point you are contesting is highly immoral somehow you are helping the government. The Indian state is not USA, we have our limitations that doesnt mean very tom dick and harry can come and take advantage of that. We are not the Chinese, you know.
If you plan to do CHARITY, do that. And nothing else. Or else find a different country.
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It is immoral. But do you think it would be better for somebody to do nothing at all or give food in return for religious conversion. Doing nothing is clearly not illegal.
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Why dont Missionaries help people, 'human beings' and whoever wants to convert, do convert. You think jesus would have said to dying man, I will give you water if you convert.
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I hope you are not insinuating that it has anything to do with my arguments. In any case you are only half right -- Mallu Ex-Christain athiest/agnostic.
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It clearly has, it is just under the carpet. As you can see I am a mallu myself, and my family was forced to covert but did not because of their belief in their religion, this was in the 1962-63 famine. I have seen quite a few who hold similar views as you.