Funding Religious Conversions
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:47 pmWhen disaster hits a poor nation, many of the organizations that go provide humanitarian aid are religious organizations. When government offer aid to the disaster hit areas, it comes in the form of funding the humanitarian missions. However, during those missions members of the church often evangelize Christianity.
Questions:
1. Is this still respecting the separation of church and state in your opinion? The government isn't directly funding any religion, but it is in effect funding an opportunity for the church to evangelize.
2. Should this practice continue? Without aids to these groups, they might be too financially strapped to go help so you might end up with a situation where there isn't enough volunteers.
3. If somehow there were converts to Christianity due to the help from the missions, and there's local resentment for abandoning the religion, should we protect the minority converts?
4. If there were enough converts who feel that their government of a different religion isn't representing their interest, and they want to demand a separate territory, should we support it?
Questions:
1. Is this still respecting the separation of church and state in your opinion? The government isn't directly funding any religion, but it is in effect funding an opportunity for the church to evangelize.
2. Should this practice continue? Without aids to these groups, they might be too financially strapped to go help so you might end up with a situation where there isn't enough volunteers.
3. If somehow there were converts to Christianity due to the help from the missions, and there's local resentment for abandoning the religion, should we protect the minority converts?
4. If there were enough converts who feel that their government of a different religion isn't representing their interest, and they want to demand a separate territory, should we support it?