Infinityloop
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I don't care for these kinds of threads but why not do one anyway? might be interesting:
I can not ever understand why anyone would convert to hinduism.
Have you ever read any Hindu texts? I'm curious.Some people think it was cool back in the 60s-70s...didn't the Beatles and other musicians/celebrities dabbled with it back then, though I am not sure if they were really Christians.
nopeHave you ever read any Hindu texts? I'm curious.
Why not? It's got no more or less reason/logic than any other religion. Just seems like a lot of work, but there are plenty of people converting to Orthodox Judaism too.I can not ever understand why anyone would convert to hinduism.
I'm south Asian, i get more interaction with hinduism than i would prefer.Have you ever read any Hindu texts? I'm curious.
Feels like a downgrade. Worshiping an unseeable god that happens to have three forms still looks less insane to me than worshiping plants, animals, stars and thousands other gods that all happen to have failed marriages and are constantly cheating on each other and are also, apparently, awful parents.Why not? It's got no more or less reason/logic than any other religion. Just seems like a lot of work, but there are plenty of people converting to Orthodox Judaism too.
I agree with you for once, but I think that's because Jesus does not exist.Jesus would not lead anyone to hinduism...fake news!
Wait what?? Last time I looked it was 2019 AD ;-)I agree with you for once, but I think that's because Jesus does not exist.
Jesus does exist and is real, so you’re right to agree with me.I agree with you for once, but I think that's because Jesus does not exist.
The purpose of this thread is to break away from the delusion that only people convert to Christianity. We've already got too many threads about people who converted to Christianity.They go the other way too...
Unlike Islam, Christians are aware that sometimes people who have identified as Christians might depart from the faith and either become atheists or become involved with other religions*. Nonetheless, Jesus does not prescribe the death penalty for apostasy as is evidently both believed and applied by followers of Islam AND Hinduism.The purpose of this thread is to break away from the delusion that only people convert to Christianity. We've already got too many threads about people who converted to Christianity.
Not at all, we are aware that exmuslims are a thing (in fact I often debate them). Ex-everything is a thing. The amount of people who convert from one religion to another for any number of reasons is prolific. People leave religions, it's a fact. Christianity has no monopoly here.Unlike Islam, Christians are aware that sometimes people who have identified as Christians might depart from the faith and either become atheists or become involved with other religions.
I am glad you acknowledge this. Some Muslims I have interacted with have inferred that Nabeel Qureshi was not originally a Muslim.Not at all, we are aware that exmuslims are a thing (in fact I often debate them). Ex-everything is a thing. The amount of people who convert from one religion to another for any number of reasons is prolific. People leave religions, it's a fact. Christianity has no monopoly here.
Maybe they're correct, I don't know because I don't know who that person is, it's a hot-topic at the moment so I don't find it unrealistic that there would be cashing in on (literally making money) the 'exmuslim' label. But as I've said, I don't know that guy so I can't say.I am glad you acknowledge this. Some Muslims I have interacted with have inferred that Nabeel Qureshi was not originally a Muslim.
Of course not, that is a man-made idea enforced without justification. The Islamic position historically is largely one of interaction and trade with other groups from other places. The traditional Islamic position (socially) is to keep to yourself. In general it hardly matters outside of the core worship places what somebody is.To the other question, do you think it is morally just to sanction people who leave a religion (from cutting them off right through to killing them?)