Religious conversions - your views

It shows people are oriented towards that religion which they feel will be beneficial to them.

True. Religion is a personal choice; and their own comfort and benefits are the primary concern of all people while choosing their religion; faith and spirituality are secondary. 

Exactly. When someone chooses something, are we rising hue and cry? In my view Choosing a religion of one's liking is not an exception.

When people are poor and are unable to lead a decent life they would do anything for survival, this is true of conversion, as we all know.But again it is an individuals choice and if he or she wants to convert noone can stop them and if they want to reconvert back to their old religion , again it is their choice....

Absolutely Usha. This noise is meaningless on an issue entirely of one's personal thing.

It is indeed a tricky question and politics reaches into it and in a democracy everything is political. 

Ther is nothing tricky in this issue. One is  choosing a thing of his liking, what's tricky in this?

rambabu wrote:

Ther is nothing tricky in this issue. One is  choosing a thing of his liking, what's tricky in this?

I am not really sure how it lead to being termed tricky, but I can certainly say that it IS indeed a tricky thing for the actual people involved. We hear and have seen so many instances of poor people converting for all the seemingly right reasons and then left to their fate exactly as before after they have converted. Happens quite a lot here!

Most of times, these people face difficulties amidst growing politics from all sides and that proves to be difficult for them due to sudden media attention. 

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

rambabu wrote:

Ther is nothing tricky in this issue. One is  choosing a thing of his liking, what's tricky in this?

I am not really sure how it lead to being termed tricky, but I can certainly say that it IS indeed a tricky thing for the actual people involved. We hear and have seen so many instances of poor people converting for all the seemingly right reasons and then left to their fate exactly as before after they have converted. Happens quite a lot here!

 

Here too "Big fish eats Small fish" exploitation takes place.in the name of conversions, influenced convertees pocket the benefits leaving the poor convertees in the lurch.

There are lot of conversions for money sake and the basic meaning of religion conversion is put to bay. Religion conversion is necessitated when people feel that in their practices of religion they are not finding true meaning or they are finding the other religion practices to be more divine and acceptable.

It is in this situation religion conversion should be adopted. Unfortunately this is not the case. But however there are always the right groups and wrong groups involved in this.

The right groups just explain about their religion and go away while the wrong ones just lure the people by showing them the monetory side. 

epraneeth77 wrote:

 

There are lot of conversions for money sake and the basic meaning of religion conversion is put to bay. Religion conversion is necessitated when people feel that in their practices of religion they are not finding true meaning or they are finding the other religion practices to be more divine and acceptable.

It is in this situation religion conversion should be adopted. Unfortunately this is not the case. But however there are always the right groups and wrong groups involved in this.

The right groups just explain about their religion and go away while the wrong ones just lure the people by showing them the monetory side. 

 

It is not necessary to change religion for sake of beliefs. Any one may hold any beliefs and practice what he likes whatever be his label. I am born a Hindu but do not believe in religious views. I am not bound by preconceived religious views. I'll accept anything that appeals. If I like something in Islam, I can follow even without changing religion. As a matter of fact, religion is more a question of community belonging and the practice of marriage, divorce, succession and rituals. 

Gulshan Kumar Ajmani wrote:

epraneeth77 wrote:

 

There are lot of conversions for money sake and the basic meaning of religion conversion is put to bay. Religion conversion is necessitated when people feel that in their practices of religion they are not finding true meaning or they are finding the other religion practices to be more divine and acceptable.

It is in this situation religion conversion should be adopted. Unfortunately this is not the case. But however there are always the right groups and wrong groups involved in this.

The right groups just explain about their religion and go away while the wrong ones just lure the people by showing them the monetory side. 

 

It is not necessary to change religion for sake of beliefs. Any one may hold any beliefs and practice what he likes whatever be his label. I am born a Hindu but do not believe in religious views. I am not bound by preconceived religious views. I'll accept anything that appeals. If I like something in Islam, I can follow even without changing religion. As a matter of fact, religion is more a question of community belonging and the practice of marriage, divorce, succession and rituals. 

 

Absolutely Gulshanji. To have and nurture by beliefs I need not take the shelter of a Religion.

 

People are mainly concerned about their survival in the society, which includes material benefits, comfortable life and co-operation of other members of the community during different functions in the family. Conversion to other religions, simply because of the superiority of their spiritual practices, is a rare case. Moreover, all those different paths lead to the same destination. Physical comfort and mental peace are the primary issues; spirituality comes secondary, which is just an outer sheath to convince the society about one’s own presence in the crowd.   

For me choosing a religion is just like picking a thing of my liking from the shelves of a mall. If anybody wonders about my selection, well I simply do not care . Because its of my liking . The benefits or losses are mine.

Why the condition of changing to other religion becomes the soul moto for development and richness, I think without these life of poor and poverty stricken could be changed just like the recent noble winner changed the life of child bonded labor without aiming for lime light. Sun does not distinguish between planets to distribute its solar power, it is simple to help poverty to rise above the conditions not through any pipeline thoughts by changing or altering the process of living. 

Noble prize winners are rare and their endeavors were supported by the entire world, thereby having enough funds to carry on their Mission Nobel . If everyone is provided with the philanthropic assistance where arises the need for religious conversions?

Religion as an institution took birth and  evolved with a purpose - regularise human behavior and discipline the masses.But now with time and mans manipulation it has grown into gigantic and dangerous proportions. It is only when we give less importance to religion can we expect positive growth .As long as we have religious and caste factors dominating every issue in our country the progress will be slow.  

One thing for sure changing religion from Hindus to others might be acceptable for them but reverse is difficult due to the fact, Hinduism is a way of life, and it comes from birth, and learns and practices and no one could learn this on a day or two. 

usha manohar wrote:

Religion as an institution took birth and  evolved with a purpose - regularise human behavior and discipline the masses.But now with time and mans manipulation it has grown into gigantic and dangerous proportions. It is only when we give less importance to religion can we expect positive growth .As long as we have religious and caste factors dominating every issue in our country the progress will be slow.  

 

The very purpose of religion lost into wilderness. Now the Religion has become a lucrative business.Courtesy pseudo Godmen and thick skulled politicians.