Reply #33: As I have actually done this kind of thing . . . [View All]

[knitter4democracy]

I can say that, if you know you aren't allowed to spread your faith, you have to take the consequences and know them up front. Sure, it sounds all exciting back in the church pew, but it gets scary pretty quickly in real life.

Btw, I think she had every right to pass out Bibles. If it's against their law, then fine, lock her up. It's still her right to talk about her faith (even if you don't like her version of Christianity or her faith in general) and take the consequences as they fall.

I've gone on mission trips to Russia (before I converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity--oddly enough, it was a mission trip for my kind of church that converted me), to Nicaragua, and to the Dominican Republic. In each one, we helped the people around us, had services we told people about but didn't force or coerce anyone into attending, and did a whole lot of listening. Not all missionaries are bad, and it is not a bad thing to tell others of your own personal faith.