Originally posted by: Nisha0604Vidya
I am strongly opposed to conversion of ANY KIND. Thats why I am not a big follower of ISKCON, I live in a no Desi town, we have a ISKCON temple only here, they do a great job, I host feasts (Sunday meals) a few times, but I squirm when I see them in shopping Malls, university open house days, any social cultural gathering, in parks, in public events... they have a table and are handing out free Gita, any new gullible Desi comes to town, they ambush him or her, by hosting a Sunday service, bring food over and slowly indoctrinate.
If ANY religion is attractive, people will be drawn to it automatically. You dont have to SELL it. But I feel their efforts in my state have basically fallen on deaf ears (I live in a seriously conservative religious state) and I see the same handful gora faces whenever I go (which is once every 3 or 5 years)
LDS folks are kind caring, protective and helpful, but they sell Mormonism as a business model. I have kids frequently knocking on my door, dressed in black or navy suits, wanting to "Spread the word"
I put them on hold, go grab the free ISKCON Gita π and tell the 20 something "missionary" kids "Will u let me convert you to Hinduism?"
They are usually startled... they make some excuse or the other and flee
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