No.27 Referenced from ~ Part1 - Chapter 2 - Essay 2 Truth and Rights
Evangelism is the act of influencing religious beliefs to others, but in this case, the evangelist is not allowed to act like a doctor who can act based on scientific knowledge without the consent of the other person. Missionary activities require some form of consent from the other person. This can be done by gaining the other person's trust in advance, or by gaining social recognition by showing that the activity is conducted by a church institution. In any case, when we communicate something that we believe to be more important than life and death, we must always prioritize the consent of people who do not understand this because it is faith, not knowledge. In other words, we believe that what is communicated there must be accepted of one's own free will and cannot be conveyed by coercion. However, at the same time, this is also because we have a basic understanding of the relationship between truth and rights, that religious activities should not violate the rights of others. The religious truths we believe in are communicated under the rights of others. |