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That "doctor with the cure for a terminal disease" concept is an interesting one. I've often wondered why Christians don't take it to the next step: considering "failure" to believe in their brand of Christianity as attempted suicide. By that logic, they would be justified in using any means necessary to forcibly convert non-Christians.
And what about non-Christian parents? By raising their children in their own non-Christian faiths (or lack thereof), aren't they committing the ultimate form of child abuse (in the eyes of Christians, that is) - destroying their children's souls? Wouldn't that justify taking any action whatsoever to remove those children from the spiritual abatoir that is their birth-parents' homes and putting them in a proper Christian environment?
I've asked these questions many times before, and never received an answer from a Christian. Perhaps that's a good thing.
