so the only aims which can be furthered without manipulation are *other people's* aims?
I agree with you, it *is* manipulative, and what's more insincere, if you see a broken person as just a target for conversion. That *would* be selfish.
But I maintain, there must ways to talk about faith with people- and to allow them space to talk back- without turning the entire exercise into a cosmic tally.
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Date: 2007-11-13 09:40 am (UTC)I agree with you, it *is* manipulative, and what's more insincere, if you see a broken person as just a target for conversion. That *would* be selfish.
But I maintain, there must ways to talk about faith with people- and to allow them space to talk back- without turning the entire exercise into a cosmic tally.