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	<title>Comments on: Is Christianity the only missionary religion?</title>
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		<title>By: The Green Witch</title>
		<link>http://andrewconard.com/2008/05/06/is-christianity-the-only-missionary-religion/#comment-6725</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Green Witch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Witchcraft has no missionary effort - the belief is that there is no &#039;one true way&#039; and therefore everyone&#039;s spiritual experience must be different.

Witchcraft is pluralistic - our lack of ego about the veracity of our faith, and the admitted differences within the faith in terms of belief, mean that acceptance of other faiths is built in. 

I don&#039;t think comfort with pluralism necessarily prevents a religion having missionary tendencies - it may lessen the urge. A need to convert others can perhaps be boiled down to discomfort with alternative belief systems; uncharitably, I&#039;ve always suspected that the requirement to think about other faiths makes some people highly uncomfortable. Hence the imperative to attempt to convert. Like an oyster turning an irritating grain of sand into a  pearl, perhaps!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Witchcraft has no missionary effort &#8211; the belief is that there is no &#8216;one true way&#8217; and therefore everyone&#8217;s spiritual experience must be different.</p>
<p>Witchcraft is pluralistic &#8211; our lack of ego about the veracity of our faith, and the admitted differences within the faith in terms of belief, mean that acceptance of other faiths is built in. </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think comfort with pluralism necessarily prevents a religion having missionary tendencies &#8211; it may lessen the urge. A need to convert others can perhaps be boiled down to discomfort with alternative belief systems; uncharitably, I&#8217;ve always suspected that the requirement to think about other faiths makes some people highly uncomfortable. Hence the imperative to attempt to convert. Like an oyster turning an irritating grain of sand into a  pearl, perhaps!</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Conard</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 12:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michele - Great question. I think that more comfort with pluralism may lead to less urgency around the need to convert others to one&#039;s own religion.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michele &#8211; Great question. I think that more comfort with pluralism may lead to less urgency around the need to convert others to one&#8217;s own religion.</p>
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		<title>By: Michele</title>
		<link>http://andrewconard.com/2008/05/06/is-christianity-the-only-missionary-religion/#comment-6723</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does comfort with pluralism affect the likelihood of a religion having missionary efforts?

Is it that a religion not comfortable with pluralism would seek to reduce it by converting everyone to their religion?  Or would comfort with pluralism make someone more likely to interact with people of another religion?

I could see it either way.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How does comfort with pluralism affect the likelihood of a religion having missionary efforts?</p>
<p>Is it that a religion not comfortable with pluralism would seek to reduce it by converting everyone to their religion?  Or would comfort with pluralism make someone more likely to interact with people of another religion?</p>
<p>I could see it either way.</p>
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