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To: Jim S who wrote (1276)	9/19/2006 5:50:45 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

OK, Maybe I get it now. If so, this happens a lot in these discussions. I call it concept contagion or entanglement. We may be using the term in more than one way. You can use coercion to force people to say things or do things. You can force me to pray a certain way, for example, and to recite articles of faith from a religion. Does that force me to believe what I am saying or in the principles of the religion? I don't believe it does. So, the statement, "there can be no coercion in matters of faith" applies to this area. Some people may attempt to force captives to practice their religion but this is almost always counter productive to true belief. If people try they are doing harm and it isn't supported by the principles of any religion that I know of. Then we come to a new question. Where is the line between coercion and other forms of pursuasion or encouragement.