Depends if they're actually going out to help people or if they're just pushing their religious beliefs.
For instance, the Haiti earthquake. Many groups went there to help the victims. Several Christian groups decided to ship boxes of bibles over in a cynical attempt to push their beliefs on the victims.
Another example is the starving people around the world. Many people and groups, both secular and religious, are trying to help out by providing food and infrastructure for them. Some Christian groups demand that the people they're "helping" listen to bible passages before they get the help they need.
Conditional charity is NOT charity.
Then you come to the "missionaries" who stand on street corners and harangue passers-by or, worse, knock on peoples' doors to push their religion. As far as I'm concerned, they're nothing but ignorant, pushy, arseholes. They're on par with the scientologists who were trying to recruit people from my university into their cult.
For instance, the Haiti earthquake. Many groups went there to help the victims. Several Christian groups decided to ship boxes of bibles over in a cynical attempt to push their beliefs on the victims.
Another example is the starving people around the world. Many people and groups, both secular and religious, are trying to help out by providing food and infrastructure for them. Some Christian groups demand that the people they're "helping" listen to bible passages before they get the help they need.
Conditional charity is NOT charity.
Then you come to the "missionaries" who stand on street corners and harangue passers-by or, worse, knock on peoples' doors to push their religion. As far as I'm concerned, they're nothing but ignorant, pushy, arseholes. They're on par with the scientologists who were trying to recruit people from my university into their cult.
Dying to live, living to die.
