17. Does Christianity today use inducements and fraud to convert people?

      With conversions by force not being possible, the methods that are applied are inducements and fraud. Inducements are the so-called social service activities, and these have been documented by the Niyogi Committee. In most cases, the social service benefits was provided only to those who agreed to convert. A loan given to a tribal is cancelled if he, along with his family, becomes a Christian. While the commission dealt with Madhya Pradesh only, the practices that have been narrated are the ones that are a common practice all over India, and indeed in the rest of the world.
    The fraud that is done is to pretend that a person has become well because of the 'power' of Christ. While treating an illness, a missionary gives medicine of no value and asks the tribal to take it while offering prayers to his present deity. Of course, there is no cure. Next, the missionary gives real medicine and asks the tribal to take it while offering prayers to Christ. The recovery is attributed to Christ and not to the medicine.
    Fraud also takes place when there are programmes of what are called faith healing. 'Lame' people are said to be cured, and 'blind' recover their sight. These 'miracles' are used to establish the superiority of Christ.

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