| | Hi coaltontrail
Much as some would like a hypothetical Objectivist government to stamp out subjectivism, skepticism, altruism, etc., in its citizens, the legal is not the moral. So, just because someone is doing something unconscionably immoral like converting people to some religion, so long said conversion is voluntary, the government would be powerless to stop such a thing, since preventing the violation of individual rights is all that the government could do.
I suppose one could try to argue that since a religion is ultimately detrimental to one's life, such a conversion would be an initiation of force. But I believe this to be a mistake, since under this argument, this Objectivist government would have to ban smoking, drinking, and other such activities with adverse physical effects. Best leave it to each individual as to whether drinking, smoking, religion, or any other harmful practice will ultimately improve that individual's life.
Nate T.
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