There are only 12255 Christians in Bhutan. And the Prime Minister will not allow any conversions.

In the Kingdom of Bhutan Christianity is still awaiting legal recognition. Only 0.5 per cent are registered as Christians. Those who claim to know Jesus have the right to proclaim their faith but must not use coercion or claim religious superiority to seek conversions.

“I view conversions very negatively, because conversion is the worst form of intolerance,” Prime Minister Jigmi Yoser Thinley said in his office in the capital of the predominantly Buddhist nation.

Christian leaders in Bhutan have told Compass that they enjoy certain freedoms to practice their faith in private homes, but, because of a prohibition against church buildings and other restrictions, they were not sure if proclamation of their faith – included in international human rights codes – was allowed in Bhutan.

Prime Minister Thinley, who as head of the ruling party is the most influential political chief in the country, said propagation of one’s faith is allowed, but he made it clear that he views attempts to convert others with extreme suspicion.

“The first premise [of seeking conversion] is that you believe that your religion is the right religion, and the religion of the convertee is wrong – what he believes in is wrong, what he practices is wrong, that your religion is superior and that you have this responsibility to promote your way of life, your way of thinking, your way of worship,” Thinley said. “It’s the worst form of intolerance. And it divides families and societies.”

Bhutan’s constitution does not restrict the right to convert or proselytize, but some Non-Governmental Organizations have said the government effectively limits this right by restricting construction of non-Buddhist worship buildings and celebration of some non-Buddhist festivals, according to the U.S. Department of State’s 2010 International Religious Freedom Report.

Source: Christian Post

My comment:

There are many things surely much worse, than anyone reading a Bible. Such people might even start to believe in the teaching of Jesus.

One much worse fate of any man, is to live in a nation where you are stripped of the right to chose freely what to believe.

Prime Minister Jigmi Yoser Thinley is a servant of one of many totalitarian regimes.

The whole idea of democracy, is that people must be permitted to change their opinion. Even change life philosophy. If we are not free to share what we believe in, we live as slaves inside a dictatorship. And when we are allowed to share, we must also respect peoples basic rights to change their mind and opinions. Even their religion.

Does our right to chose, make all our chosen religions right?

Absolutely not.

Jesus will not save, those who have rejected Him as the only way to our Father in Heaven.

Luke 9:26
If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

Bhutan is also an example of a nation that promote the End time religion, presented with a face of Buddhism. The universal message is: “Believe in whatever god you like, because all religions points to the same “god”. No need to change. 

This is a big lie. God of the Bible says there is no other God than He.  So either God of the Bible is a liar, of the other religions are false. You can not have it both ways.

Written by Ivar