What religions do not accept converts?

neelie_447

"Some religions do not accept converts at all (membership is inherited), such as the Druze and Zoroastrians." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proselytism May 05 08, 8:24 PM

BRY2K

Some religions do not accept converts at all (membership is inherited), such as the Druze and Zoroastrians. Unlike in the Hellenistic era, in the modern era most branches of Judaism do not actively proselytize to non-Jews. Some groups, however, will encourage nonobservant Jews to be observant, such as Chabad. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proselytism May 05 08, 8:27 PM

Arpeggionist

Though modern Judaism does not officially proselytize among non-Jews, Judaism does accept converts (albeit after their sincerity hass passed various tests), and the conversion process is actually quite simple. May 05 08, 9:00 PM

sudf	some religions do not call converts converts. They call them reverts in that they are always that religion R.E.textbook - Think RE book 3 May 06 08, 1:47 PM

author

As I understand it, there are different views between Jews as far as converting is concerned. Just a small clip here: The Orthodox requirements for conversion are the same as those of Conservative Judaism. The crucial difference is that Orthodox rabbis generally do not recognize conversions performed by non-Orthodox rabbis. This fact has caused considerable friction within the Jewish community, and it is important for potential converts to be aware of the problem. http://www.convert.org/movement.htm May 06 08, 1:50 PM

Arpeggionist

But we are getting a bit off topic. Druze, Zoroastrians and Bahais (I think, I'm not entirely sure) do not accept converts. May 06 08, 2:36 PM

Baloo55th

Baha'i definitely do accept converts - http://www.bahai.org/ "A gathering of Bahá’ís from around the world. People of virtually every background, in every nation, have become Bahá’ís," is the caption to the lead picture. They're one of the more eclectic religious groups, including Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad as predecessors of Bahá'u'lláh, their founder. May 06 08, 5:39 PM

neelie_447

A little additional information: "Zoroastrians do not generally accept converts. One has to be born into the religion. This belief is disputed by some members." "The Druze religion is a mystery religion, which does not allow its teachings to be revealed to outsiders. They are publicly open about very few details of their faith, and they do not accept any converts. This is due to the fact that they had to protect themselves against repetitive persecutions conducted by Muslims and Christians who regarded them as heretics." "The Alawite religion is secret and Alawites do not accept converts or the publication of their sacred texts." http://uiforum.uaeforum.org/archive/index.php?t-4636.html http://www.mandrake-press.co.uk/Main_article/druze.html http://www.ummah.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-44955.html May 06 08, 6:40 PM