Maya3
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Have you heard of this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/w...modi-hindu-conversions-missionaries.html?_r=0
Maya
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/w...modi-hindu-conversions-missionaries.html?_r=0
Maya
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Have you heard of this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/w...modi-hindu-conversions-missionaries.html?_r=0
Maya
... we are, after all, worthless heathens. Decapitation of kafirs? Awesome! Forcefully converting Yazidi females after gang-raping them en masse? Wonderful! Bombing abortion clincs? Great! ... but how dare those pagan, idol-worshiping heathens, scum of all scums, do such a thing?! Who do these infidels think they are? Did being colonized by a superior, faith-based people not teach them anything? Outrageous!What an absurd double standard!
The Huffington Post charged that the New York Times is Indophobic and promotes neocolonialism with its slanted and negative coverage.[78] United States lawmaker Kumar P. Barve described a recent editorial on India as full of "blatant and unprofessional factual errors or omissions" having a "haughty, condescending, arrogant and patronising" tone.[79] Sumit Ganguly, a visiting scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, similarly criticised the newspaper in a Forbes article, finding anti-India bias in coverage of the Kashmir Conflict, the Hyde Act and other India-related matters.[80]
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No need to worry, V-dada. BJP demolished opposition in Jharkhand and got 25 seats, trailing PDP by only 3 (in other words, PDP won on paper but politically BJP won due to gaining so many seats), in Kashmir---both of these results being of the recent Assembly Elections. Congress got decimated in both. Whenever people complain about Modi, I keep thinking about the tenacity with which BJP keeps winning/gaining ground, smiling effervescently as ground realities continue to shatter their irrationally idealistic, preconceived notions.In the meantime they use blocking techniques to block Modi from getting the economy on track.
Have you heard of this?
Nothing of the sort. The Delhi Christian agitation was pre-mature. Why should they blame Hindus for the arson without any proof? There is a slum behind the church and it could have been muslim youth from there. The investigations are going on. And the fire started in the dressing room of the church. It could have been because of faulty wiring which is so common in India.Yes, Hindu loss of face ... big time.
And here is the fun, Poeticus - If People's Democratic Party (28) aligns with Congress (12), BJP (25) can align with National Conference (15). The total in both cases is 40. Amit Shah and Raj Nath Singh, both have said that BJP will surely be a partner in any future Kashmir government. BJP got the highest percentage of votes in the state, 23% which is more than 22.7% of PDP.BJP demolished opposition in Jharkhand and got 25 seats, trailing PDP by only 3 (in other words, PDP won on paper but politically BJP won due to gaining so many seats), in Kashmir ..
For Bjp all 25 seats from came from Jammu, no seats from Kashmir Valley. In Kashmir 33 out of 34 members even lost their deposits. However now Bjp will be politically more active in J&K.And here is the fun, Poeticus - If People's Democratic Party (28) aligns with Congress (12), BJP (25) can align with National Conference (15). The total in both cases is 40. Amit Shah and Raj Nath Singh, both have said that BJP will surely be a partner in any future Kashmir government. BJP got the highest percentage of votes in the state, 23% which is more than 22.7% of PDP.
Proselytizing isn´t good, weather it is back to Hinduism or to another religion. If anything this is just going to cause more fervent missionary work by Christians who feel that they are loosing members.
Maya
Sir, criticism of Hindus by non-Hindus is not allowed in this DIR.Yes, Hindu loss of face ... big time.
I think that in the long run it will reduce Christian proselytizing. In countries where proselytizing is outright banned, only the hard core fundamentalist groups go, and even then it's reduced. They risk jail time and deportation, besides being largely ineffective with their agenda. Six states in India have already banned it, and in a matter of time, all of them most likely will. In speaking with my Mormon neighbours about their missions in China, they told me they just do everything (charity, helping build things, medicine) except proselytize. Zealous Christian groups need to get the message loud and clear.
I'm also against Hindus proselytising, but from these news reports, I don't think they are, at least in most cases. They're just offering a way to correct a mistake. I don't think they're going after long time (many generations) Christians, just the more recent ones, and it's mostly the poor who were given false promises.
In the end, it should always be by the person's own volition completely.
I think that in the long run it will reduce Christian proselytizing. In countries where proselytizing is outright banned, only the hard core fundamentalist groups go, and even then it's reduced. They risk jail time and deportation, besides being largely ineffective with their agenda. Six states in India have already banned it, and in a matter of time, all of them most likely will. In speaking with my Mormon neighbours about their missions in China, they told me they just do everything (charity, helping build things, medicine) except proselytize. Zealous Christian groups need to get the message loud and clear.
I'm also against Hindus proselytising, but from these news reports, I don't think they are, at least in most cases. They're just offering a way to correct a mistake. I don't think they're going after long time (many generations) Christians, just the more recent ones, and it's mostly the poor who were given false promises.
In the end, it should always be by the person's own volition completely.
Just as many in the West want to return to their pagan roots, some Christians and Muslims in India too want to return to their roots. We have muslims in India and Pakistan with the surname Pandits and Butts. It clearly shows that their ancestors were brahmins. We have muslims with surnames like Rathore and Chauhans, clearly showing that they were from Hindu warrior clans. We have personal names like Azim Premji or Akbar Padamsee. What is wrong if they want to come back to Hindu fold. Why should it be only a one-way road? Is any use of force reported?Forced conversions or reconversion are wrong regardless of the religion ... big loss of face for the Hindu cause, at least in the Western Press.