Religion, Caste And Tribe Based Reservation - 3

[agnivayu]

Xtianity made westerners stupid. So them becoming more fundamentalist may make the west lose it's technological edge. Western intellectuals have slowly shaken off these Xtianians for that reason, they can see how Xtianity held them back.

The urban ones who abandon Hinduism today will just become agnostic/ materialistic with no spirituality but probably won't convert to Xtianity, a lot like Japan

Why do you think non-religious Americans fear the increased lobbying by Christians for Christianising the education system (teaching Intelligent Design alongside evolution, prayers in school) and never send their children to Christian schools (where there are Christian classes with bible study)? It's because the vulnerable younger generation will be brainwashed into the religion like had been done to previous generations in the US until recent decades. This is what many great American authors of the 19th century and before complained about: the compulsory Christian education that had stunted them as children and continued to stunt many adults. When Christianity is made pervasive (education, laws, judicial system), as it would be when there's a majority Christian population and Christian government (Christianity does not believe in State-Church separation, it is [non-pseudo] secular people who do - like the ancient Romans), it will trickle into the lives of non-Christians. Freethinkers may be free, but their children can be captured.
It took the enlightenment for Europe to shake of Christianity, Indians are learning medieval Christianity. Even Catholicism today appears slightly less medieval - if that were possible - compared to the brain-numbing nature of born-again Christianity that evangelicals are spreading.
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