Christian Missionary Role In India - 6

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<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Jul 30 2006, 09:21 PM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Jul 30 2006, 09:21 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->So how can we expect missionaries to work, work and work, and not have any motive? Aren't we asking too much?
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So they are selfish. They are cheating people, i call them street crooks.
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I am not so sure. We all do that, one way or the other. We go to office, not for the joy of working but to earn. So we also have motives, it's human nature.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->We never asked them to come.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Are you suggesting they're here illegally? I highly doubt it.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->First they came and robbed are country with everything.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Don't you think that's a whole different matter? People could argue that in those days, there were no ownership rights and that people could roam around the world without being called invaders.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Made us poor, now they want to remove our poverty.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

It may be hypocritical, but they'll argue that all's fair in love and war. It's a battle between cultures, after all. Moreover, Indians also use trchnology 'invented' by the west. Some people may consider that hypocrisy.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hindusim promotes selfless service.
If you are Hindu, do selfless service, and don't promote selfish crooks.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Yes, but again, Swamis like Premananda and others have been caught red-handed, and they weren't doing selfless service. goes on to show there are selfish people in every community. And I am not promoting selfish crooks at all, just trying to think differently. Moreover, the concept of selfless service is part of Indian culture, western culture revolves around the profit principle. It would be unfair to expect a westerner, missionary or otherwise, to give that up since it forms the very basis of a free market enterprise.