And one more thing.
From post 216: <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The mantra 'aum yeshu christuve namaha'<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Aum (also spelled as Om) stands for the Hindu understanding of the Divine.
I told my formerly christian friend about how christos have now tried to appropriate Pongal which is a Hindu festival dedicated to Surya, when we thank Surya for the bountiful harvest He has given us. And I also summarised what I remembered of the contents of post 216.
He said drily: 'They're going Straight to Hell' <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> - at least, he explained, this is what both his former reverends would say. Since his church was baptist, they don't approve of inculturation. They think Hindu religion is evil and therefore appropriating bits of 'Indian (that is Hindu) culture' is like importing demonic rituals.
Maybe Indian christos should reconsider their strategy: after all, there's some significant chance that their very Salvation is at stake. Is making a handful of converts worth Eternal Damnation...
Just cause the present Papa in Rome says it's okay, should you believe him? The Popes have never been reliable - see http://freetruth.50webs.org/C2b.htm . The Pontiff will say anything to get more converts who will eventually enrichen his coffers, even sacrifice the very souls of his followers to do so. That's why other christian denominations don't follow Popes. Maybe Indian christos need to rethink this inculturation enterprise they've blindly embarked on.
From post 216: <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The mantra 'aum yeshu christuve namaha'<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Aum (also spelled as Om) stands for the Hindu understanding of the Divine.
I told my formerly christian friend about how christos have now tried to appropriate Pongal which is a Hindu festival dedicated to Surya, when we thank Surya for the bountiful harvest He has given us. And I also summarised what I remembered of the contents of post 216.
He said drily: 'They're going Straight to Hell' <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> - at least, he explained, this is what both his former reverends would say. Since his church was baptist, they don't approve of inculturation. They think Hindu religion is evil and therefore appropriating bits of 'Indian (that is Hindu) culture' is like importing demonic rituals. Maybe Indian christos should reconsider their strategy: after all, there's some significant chance that their very Salvation is at stake. Is making a handful of converts worth Eternal Damnation...
Just cause the present Papa in Rome says it's okay, should you believe him? The Popes have never been reliable - see http://freetruth.50webs.org/C2b.htm . The Pontiff will say anything to get more converts who will eventually enrichen his coffers, even sacrifice the very souls of his followers to do so. That's why other christian denominations don't follow Popes. Maybe Indian christos need to rethink this inculturation enterprise they've blindly embarked on.