Husky,
I have always been more interested in attacking problems and getting tangible results..That is why I am so easy on Saurav. I know his hagiographies etc pale in comparison to the knowledge we have here as IF members! It is a fact that "The Average Christian" did go along with lots of anti-"heathen" things, but I am trying not to alienate seekers, however confused they may be. I have experience in this, trust me. Let things go slowly.
I have made strongly nationalist people to whom hindutva was anathema take a good look at real islam. At first the y laugh at you, but if you go slow, they will see the light and start reading about real islam. It all has to go slow otherwise we will be sitting here talking amongst ourselves while the rest of the world walks by..
--My Q to Saurav stands:
How can you engage the average christian without getting into the non-exclusivity, and then the utter non-existence of jesus? How are you going to talk to a person whose bottomline is: I have exclusive rights to divinity? Do you let them go on and on about how great their "jesus" was and let them keep belittling your faith and hurting hindus in more ways than one? Is that acceptable? There is only one way out: to introduce them to documented and ongoing christian aggression and to evidence showing that their messiah was a creation of Roman Ceasars. They may say "Your Gods are fake too". OK. At least they acknowledge that jesus is a fake. Let them then wander in the swamps of rationality and agnosticism. That is fine. You move on to the next missionary or christian who is enamoured of his faith.
I have always been more interested in attacking problems and getting tangible results..That is why I am so easy on Saurav. I know his hagiographies etc pale in comparison to the knowledge we have here as IF members! It is a fact that "The Average Christian" did go along with lots of anti-"heathen" things, but I am trying not to alienate seekers, however confused they may be. I have experience in this, trust me. Let things go slowly.
I have made strongly nationalist people to whom hindutva was anathema take a good look at real islam. At first the y laugh at you, but if you go slow, they will see the light and start reading about real islam. It all has to go slow otherwise we will be sitting here talking amongst ourselves while the rest of the world walks by..
--My Q to Saurav stands:
How can you engage the average christian without getting into the non-exclusivity, and then the utter non-existence of jesus? How are you going to talk to a person whose bottomline is: I have exclusive rights to divinity? Do you let them go on and on about how great their "jesus" was and let them keep belittling your faith and hurting hindus in more ways than one? Is that acceptable? There is only one way out: to introduce them to documented and ongoing christian aggression and to evidence showing that their messiah was a creation of Roman Ceasars. They may say "Your Gods are fake too". OK. At least they acknowledge that jesus is a fake. Let them then wander in the swamps of rationality and agnosticism. That is fine. You move on to the next missionary or christian who is enamoured of his faith.