04-05-2006, 01:14 AM
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This refers to the articles, âAbusing Freedom and falsifying Godsâ by Kanchan Gupta and âBashing Christians yet againâ by Dominic Emmanuel (Think Pad, March 25). Since the days of the Raj, efforts to convert people to Christianity has followed a certain modus operandi: First, denigrate Hinduism and its Gods. Second, target the poor and illiterate sections of the Hindu society by offering material inducements. Third, resort to subterfuge on gullible Hindus in order to convert them. The following is a quote from the Christian Missionary Activities Enquiry Committee Report â 1956: âRama, Krishna, Mahadev, etc., cannot confer salvation as they themselves were encoiled in vices of various kinds â From the Gods to Brahma, they are all in the grip of sin.â Thus Haqeeqat is neither the first of such calumny, nor will it be the last. As for conversion through material inducements, it is worthwhile to quote from famous British journalist Mark Tullyâs book, No Full Stops in India: âOne Roman Catholic friend of mine still refers to <b>Harijan converts as âpowder milk Christiansâ</b>, and there is no doubt that these people â the poorest of the poor â were attracted by the missionariesâ promises to feed their bodies, rather than the prospect of spiritual nourishment.â On the aspect of subterfuge, Sita Ram Goel in his incisive work, Catholic Ashrams, brought to light the manner in which the nefarious activity is carried out. <b>He also disclosed the existence of a new âscriptureâ, the âYesu-r-Vedaâ of Rev De Nobili, founder of the Saccidananda Ashram, in Tamil Nadu</b>. âYesuâ is the Tamil word for Jesus. An obvious distortion of the Yajurveda, this parody on the one hand belittles the Hindu scripture and on the other, makes it sound like lessons from Jesus Christ. Dominic Emmanuel has ended his article with a rhetorical question as to who will care for the sick and infirm when the hospitals run by missionaries close down? <b>It is best to quote what Mahatma Gandhi said in a discussion with a missionary published in, Harijan: âBut whilst you give medical help you expect the reward in the shape of your patients becoming Christians.â (July 18, 1936)</b>
H Balakrishnan
Pioneer.com
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This refers to the articles, âAbusing Freedom and falsifying Godsâ by Kanchan Gupta and âBashing Christians yet againâ by Dominic Emmanuel (Think Pad, March 25). Since the days of the Raj, efforts to convert people to Christianity has followed a certain modus operandi: First, denigrate Hinduism and its Gods. Second, target the poor and illiterate sections of the Hindu society by offering material inducements. Third, resort to subterfuge on gullible Hindus in order to convert them. The following is a quote from the Christian Missionary Activities Enquiry Committee Report â 1956: âRama, Krishna, Mahadev, etc., cannot confer salvation as they themselves were encoiled in vices of various kinds â From the Gods to Brahma, they are all in the grip of sin.â Thus Haqeeqat is neither the first of such calumny, nor will it be the last. As for conversion through material inducements, it is worthwhile to quote from famous British journalist Mark Tullyâs book, No Full Stops in India: âOne Roman Catholic friend of mine still refers to <b>Harijan converts as âpowder milk Christiansâ</b>, and there is no doubt that these people â the poorest of the poor â were attracted by the missionariesâ promises to feed their bodies, rather than the prospect of spiritual nourishment.â On the aspect of subterfuge, Sita Ram Goel in his incisive work, Catholic Ashrams, brought to light the manner in which the nefarious activity is carried out. <b>He also disclosed the existence of a new âscriptureâ, the âYesu-r-Vedaâ of Rev De Nobili, founder of the Saccidananda Ashram, in Tamil Nadu</b>. âYesuâ is the Tamil word for Jesus. An obvious distortion of the Yajurveda, this parody on the one hand belittles the Hindu scripture and on the other, makes it sound like lessons from Jesus Christ. Dominic Emmanuel has ended his article with a rhetorical question as to who will care for the sick and infirm when the hospitals run by missionaries close down? <b>It is best to quote what Mahatma Gandhi said in a discussion with a missionary published in, Harijan: âBut whilst you give medical help you expect the reward in the shape of your patients becoming Christians.â (July 18, 1936)</b>
H Balakrishnan
Pioneer.com
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