05-13-2008, 08:02 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There are two perspectives on "inculturation". One can look at it as infiltration of Christianity. The other perspective is one could think it as absorption of Christianity into the native culture. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ya and then 5 centuries down the line our descendants will be celebrating Deepvali as the birth of Theresa, just like today people celebrate Christmas as the birth of mythical Jesus with no knowledge of its origins or past, even Easter falls under the same category.
I know these so called Xtian converts who walk around with their Hindu names like Madhusudhana, the women carrying on Hindu customs like Bindi and Mangalasutra and claiming to be this or that caste, but scratch the surface and all u get is bigotry against Hindus. Till 50 years ago these were the same people who said Indian culture was dirty heathen culture, suddenly they have found beauty in heathen Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music etc, and surprisingly this also coincides well with the blessings of the Church for the new strategy of inculturation, go figure the intentions behind this sudden transformation.
At least with Muslim converts I can respect their honesty and contempt for Indian culture and their ardent desire to be pure arabs like Muhammad himself, but I cannot stand deception in the guise of appreciation when the underlying goal is the same old conversion and destruction of Hindus.
And if these people think they are fooling me they are in for a surprise, the illiterate Hindus are their main target but as literacy spreads and more Hindus become educated, they will be exposed for the shameless charlatans they are, despite their pretensions I would NEVER consider them to be part of my caste or have anything to do with them, they are just other Indian citizens, nothing more or nothing less.
The muddle headed RSS applauds this fraud as Indianisation without realizing the intentions.
To give an example, I would rather have Muslims in AP speaking Urdu than Telugu if there is no genuine appreciation for Telugu culture and is just another way for them to convert Hindus, if otoh some Muslim doesn't have the itch for jihad and genuinely appreciates Telugu and feels that its his mother tongue then its something good that he speaks it.
Ya and then 5 centuries down the line our descendants will be celebrating Deepvali as the birth of Theresa, just like today people celebrate Christmas as the birth of mythical Jesus with no knowledge of its origins or past, even Easter falls under the same category.
I know these so called Xtian converts who walk around with their Hindu names like Madhusudhana, the women carrying on Hindu customs like Bindi and Mangalasutra and claiming to be this or that caste, but scratch the surface and all u get is bigotry against Hindus. Till 50 years ago these were the same people who said Indian culture was dirty heathen culture, suddenly they have found beauty in heathen Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music etc, and surprisingly this also coincides well with the blessings of the Church for the new strategy of inculturation, go figure the intentions behind this sudden transformation.
At least with Muslim converts I can respect their honesty and contempt for Indian culture and their ardent desire to be pure arabs like Muhammad himself, but I cannot stand deception in the guise of appreciation when the underlying goal is the same old conversion and destruction of Hindus.
And if these people think they are fooling me they are in for a surprise, the illiterate Hindus are their main target but as literacy spreads and more Hindus become educated, they will be exposed for the shameless charlatans they are, despite their pretensions I would NEVER consider them to be part of my caste or have anything to do with them, they are just other Indian citizens, nothing more or nothing less.
The muddle headed RSS applauds this fraud as Indianisation without realizing the intentions.
To give an example, I would rather have Muslims in AP speaking Urdu than Telugu if there is no genuine appreciation for Telugu culture and is just another way for them to convert Hindus, if otoh some Muslim doesn't have the itch for jihad and genuinely appreciates Telugu and feels that its his mother tongue then its something good that he speaks it.