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[8k/yr] of women burned alive in India, not recognized as humans: Ministry warns
The Christian Post ^ | Dec 8, 2018 | Stoyan Zaimov

Posted on 12/08/2018 12:37:46 PM PST by huldah1776

Thousands of brides are being burned alive in India despite the practice being illegal, a Christian ministry has warned.

India Partners, a Christian organization that works alonside indigenous Christian grassroots agencies in India, told Mission Network News on Thursday that there are still as many as 8,000 bride burning cases a year in the Hindu-majority country.

A representative with India Partners, identified only as John, said the low view of women is spread through parts of India's society.

“This is true both of men and women. It’s not just of men itself. Most women see the other woman as in an inferior position and not able to recognize her rights as a human being," he said.

The burning attacks, some of which have resulted in deaths, are tied to dowry and marriage disputes in rural districts.

Women in India continue to suffer from a widespread rape epidemic, with many stories of extreme violence, sexual assaults, and murder making international news.

Dalits, members of the so-called "untouchables" lowest caste class in India, are also subject to discrimination, especially those who choose to convert to Christianity.

(Excerpt) Read more at christianpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: caste; dalit; diversity; hinduism; india; turdworld
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To: Lizavetta

Is Yoga Demonic?, Yoga and The Emerging Church by Dave Hunt

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UlMehWI8dFo


61 posted on 12/08/2018 2:38:07 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: huldah1776

How dare Mr. Zaimov be so culturally bigoted? He should check his privilege!


62 posted on 12/08/2018 2:47:31 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Ya lyublyu kovfefe!)
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To: Lizavetta

Hathayoga is better than none!

;^)


63 posted on 12/08/2018 2:49:45 PM PST by elcid1970 (My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
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To: A_perfect_lady

The shepherds were watching over their flocks in the field at night on the night Christ was born.


64 posted on 12/08/2018 2:51:02 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: katana

Pilates of the Carribbean.


65 posted on 12/08/2018 2:51:55 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: huldah1776

The worst manager I’ve ever had was a Indian man.
He really thought American workers were beneath is status.
He was fired two years later.

The second worst was a Indian woman.
We always figured she spent her entire life being walked on by men and now it was her turn.

I will NEVER work for another Indian


66 posted on 12/08/2018 2:54:47 PM PST by Zathras
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To: huldah1776

The practice of a wife being immolated on the funeral pyre of her husband is the Hindu practice of “suttee.” A good explanation is given by Encyclopedia Britannica —

https://www.britannica.com/topic/suttee

The British finally outlawed it in 1829.


67 posted on 12/08/2018 3:48:05 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar
This article is total BS.

Why sati is still a burning issue

Last week, 60-year-old Sharbati Bai attempted to commit sati on her husband's pyre in Rajasthan's Sikar district. She couldn't because the village and the police stopped her just in time.

Roop Kanwar, India's last known sati, was not so lucky 20 years ago. Has Rajasthan finally won the war against the practice of sati?

Sati (practice)

There have been 30 cases of sati or attempted sati over a 44-year period (1943–1987) in India, the official number being 28. A well-documented case from 1987 was that of 18-year-old Roop Kanwar. In response to this incident, additional legislation against sati practice was passed, first within the state of Rajasthan, then nationwide by the central government of India.


68 posted on 12/08/2018 4:02:04 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: huldah1776
That is the difference, I suppose. This fellow's attitude was pretty blunt/ “to bad we can't get rid of the bottom half of India's population. They are just an anchor pulling us down. India will never be great with its masses of useless people and its host of useless religions.”
69 posted on 12/08/2018 7:42:00 PM PST by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: Rurudyne

Average temperature in Israel in December is about 45 at night. This doesn’t seem to me to be unbearable; I have friends that go camping in such weather... but I’m from Michigan.


70 posted on 12/08/2018 8:32:24 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: wardaddy

Fifty percent kook show...LOL I peeked at your home page. Believe it or not, this yankee thinks Mississippi should be honored as an example of an ideal state. Haven’t been down to visit yet.


71 posted on 12/09/2018 6:29:22 AM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Zathras

Some are hard to work WITH let alone under. Could be they are similar to the elite rich here in the west except here we have individual and in India there are families. Remember there are exceptions in every group.


72 posted on 12/09/2018 6:36:56 AM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: robowombat
True. I have heard a US educated Indian engineer state ‘India has a population of over a billion. A few thousand bride murders isn't even a triviality. Many more people die from snake bites or falls down wells. Why do you westerners constantly search for mites in the eyes of others’.

India has 8,000 bride murders per year, with a population four times the US. The US had 3,208 female homicides total in 2016.

73 posted on 12/09/2018 6:40:00 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: robowombat

hmmm. He should have thought about what he said. Maybe the people wouldn’t BE useless if their religion didn’t teach them they ARE useless. Boy do I love my God who loved me before I was born and even knew where my molecules were.

Ps 139

13 For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

Jesus loves me this I know! For the Bible tells me so!

I learned that song about 5 decades ago. I remember the room and when I drive by the church I smile and thank Him for whispering to me.


74 posted on 12/09/2018 6:44:42 AM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: huldah1776

India is one of the biggest polluters and global warming contributors in the world! This does not help!


75 posted on 12/09/2018 11:49:39 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: huldah1776

....”Satan is deeply entrenched in India”....

With a welcome mat......the last county on earth I would ever go to. Nasty, filthy dirty, and full of an empty mindless population.....and why their government has to hire so many employees outside their country to do their work labor projects.


76 posted on 12/09/2018 11:57:27 AM PST by caww
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To: Lizavetta

No it’s not.....Years ago the Guru’s determined to target the USA by introducing a ‘softer side’ of Yoga practices.....and here we are.


77 posted on 12/09/2018 12:00:23 PM PST by caww
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To: Lizavetta

If you have to ask then you haven’t looked into the history of Yoga and why it’s even practiced in the US.... might do you well to investigate something before you begin practicing it.

I’ve learned anyone already practicing Yoga is very defensive about anyone who would suggest this is the first steps of initiation into “emptying your mind”......


78 posted on 12/09/2018 12:04:59 PM PST by caww
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To: Missouri gal

Those who ‘practice Yoga’ here in the US haven’t a clue because far too many churches let them use their facilities to hold these classes so they assume it’s ok.

This is playing out exactly how the India Guru’s agenda for the US was planned for when they targeted the US.....and the reason for targeting the US was it’s citizens are well beyond the wealth of the citizens of India.

I was corresponding with a US Physician who got caught up in this stuff. She was in it for years as an Instructor. Then she became a Christian. She of course now goes also on speaking engagements to warn of what people are actually doing when they practice Yogi. If people knew they wouldn’t touch it.


79 posted on 12/09/2018 12:11:55 PM PST by caww
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To: Perseverando
Unfortunately those practicing Yoga will tell you often they don't get into the chants etc..they just learn the ‘exercises’ as they are told it really isn't practicing a faith or spiritual.
80 posted on 12/09/2018 12:14:45 PM PST by caww
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