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Well, there are other evil elements, too.

Name them and I'll point out that most are confined to small groups: remember Hinduism is not a monolithic, one-definition faith

I seem to recall hearing that Christians are persecuted in India, in many cases violently.

true -- isolated incidents --which doesn't make it less gruesome, but you need to ask yourself: are all Christians all over India mis-treated? Are they not allowed to practise their faith? The answer to both is NO. Isolated cases happened (note the past tense) and they were universally condemned by all Hindus in India.

Contrast that with what happens in Pakiland or Saudi A or Indonesia, where the majority support such actions against a minority.

HillOT: Forced marriages are institutionalized in the hindu faith.
Cronos :That statement is a LIE.

Yes, it is a lie -- it is not an institutionalised thing, it is not forced on every person as per religious rules, rather it is a cultural phenomenon, that was also prevelent in the West uptil the early 1900s. Your statement is a lie.

Cronos to SAM: the KKK aren't Christian either -- you can't believe in inequality among men and still be Christian.
HillOT: Unfortunately, secretasianman won't be answering your post. He was bounced. Where's my hanky? Snifle, Sniffle,I'm tearing up.

ok, so do YOU think the KKK are paragons of Christianity? I don't and I stand by that statement.

Cronos: "Tex and HiOT aren't acting Christian at all, more like Mohammedans in their zeal to attack everyone. That's shameful."
HillOT: You have no right to tell us we're not acting Christian. WE aren't the ones insulting people.

Yes, you are -- you are insulting our Hindu friends by calling them demon-worshippers. I repeat what I said earlier: you can call them pagans (Pagan = follower of a non-Christian belief system), you can call their gods false gods, but you should NOT use insulting terms like demon-worshippers and call Krishna a demon -- I don't believe in Krishna but the teachings of the ISKON guys tells you that Krishna is not a demon.

Maybe we can consider them misguided but if you want people to become Christians, you do not condemn them and raise their heckles. Explain your point, explain WHY you consider Christ the one and only way to God. If he/she wants to believe that, then great, if not, we as Christians will NOT force a person to our religion, that would be against God's will -- he who gave us the freedom to choose. You and I believe that God has given us the freedom to choose, to think, he's given it to Hindus as well. He wants us all to choose Him of our free will. I'm afraid that insulting words would drive people AWAY from Christ, hence the term "d-worshipper" to a Hindu IS anti-Christian as it stops people from hearing the message of Christ

Remember Christ said to spread His word. If people choose to follow Him or not is their OWN choice, granted by God's will.