Seems evil, doen't he?
Seems evil, doen't he?
What would Krishna do to a Dalit? What would seem right in the eyes of Krishna to be done to a dalit?
No. But my point is that polytheistic religions are inclusive. they worship the good and the bad, light and dark force. Pagans can honor gods of wisdom and of treachery, of love and death, of war and of arts. That is why cult of Kali CAN BE A PART of Hinduism.
Starting with Persian religion the good was separated from bad. and bad was proclaimed evil. In Jewish/Christian religion this direction became complete. The one principle took place of many, permanent casts became impossible while the danger of total oppression became more real (pluralism became harder to maintain).
Nietzsche considered Christian religion as a disease of mankind which turned the glory of pagan Mediterranean civilization into sickly, crippled caricature. But Christian leaders when they might see the paganism as playground of demons they are simply true to the Christian doctrine, although more subtle of them can see it as a mixture of good and bad/evil which is in error, but that parts of it can be redeemed..
BTW, the British who conquered India did not care to do missions because they have seen the religion as a mere tool of power. There were not very Christian.