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To: Nightshift
You are a classic example of a self appointed defender of Christian religion who hardly knows anything about his own religious history. Christianity was first brought to India by Apostle Thomas (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus) almost about the same time when Jesus was crucified and long before Roman Catholicism was even born. The earliest Church in India is actually the burial ground of St. Thomas called St. Thomas's Mount in Mylapur.

The Nestorians and Portuguese came centuries later.

Secondly nobody converts to Hinduism. Not even Hindus converts to Hinduism. In fact there is no such religion called Hinduism. Its a conglomeration of several belief systems which the Brits clubbed together and named "Hinduism". Anybody who considers himself to be part of this civilization in spirit and perhaps also believes in the Vedas (although atheists and agnostics also consider themselves to be Hindus) is a "Hindu". There is no conversion.

"Christianity is about conversion and this is what you are against, but fail to reconize. "

I am against conversion. If Christianity is about conversion (or more importantly if thats how you wish to interpret the tenets of your religion), then I am against it, because in that case its not very different from Islam. Islam is also about conversion. I am sure Christianity is a lot more then just conversion but unfortunately it has been reduced to just that by some bigots.

"Yes there are those who are in it for the money,..... "
There are a many who are in it for a lot more than just money. Its the people who need to be "saved" from such missionaries.
151 posted on 08/01/2006 11:05:57 AM PDT by Gengis Khan
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To: Gengis Khan
Most of what has been found about St. Thomas is still being debated. read the following.

St. Thomas the Apostle

So a lot of it is word of mouth, which I hope is true, as people need to be saved, which you seem to reject.

Be it Hindu, Budda, Islam, or whatever, there is always someone who wants you to be converted. It is not just in religion but in politics, work, and life. So tell me, when you are at work, do you not conform to the rules and regulations? If you do, then you have been converted to their style of work.
Are you a republican, democrat, libertarian or whatever political party you chose, guess what, you have been converted to their political views.
Conversion is change and any time you change you convert.

Yes, I want people to convert. I want to see them come to know the Lord. Some will, many won't, but I will keep on trying just like Thomas and what you are saying now is trying to convert me to a life style of not converting people. Kind of ironic, don't you think?

198 posted on 08/01/2006 6:57:24 PM PDT by Nightshift (Faith is something everyone has. The question is faith in what?)
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