[kellynla]

Another "religion of peace"

[Calpernia]

ping

[yankeedame]

All things considered, he should be grateful they were Hindu, not Muslim; otherwise he wouldn’t be in the hospital recovering, he’s be six feet under.

[toddlintown]

Hindus? Wow.

[Red in Blue PA]

This is intolerable by any group or religion. Hopefully they will be prosecuted.

[LIConFem]

Somewhere, Gandhi is fasting in protest.

[Maneesh]

While this is a horrendous and despicable incident it is truly isolated. Banagalore (the city where this happened) has a thriving Christian community which is totally accepted by the vast majority of the people there. I grew up in India, went to catholic schools and had Christian neighbors for years and never heard of any violence or discrimination.

The other huge difference is that acts like this have no validation at all from Hinduism. The Hindu religion has no categorization of “infidels” and has no issues at all with other religions co-existing. The people who did this are truly a fringe group that even the vast majority of Hindus condemn.

There is just no history of Hindus killing other people en masse unprovoked in the name of religion. Deplorable and inexcusable as this incident is, to equate it with ISLAM is absurd.

Who would you be more afraid of, 5 young Hindu youth or 5 young Middle Eastern Muslim Arabs in a plane / mall / back alley ? I rest my case.

[familyop]

Ping.

...more religious advocacy for Nixon's Pakistan.

[Red Badger]

Local police arrived about an hour later, after one of the pastor’s relatives called them by telephone.

There's never a Copt around when you need one.........

[oblomov]

The vast majority (95%+) of Hindus are pluralistic, and don’t have any particular problem with Christians or Christianity.

[Zack Nguyen]

The extremists then stripped the pastor naked and hung a board around his neck that said, “I am the one who was converting people,” before parading him through the area.

I hope he wore the sign as a badge of honor. God bless that pastor.

[epow]

The foreign missionary organization my daughter serves with has numerous missionaries serving in India. She tells me that this type incident happens frequently, but it's usually in small villages in the more remote areas and often goes unreported. One young Indian man who converted to Christianity and went away to a bible school in one of the larger cities was called to come home by the village authorities. When he got home he found that his mother and siblings had been beaten to death by a mob, and his father had been tied to a tree and burned alive. Apparently Hindus are almost as violent as Moslems when it comes to people converting from their religion to Christianity.

We shouldn't be surprise by this kind of thing, Christ told his followers that we would be persecuted for our faith in Him. We American Christians have never faced that kind of religious persecution at home, and that's why it is so shocking to us to hear that it still goes on in the world 2000 years after Nero was burning Christians at the stake to light his gardens at night. We may think that kind of violent persecution could never happen here in the land of religious freedom, but don't be surprised if it eventually comes here too. There are many Americans right now who would have all Christians rounded up and either deported or imprisoned if they could. The hate for Christians by the American far left is expressed so often and so vividly on forums like Democratic Underground and Daily KOS that it's disturbing to know that there are Americans with that much hatred for their fellow citizens just because of their religious faith.

[Zack Nguyen]

Local police arrived about an hour later, after one of the pastor’s relatives called them by telephone.

Glad the police are so intersted in enforcing the law. /sarcasm. Of course, India is still a third world country in many ways, and police protection is probably very uneven at the best of times.

[Frank Sheed]

This is totally outrageous! When was the last time Christians paraded a Hindu or someone of another faith through the streets in this fashion! I am horrified by this story!

Frank Sheed, Papist

[Armedanddangerous]

I’m guessing they don’t want to convert.

[CarrotAndStick]

I’ll believe this incident occurred, if you can provide another source with some repute, rather than from what looks like a blog. An incident as big as this article states, cannot escape press attention in India.

A lot of charlatans cry the “persecution” mantra these days to win charity from wealthy contributors, in the name of spreading the Word, but ultimately doing anything but that. Running “ministries” is a lucrative business.

[Osage Orange]

A local source, however, told Compass on condition of anonymity that the attack was pre-planned and directed by an unidentified lawyer. The lawyer suggested to the crowd that if they hit the pastor as a mob, then there would be no possibility of prosecution, said the source.

Nice to know some lawyer's act the same way...as some do here.

[NYer]

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[Aquinasfan]

Matthew 5:11

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."

[Gengis Khan]

Ok so whats the other side of the story?

I am sure there is one.

[Gengis Khan]

“A local source, however, told Compass on condition of anonymity that the attack was pre-planned and directed by an unidentified lawyer. The lawyer suggested to the crowd that if they hit the pastor as a mob, then there would be no possibility of prosecution, said the source. “

“Local source”? That sounds like a weasel word.