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I don't mean anything at a personal level. In general, I found that there is a lot of corruption in India and the common Indians are the victims of such corruption. I would trust an ordinary Indian over an Indian politician. Similarly, I would trust ordinary Christians in India over the clergy.

Spreading the message of Jesus is one thing, but the exaggerations and claims of churches being burnt are wholly another. Put yourself in my shoes. I give money and travel to India and find out that I've been taken for a ride and that I am not alone in this. There is an industry out there that generates tales of persecution and martyrdom in order to strike a chord with us and it is extremely difficult to describe the rage I felt when I realized that the people feeding me stories were evasive about their claims.

Again, please don't take it personally, if you read my posts elsewhere, you will see that I have been sympathetic to Indians in general except the Moslem ones. It is just that many Indians seem to think that all Westerners are wealthy and they can squeeze us of our money and we won't mind it.

“It is just that many Indians seem to think that all Westerners are wealthy and they can squeeze us of our money and we won't mind it.”

Many ? I think 90 % of the Indians think Westerners are wealthy and they can squeeze money out of them . I am among the 10 % who do not .

I am so sorry that you had a terrible experience in India.
Though such incidences are common . I hope you and the members of your church have learned a lesson . Please make sure you NEVER donate to India again as I can guarantee you the aid will either never reach its destination or will be some scam . We never donated anything to such causes . Anyway - which state in India did you donate money to ?