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To: Uncle Miltie; steve86

There actually have been Christians murdered by Hindus, but generally there were other causes (land disputes, political affairs, etc.). Generally, Christians are okay, and there are some Christian areas, such as Goa, where there is no problem at all.

A scholar once told me that Hinduism was like the Roman religion before Christianity...lots of gods, but basically everybody had a dim concept of one God, and they were used to the idea of God visiting the world (not necessarily the way that was appropriate, LOL, but they did think in terms of creation and the Creator). The reason the Romans adapted so readily to Christianity was because they could understand it even based on their paganism, and I think this will eventually be the same with Hinduism.

I don’t think this new president is interested in imposing Hinduism. Obviously, neither he nor anybody else in the Hindu majority want Muslims to destroy their world, but I think he wants a society where people just live and do what they’re supposed to do, make India prosperous, and the Muslims can’t ruin it for everybody else.


34 posted on 05/19/2014 3:50:06 PM PDT by livius
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To: livius
One of Modi's officials stated on Television while I was there last month - that anyone who is not Hindu "should get out of India now, go to Pakistan or somewhere else".

Does that -- from #22 -- sound like 'live and let live' to you?

36 posted on 05/19/2014 3:52:51 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: livius
there are some Christian areas, such as Goa, where there is no problem at all

Other than the murder of a Catholic priest and desecrations.

PARISH PRIEST MURDERED AT MACASANA March 18.: In a gruesome act of murder some natives from UP or Hyderabad residing at the Church residential premises are suspected to have murdered the Parish Priest of St. Francis Church, Macazana Salcete Goa, Fr. Eusebio Serrao a native of Chinchinim Salcete Goa last night on 17/03/2006. This morning residents were shocked to hear of the tragic news and rushed to the Church.

The Archbishop of Goa and Daman also rushed to the scene of the incident when this writer made frantic calls for information to confirm the news at the Paco Patriacal Altinho Panaji on +91 0832 2422652. Later after a teletalk with an individual from the Parish Church on +91 0832 2786685 it was confirned that Fr. Serrao was indeed brutally murdered, and his body mutiliated. Police investigations are on. On an earlier ocassion according to unconfirmed reports the priest was similarly tied but was later released.

Incidentally the Church has sounded a warning to the Goa Government to take serious note of Church burgalaries and vandalisation of crosses etc. The Comba Margao cross vandalisation on Holi Day being the latest.


37 posted on 05/19/2014 3:56:58 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: livius

The Romans had nothing like the caste system in India.


76 posted on 05/19/2014 10:16:48 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: livius
I don’t think this new president is interested in imposing Hinduism. Obviously, neither he nor anybody else in the Hindu majority want Muslims to destroy their world, but I think he wants a society where people just live and do what they’re supposed to do, make India prosperous, and the Muslims can’t ruin it for everybody else.

That's it. And the Congress Party actually favored Moslems and was left leaning, and of course filled with corruption, so Modi seems to be a good choice.

77 posted on 05/19/2014 10:26:07 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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