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To: Antoninus

"Christians have always put their Faith before their nation. That's what the Romans hated so much about them. They tried to stamp out the sect of the Nazarene, too, just like the extremists in India are doing"

Christians are not a monolith. There are all sorts of christians - segregated by various factors - sect , class , geographic , economic , ethinic etc. There is not much in common between them.

Also , christians only constitute 2.5% of India's population. Same as they did for the last 100 years. If there were extremnists in India wanting to wipe out christians , they could have done so without as much as breaking a sweat long time ago.

Indian christians enjoy full freedom to follow their faith in India and are are as Indian as any hindu or sikh.

If you are sincere about helping out your fellow christians , you should looking towards China and Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan where christians are truly persecuted against , murdered , incarcerated and tortured as per state policy.


115 posted on 04/12/2006 11:51:30 AM PDT by sniper22
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To: All

This has degenerated into a hindu vs christian debate and the poverty in India is attributed to hinduism while prosperity in US is attributed to christianity.

However...christianity does not only prosper in USA. Christianity also prospers in Africa and the Latin America , arguably worse off than India and without much of a future . Countries like Rwanda ,Ghana,Cameroon, Ivory Coast , Angola - are all majority christian and very passionate about their belief in Jesus Christ. Fat lot of good it seems to have done for them.

Atleast India has a future. Its economy has grown rapidly over the last 10-15 years , poverty decreased drastically , new industries have come up , millions of jobs created...
Atleast India shows potential. Ask yourself. There are lot of complains about information technology related jobs being lost to India. When did you last hear of a job being lost to Africa ? Or Latin America ?

So as a hindu , I am not convinced about the rewards of accepting the dude Jesus as my saviour or whatever.You know - I dont wanna end up like those Africans. That would be a real set back for me after all the progress I have made , to be honest.....


116 posted on 04/12/2006 12:08:02 PM PDT by sniper22
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To: sniper22; CarrotAndStick; sukhoi-30mki; Raj13008
Indian christians enjoy full freedom to follow their faith in India and are are as Indian as any hindu or sikh.

quite correct -- there are many Indian Christians who would find the allegiance of some to Western powers abhorrent.
219 posted on 04/12/2006 10:50:03 PM PDT by Cronos (Remember 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia! Sola Scriptura leads to solo scriptura.)
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