Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: dangus
Oh, brother! So the missionaries are supposed to ignore the suffering of the people they're surrounded by? Oh, my, he fed a poor person, let's go bash his skull in!

if india thought so then mother teresa would have had her skull bashed instead of being respected and treated as a national hero. by the way feeding a poor person is a lot different from blackmailing a poor person to break with his roots for a bag of rice. serve in the name of christ instead of hindu bashing or hindu baiting.

and the first Christians broke Roman laws. And the Jew-protecters broke Nazi laws. And the underground churches broke Soviet and Maoist laws.

yeah right. india is no soviet union. it has religious freedom. wrong analogy there. see my first post on this thread. two out of the four south indian states are ruled by christians!!!! a christian catholic almost became the head of this country. india for a long time was a dhimmi state that went out of the way to please its jihadi population.

i have been to india and it has more spirituality and tolerance than most places in this country.

as i said, i see no difference between jihadi / wahhabi lies and the lies thrown around by hindu bashers. check out the poster in question flying a portugese flag and abusing his country just because he couldnt get a jahwb.

127 posted on 04/12/2006 1:32:27 PM PDT by The Lion Roars
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 118 | View Replies ]


To: The Lion Roars
by the way feeding a poor person is a lot different from blackmailing a poor person to break with his roots for a bag of rice.

This post reeks with the stench of caste arrogance. As with liberals in this country, I get the impression that some of the upper-caste Indians just assume that the poor and low caste are too stupid and grasping (by nature?) to resist the evil Christians and their "bribes" of food and money.

But hey, I understand. Your social standing in India might be adversely affected if 200 million "untouchables" suddenly cast off a cultural system which has oppressed them for hundreds of years and embraced Christianity--which teaches, dangerously, that all men and women are equal in the sight of God--and indeed teaches that the pariah will enter Heaven while the Brahman will most likely go straight to hell. (See the parable of the rich man and Lazarus).

Dangerous, very dangerous.
133 posted on 04/12/2006 1:41:18 PM PDT by Antoninus (I don't vote for liberals regardless of their party affiliation.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 127 | View Replies ]

To: The Lion Roars

>> if india thought so then mother teresa would have had her skull bashed instead of being respected and treated as a national hero. by the way feeding a poor person is a lot different from blackmailing a poor person to break with his roots for a bag of rice. serve in the name of christ instead of hindu bashing or hindu baiting. <<

OK, let's define what we're talking about.

On the one hand, many missionary outfits will do the following, and I think it is holy and just: Set up a facility which gives food to the poor, saying to the poor, "We do this because Jesus Christ taught us to love the poor, and to feed the hungry and clothe the naked. Would you like to know more about this man?"

Now I know of Catholic bishops and Cardinals who have been slaughtered by anti-Christian terrorists, and I know the following is deeply antithetical to the Catholic way of doing things. But are you refering to something more like this: Missionary Bob goes out into poor neighborhoods with a bag of rice, searching out starving people. When he finds one, he says, "I will give you this bag of rice, but only if you confess that you believe in and will obey the teachings of Jesus Christ."

If so, that is deeply un-Christian. And NOT what the family of the woman who I know was doing when they were all killed. But if someone is doing that and they are tied to some foreign (to India) Christian denomination, please provide the name of the denomination, and some documentation to support your assertions. I'm sure the FReepers would love to know what missionaries are doing that so they can oppose it.

But to justify the slaughtering of Catholics (or, as this woman happens to be, a charismatic Protestant) based on the actions of what some flaky crackpot "Christian" group is doing is disgusting and obscene. And yes, I have seen posts on this very thread saying that Christians have brought such horrors apon themselves.


161 posted on 04/12/2006 6:33:35 PM PDT by dangus (Church: "The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops." Me: "US gets new HOV lane.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 127 | View Replies ]

To: The Lion Roars

Your great example of a guy comparable to the Wahabbi is a guy who simply expressed concern that Christians face economic prejudice in certain areas of India? Let me know when he starts calling for the slaughter of Hindus, or the violent destruction of the Indian state.


170 posted on 04/12/2006 7:01:54 PM PDT by dangus (Church: "The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bishops." Me: "US gets new HOV lane.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 127 | View Replies ]

To: The Lion Roars; Antoninus
by the way feeding a poor person is a lot different from blackmailing a poor person to break with his roots for a bag of rice.

Really? Any proof for this beyond hearsay? Have there really been instances in which the missionary says "Convert or you dont' get this bag of rice"? Got any proof for that?
230 posted on 04/12/2006 11:14:05 PM PDT by Cronos (Remember 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia! Sola Scriptura leads to solo scriptura.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 127 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson