Attack on the Indian Christians

I know that many missionary agencies are making the Christians in America aware of these things, but it is sad to say that the liberal media establishment of America does not see fit to publicize this very much. As far as what to do about it, I am certainly not an expert in such matters but I do know that as a Christian, I will be praying for the Christians in India. My great-uncle was a missionary there for many years. I subscribe to "Send!" which is a magazine concerning the church in Asia. It is published by K.P. Yohanan's organization.

It is such a horrendous & an ultra-violence meted out to Christians in various places of India & I blame BJP , VHP, RSS,BJD & their allies..it must be part of their cynical movement so called " Hindutva Movement". They try to justified their acts by accusing Christians for conversion of the Hindus to Christians but indeed accor to stats, the population of Christians are decreasing in the last two decades which ultimately proves them wrong ( to be rational i don't blame the whole community of Hindus). This kind of situation occurs when parochial outlook of the few fundamentalist are remain unchecked so this resurgence of fundamentalist have to be stop at any cost.

very good post. i liked the way you described it. also while writing these things you should have taken pains to look back deeper into the problems why such things happen in india? do you believe the christian missionaries are harmless lot and do just preach word of god and no conversion. these things happened not out of think air. and let me emphasise here that i am not supporting any of those VHP or Bajrang Dal whom most christians love to paint with a black brush at the drop of a hat. conversion of faith is one kind of heinous act and an indecent one. it is equal to stealing for the sake of stealing. this happened many times. there is a law which states very clearly that conversion is unlawful. apart from this many books that has portrayed personalities from hindu mythology in bad light. this has been going on for a long time and there is a limit to anybody's patience. when conversion is unlawful, those engaged in it is doing unlawful activities. when the central government which has enacted this law turns blind eye, that naturally send wrong signal. religion has always been a sensitive issue any where in the world. be it india, arabia, vatican or US, canda, UK. activities of missionaries were always viewd with suspicion. if they were preching good things then they should limit it to that, but when they get down to insulting anothers faith these kinds of incidents do happen and innocent lives will be lost. the amount of money spent on media publicity is such that if the same money had been spent on the welfare of the converted people,, they would have got a better life. the converted tribals still live in the same hut, same unhealthy conditions for decades without any kind of change. by converting they should have been accorded the same status as any other normal christians. but that is not the case. they are still at the lowest rung of the society. what kind of change are these people effecting in their life by just changing the name of the god they worship. do you think that god has a particular name? its only ignorants who believe that god has a name and he has to be worshipped on certain days and he has to be sought through a holy father etc. majority of christian missionaries come from the southern state of kerala. most of these christians are the early converts. their jealousy knows no bounds. spreading rumours, hatred never goes unnoticed. you must be wondering if you carefully read the name of those priests in the areas affected. you will find most of them are from this particular state. i know them and their characteristics very well, because i am also from the same place. recently during the bird flu, priests and nuns in kerala went to the extent of telling people in hospitals that they are affected because they worship hindu gods and goddesses. if things like this happen, then violence is bound to happen. but violence cannot be justified as the only way to solve problems. had the hindus been very violent no christian, no muslim or of any other faith would have survived in india. but these minorities do have every right as the majority hindus have. they should be thankful to hindus for these privilages. violence erupted simply because there was instigation by missionaries and bajrang dal and otehr hindu extremist organizations retaliated. nothing happens without a cause. in the mele what is forgotten is the innocent lives lost and rendered them homelss, destitutes and orphans. praying in god's name is not an answer to problems in society. if people have to live in trust, then truth has to be taught. simply following an outdated scripture will not bring divinity into man. respecting one anothers faith is something all religions have forgotten to teach. their preaching is without values common to mankind. untill such a thing happens, these misgivings will not go away. lets hope that no more violence happens and peace is restored.