Christianity |
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The overt and covert battles and wars initiated by NATO with or without the approval and acquiescence of the UNO raise one principal question.
Are they Commercial Wars? -- | Strategies of the MNCs to control the oil wells. |
Are they Conversion Wars? -- | The tentacles of Christian Missionaries spreading everywhere fuelled by Euro-American funds. |
Why Hinduism is not crazy of converting? |
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Hinduism is not a proseylitizing religion though some self-exported monks like Swami Vivekananda, Swami Paramahamsa Yogananda, Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, Prabhudasa et al tried to spread their own cult. They had, at some point or other in their lives, disclaimed their Hindutva. |
Those monks who have tried to attract people to Hinduism could not find a suitable caste to place the new entrants in. |
Hindus with the exception of bureaucrats, businessmen, bureaucrats, money-spinning professionals and politicians, -- are poor. |
I shall not say that Hinduism is free of defects or evils.
But then, are Buddhism, Christianity and Islam pure like distilled water?
The religious strife we see in Orissa and some tribal areas of India is a reaction to vigorous conversions made by Christian missionaries.
Christian and Islamic countries have money.
Practitioners of Islam have fallen on a sort of nervousness owing to the onslaught of Christianity.
The Islamic clerics have, consequently started tightening their dictatorial and superstitious grip on populations and Governments. Driven to the wall Islam is fighting out in a negative manner. Earlier, I could very rarely see a burqa-wearing girl/lady/woman in our town. Today, burqa/niqab/some facial cover which allows only eyes to see and to be seen has become ubiquitous. I pity the poor girls suffer owing to the ignorance of their elders. I am not going to say that they should parade in the City wearing bikinis. The purpose of a dress should serve its natural purpose of protection from cold-heat-rain. The dress must enhance appearance. It should not unnecessarily sexually provoke weak male souls. The dress can be affordable. It need not have glitter.
The next decade, owing to mutual apprehensions, is therefore, going to be extremely tumultuous.
Funnily enough, Buddhism has started to run the race very seriously. I have come across some propaganda philosophical books of Buddhism in my mother tongue Telugu language, published with funds from Taiwan. Some books are in my hand. I am analysing them. Chinese and Japanese funds may also be in circulation.
There is a Telugu film song worth quoting here: 'Okat`ee hrudayam koosamuu iruvuri poot`ii doosamuu'. Approximate translation runs something like : ' The ill of two persons contesting for one heart'. The two persons here are : Buddhists Missionaries and Christian Missionaries. Heart is : Weaker Sections who suffer from disease and poverty. There is no bar on one person giving his/her heart to one-two-three at his/her choice. Recently, I saw one advertisement on tv as well as in English newspapers titled : "Threesome!" whatever it meant.
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