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Don’t listen to VHP and panic. Christianity is a failed project in India

Even if one accepts the assumption that Christian missionaries in India lure people to convert them, just look at their success rate.

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India’s home ministry has suspended licenses of four Christian groups under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, or FCRA. According to a report in The Hindu, these organisations won’t be eligible for foreign funding for the next six months, post which their license will be either cancelled or reinstated based on their response. In 2017, US Christian group Compassion International was asked to stop its operations in India. Earlier this year, a Chennai-based NGO Caruna Bal Vikas was booked by the CBI. The FIR claims that the NGO was getting huge finances from abroad to convert people to Christianity. There is a long list of Christian groups that have lost their FCRA license during the NDA rule.

This tells us two things: 1) International Christian donor organisations think that by pumping money into India, they can succeed in their alleged aim of converting people to Christianity. 2) The government of India and organisations like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its offshoots like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) also think that with the help of foreign money, Christian organisations can convert Hindus. And so, they spread narratives like Indians need to be saved from missionary mafia because “the evangelical army has multi-billion dollar resources.”

Both these suppositions are wrong. In India, Christianity has no future and there is no reason for the RSS or the VHP to spread false alarm or panic about proselytising capacity of Christian missionaries.


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Missionaries’ aim

Christian missionaries coming to India and trying to convert people is a historical fact. There is no central registry that tracks foreign missionaries and evangelists, so it’s not possible to know their exact numbers. But it’s a commonly held belief that thousands of nuns and fathers arrived in India, remained unmarried, and worked to convert people. Similarly, Christian donors invest a lot of money, allegedly in the garb of social work, for their proselytisation projects. But all these are suppositions. Available data, meanwhile, gives us a clear picture.

The simple fact is that making India Christian is a failed project. The Census data shows that the Christian population in India is either static or dwindling since 1951. In the 2001 Census, Christians’ share in Indian population was 2.34 per cent; in 2011, it fell to 2.30 per cent. The decadal growth of Hindus during the same period was 16.8 per cent, higher than the increase in Christian population, which was 15.5 per cent.

If the Christian missionaries have any system of KRA, then they should be either dismissed from the job or given warnings about their bad performance, especially because the gender ratio of Christians (1,023) is far better than Hindus (939). It will not be easy for them to explain the decreasing proportion of Christians in Indian population.

For several decades, it is alleged that Christian evangelists are hyperactive in the tribal belt of central India. This is the area where many people were killed (Graham Stuart Staines was one of them) and many churches were burnt by fanatics who accused them of luring tribals to covert.

Even if one accepts the assumption that Christian missionaries in India lure people to convert them, looking at their success rate after more than three centuries of allegedly indulging in such activities should make  clear.


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The conversion claim

Let’s start with the Christian population in some tribal-dominated states in central India, keeping in mind that conversion does not change the legal-constitutional status of members belonging to Scheduled Tribes (STs). Muslims or Christians can still be STs, but  not Scheduled Castes (SCs). Constitutional order of 1950 applies only to SCs. Hindutva forces and various social media influencers use the term crypto-Christian for converted SCs, who register themselves as Hindus to continue getting reservation benefits.

For almost three centuries, Christian missions are active in the state of Bengal, Kolkata was the seat of power of British colonialists until 1911, and yet there are only 5.15 lakh people in West Bengal who profess Christianity, as per 2011 Census.

People say if the nuns and fathers had decided to marry and have children, the number of Christians in West Bengal would have been higher than this.

Even in other power centres during British rule, Christian population, according to the 2011 Census, are quite meagre — Delhi (0.87 per cent), Mumbai (3.27 per cent) and Chennai (7.72 per cent). In larger states, only Kerala has more than 10 per cent Christian population.

This raises two questions. First, why has Christianity failed in India, despite Christians ruling it for nearly two centuries, lakhs of missionaries putting all their efforts, and organisations spending billions of rupees into the proselytisation project? Second, why does Christianity have no future in India? Here are five reasons that answer Christianity’s failure in the past and why it will continue to be a filature in the future too.


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Christianity’s social failure

First, in India, Christianity has never been a liberation theology. Spending money or doing social work or helping people in need to proselytise them is in itself an immoral act and no god will perhaps approve of this act. Even the book of law agrees with me. The first anti-conversion law was enacted in Odisha and under the Act, “inducement” includes “the offer of any gift or gratification, either in cash or in kind, and shall also include the grant of any benefit, either pecuniary or otherwise.” So, seeking to convert people in need of financial help or aid is immoral but not the other way round. People can accept money or other means of help and revert or cling to the religion of their choice. This is not at all unethical.

Second, Christianity in India never played any role similar to the one Black Church played in the Civil Rights Movement or as in the case of Latin American Church and priests who became part of the anti-colonial struggle there. In its early days, Christianity was seen as the religion of the colonialists and the oppressors. It never played the role as argued by Karl Marx – “Religion is the general theory of this world, its encyclopaedic compendium, its logic in popular form, its spiritual point d’honneur, its enthusiasm, its moral sanction, its solemn complement, and its universal basis of consolation and justification….Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions….”

Third, Christianity failed to transcend the barrier of caste. Becoming Christian does not absolve an Indian from the shackles of caste. Though this is true for all religions in South Asia. Religion can be changed but caste identity remains. In that sense, becoming a Christian has never been any incentive for people of lower caste Hindus. Just like upper caste Hindus treat those ‘lower’ in the caste hierarchy, upper caste Christians have similar apathy and hatred for lower caste Christians. As the leadership of Churches in India remains in the hands of upper caste Christians, and they also claim the caste ancestry, situation for the lower caste remains the same with caste subjugation continuing for them even after conversion from Hinduism to Christianity. Arundhati Roy says that her mother was a Syrian Christian (Kerala Brahmins, who converted to Christianity) and her father was a Bengali Brahmin who took the membership of Brahmo Samaj and later converted to Christianity. According to her, this ancestry makes her casteless. This argument is entirely bogus. Even making this claim is a privilege that only a Brahmin can exercise.


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Becoming a tool for Brahmins, elites

Fourth, early Christian preachers took the wrong path in India. Upon arriving here, they first tried to convert the Brahmins. The idea was that since Brahmins are the intellectual leaders of Hindus, if they convert, others will automatically follow. This never happened. It’s a fact that in Kerala, West Bengal and also in Maharashtra, early converts to Christianity were mostly urban educated Brahmins. They were early entrants in the English medium schools mostly run by the missionaries and came in touch with the British and other Europeans. In Hinduism, the lower castes accept the leadership of Brahmins because in Hinduism, Brahmins have been ordained the higher position. But upper caste Christians don’t have this superiority sanctioned by their religion.

Fifth, English-medium Christian schools symbolise the problem Christianity in India faced. The Bible says: “It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich person to enter into the Kingdom of God.” Serving the poor is the religious ethos of Christianity. But in India, the most important Christian institutions — the English-medium schools and colleges — hardly practised this. They largely became the hub of social and economic elites of the country. In most of these schools, located mainly in urban areas, poor kids can’t enter. This is true for such schools in metropolitan and big cities.

The worst sin these Christian schools have committed, and continue to do so, is that some of them have a system where rich kids are taught in English medium with a separate shift for poor kids for whom the medium of teaching turns vernacular. It wouldn’t be wrong to say these schools have made the upper caste-upper class elite more powerful and dominant, helping make the caste system more hegemonic. Just imagine what difference it would have made if thousands of such Christian schools had decided to follow the diktat of the Bible 300 hundred years ago and taught English to millions of Dalits, Tribals and poor kids. Instead, the fathers and nuns in these schools taught the likes of Lal Krishna Advani, J.P. Nadda, Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal, Vasundhara Raje and such personalities.

A government led by a party whose president J.P. Nadda had his education at St. Xaviers School, clamping down on the financial sources of Christian missionary activities is the poetic justice happening to Indian Christianity.

Dilip Mandal is the former managing editor of India Today Hindi Magazine, and has authored books on media and sociology. Views are personal.

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220 COMMENTS

  1. Who made this buffoon a sociologist? Probably just a bare minimum pass in BA sociology, while upset some Christian girl dumped him. Your buffoon Hindu gods are clearly crumbling, no wonder your frustrations are showing. The very fact, Brahmins would embrace Christianity, long before Europeans came, clearly shows, the power of this faith and its one true God. Unlike your hopeless Brahmin invented recycling re-birth Hinduism (Hindu name given by Arabs and Persians, a foreign name), Christianity gives clarity about the reality of human life and the existence itself. Go read the bible, before ventilating your ignorance.

    Even if some of your religion’s Dalits converted because of money, it clearly shows, how weak their Hindu faith is. How weak and pathetic, your non-existent mud gods and goddesses are. Thank you for stating that clearly.

    When ISIS came to cut the throat of Christians, they refused to renounce their faith and died.
    Your Hindus convert for money
    Clearly, someone’s God is more powerful.

    • Interesting points. Mostly borne out of ignorance.

      No Hindu Gods are ‘clearly crumbling’ otherwise you would not have had to write it explicitly. Faith among Hindus has actually increased. If you look at the map and see the religious composition of the world, you will know this. Hinduism is expanding. While Christianity is on a global decline (albeit they are trying to make up in the ‘third world’). Even in India, say in the 1960s the number of Hindus were much less (they had Hindu names, yes). Things have changed now. The rest of your tropes about Hinduism is, as said, borne out of ignorance. There is the Internet, read more Hinduism, Sikhism etc (all believing in rebirth, other Gods etc) and widen your horizon.

      But then a true believer in Christianity is not a person who can be commended for intelligence. I can only hope you go through your scripture in its entirety. As you say, the Truth shall set you free.

    • I am happy to learn that you and other christians are leaving a paradisical life here on earth as well as in heaven through the strength of your powerful god. I am yet to see a suffering christian by the way, because it is not possible that those who are going to enjoy paradise after death will be suffering on earth while in faith. Congratulations to all of you’ll.

      The next times any Hindu or muslim has an incurable disease, I am sure one of your powerful pastors who heal everything will heal them too, and you will get one more follower.

  2. This is failed article. Don’t hide under percentages. Many converted and its facts if you walk across the towns and villages. People simply don’t declare and enjoy sc/st status , subsidies, benefits but practice….

    This article is a cover up and fails miserably.

  3. Christian missionaries and their conversion of people of India remains more dangerous for the thousands of years old civilization of this land. Just see, what have they done to Africa in the name of their prophet.
    Christianity remains a pseudo-political attempt to subjugate people where all others are forced to accept religion as part of the nation, like the erstwhile Holy Roman Empire.
    Though Islam remain confined to Arabia and N Africa, Christianity was taken to the entire world with the same mission.
    India, SE Asia, Japan, China, etc, have resisted this and remain thorn in the sides of Christian world. In fact, it’s not a religion, but a tool for political and economic subjugation.

  4. The term missionary says a lot about the religipn. Lets not forget the crusades and the violence it unleashed in Goa. Many Indians are getting lured by the shining western images of christianity, when in reality countries like US, Uk have highest cases of depression, unhappiness among christians and they would rather call them selves as religionless rather than christian. For christians propagating christianity is a secular mission but displaying hindu identity is right wing extremism!!

  5. It is the truth which I have found.I have hate not for your religion but the way missionaries convert people.These so called missionaries say that you can do anything in life .Actually they are ignorant they do n’t even understand their religion .Have you seen a y missionaries sitting in meditation of God.Jessus had truly realized God .He really abstained from meats of animal ,even onion and garlic.Do you know even Greek abstained from onion and garlic? The onion and garlic was served to lower class.Onion and garlic is a symbol of lust ,greed and anger.The missionaries must have chasity ,tell truth and they do n’t think of fashion.Christian missionaries are jealous of other religions .Jesus realised God and spread the message to go towards God . Christian missionaries did not thought of God . Missionaries have lost their tradition and adopted antagonists methods. even missionaries plotted against various Hindu Saints like Swami Vivekananda , Ramakrishna paramhansa.Missionaries even destroyed manusmriti.The Indian Christian during India’s Independence Struggle even did japa of Ram naam ,studied Bhagavat Gita .They respected Indian culture.They are not like today’s Christian who disrespect Hindu religion stories of Bhishma Pitamah Celibacy .They do n’t respect others religion
    Shame upon them and mere reading of Bible will not help.They call us communal . I have more information I can’t even tell you.

  6. Thanks for your useless research on Christian conversions, I donno where u did your research or what is your source of info. Coz you are saying not to panic, but the situations here in Andhra are worse than you think, so in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The best example is from my Hometown, when I was in my 5th grade my street have only 1 Christian family among 21 homes, do u know now we have 9 Hindu families and 1 church of the entire street. A person from Kerala came on a mission to convert and he won. Now every week we will enjoy some foolish speeches loudly and proudly. Yes, the situation is not in Panic mode coz it already crossed that

  7. Thank you for a deep analysis on Christianity. Please also let us know why you have so much hate in your mind against us . What did we do wrong . As a population we are just 2% since last 2 decades and it should worry any government either the ruling or any which will come in future. Please consider us as Citizens of India and allow us to follow our religion and live in peace.

    • 2% is a official statement may be but there are so many converted Hindus in the left list. FYKI many of my friends still show them as Hindu in government or any Public platforms but they follow Christianity in real life. Thanks to the pastors who are in fooling mission.

    • This Dilip mandal guy is faking it…He himself is christian it seems!! I am from chatra jharkhand and let me tell you all that this conversion is real recently these missionaries dressed Marry as tribal woman christ in in her lap and led a procession all over my block area. This is their trick to preach and convert us tribal. My aunt anita kundu converted to christianity why? because she will get foreign visa to study Christianity. Mr. Dsouza you christian are destroying our peace in our tribal area creating conflict in our area….why the F you people convert us tribal luring money and all WE have our own SARANA tribal culture and practices( religion in one sense) we never went to convert people….you people create problem for us and then play a victim card wow! Mooothr fooker!!! Look at north east it has become all most christian….here is historical example of how nagaland become almost 100% christian. They have destroyed naga culture and practices in the name of purification and civilising nagas.

    • If you don’t know your past and the Goa Inquisition (that’s how your ancestors became Christians), then it’s your fault. The persecution of Hindus, Muslims and Jews of Goa was officially brought by Francis Xavier (I won’t call him a saint yet).
      Please delve in the past to get at the roots of problem and dispute. Unless you know that, your views will remain biased and far from truth.

    • I don’t think this article talks about hate against Christianity or Christians. It conveys disappointment that missionary schools too ended up in working for the privileged upper castes. Hinduism, by design, oppresses the lower castes. Churches were expected to liberate the oppressed as they did for the blacks in America. But in India everything, from Mosques to churches, did not escape the prying eyes of caste hindus.

      • Lol ,if Hinduism by design oppressed the lower classes . We wouldn’t have saints like Valmiki, etc who were from so-called Lower castes. We wouldn’t have Kings like Suhaldeo who fought vs muslim invaders . Show your nonsense to The illiterate Africans who will believe your nonsense.

  8. It is not a failed project.They are doing missionary work in Punjab also.They say that we are communal and they are truly communal .When there is any rape case of a priest in a church ,they would immmediately crush the case ,pay a lot of money to the media houses.I feel people in media house are like an instrumment and they are controllled by greed .They are money minded and they can be even called true wordlings.They do n’t what they are doing and what it will lead to .I wil name you few news channel and newspaper by which church they are controlled by church organisation like
    1)The Hindu Newspaper which is funded by Joshua Society in Berne ,Switzerland . It is known in Chennai (Madras) variously as “The Sapper” (because it supported the British during the struggle for Indian independence).
    2)NDTV – funded by Gospels of charity in Spain. Indian CEO Prannoy Roy is co-brother of Prakash Karat, Gen Secy of Communist party of India.
    3)CNN-News 18 (prev. CNN-IBN) – 100% funded by Southern Baptist Church in the US. The Church annually allocates 800 million dollars for promotion of this channel. Its Indian head is Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghosh.
    4)The Times Group ()TIMES OF INDIA, MID-DAY, NAV-BHARTH TIMES, STARDUST, FEMINA, VIJAYA TIMES, VIJAYA KARNATAKA, TIMES NOW (24 hour news channel) and many more.- 80% funded by World Christian Council.
    5)Star TV – supported by St. Peter’s Pontifical Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    6)EENADU:
    To date this Hyderabad newspaper is still controlled by an Indian named Ramoji Rao. It is under concerted attack by the Christian Church, the Andhra Pradesh Christian chief minister Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy and the Congress Party.
    7)ANDHRA JYOTHI:
    The Muslim Party of Hyderabad known as MIM along with a Congress minister has purchased this Telugu daily very recently.
    8)THE STATESMAN:
    It is controlled by Communist Party of India.
    9)KAIRAL TV:
    It is controlled by Communist Party of India (Marxist).
    10)MATHRABHOOMI:
    Leaders of the Muslim League and some Communist Party members have major investments in the newspaper.
    11)ASIAN AGE & DECCAN CHRONICLE:
    These popular newspapers are owned by a Saudi Arabian company. Its chief editor was M.J. Akbar until early 2008. New chief editor unknown. These papers are aggressively pro-Christian (Roman Catholic) anti-Hindu newspapers.
    12)DOORDARSHAN
    India’s national TV network broadcasting in all corners of the country. Since Sonia Gandhi’s Congress Party has come to power, all DOORDARSHAN stations carry Christian missionary programmes dubbed into the regional languages.
    They are many traitors sitting our country.Even ABP Group , India Today(Aaj Tak,IBN-Lokmat,IBN7,Aaj Tak Tez and its other channels),Reublic Group and India TV are true traitors.They can do anything to make the news spicy so they get high TRP is one of them ,These missionaries even killled Rajiv Dixit by poisoning his food.They banned Sita Ram Goel books because it shared the reality of the Christian missionaries .Even Benny Hinn comes to Bangalore to convert people to Christianity ,they received support from UPA and INC (Sonia Antonio Maino).Christian missionaries get visa extremely easy in India but when we go to different countries we have to wait for a long time .Even multinational companies like Surface Excel ,Tide,Nestle ,Wilson ,Babolat ,Kelloge’s do funds some share to Christian Missionaries.Even Bible Text have taken quotes from Bhagavat Gita. Shame on our Hindu People .India would truly become Vishwa Guru and Hinduism would domiate the world .The Third World War would truly destroy the Hindu Race .

    • I meant that except Hindu races other races would die .World War 3 would be started by Arab and China .The battefield would be the Middle East .The Christian Countries would be overwhelmed by this attack.This alliance would go on capturing the Christian Countries.The Italy would be totally devastated.In India there will be another war were politician and other influential people would run for their life . The Indian motherland take revenge from all the people who looted India .A Hindu leader from moreover would be totally defamed by totally ignorant Indians would come out.With his help USA and Russia would be totally in ruin at the end of war.The Pope will spent his last days in Jerusalem .India will become Vishwaguru
      These are the future prediction of Sant Ravidas .

  9. Clear could be seens, this is a paid article probably by a missionary. Fact has been molded to proff libranud formula of peace (in reality it’s piece) and an opportunity to some rice begger Hindus who could abuse rest of non converted Hindus. On the name of Christ some peaceful people has killed millions of people and grabbed thier land in America, Australia, Africa and now for 500 years in India.

  10. This article has a very narrow perspective about Christian Mission. It looks like it is mostly surrounded around the mainstream churches and Christians, which are Catholics and Syrians and few others. There is huge difference between each of their ideologies. The missionaries that came to the North East part of India especially Nagaland (which is 98% Christian state) were mostly protestants that believed in changing human lives through bringing them out of their primitive religion. Most of the North-eastern are Tribals. They had different tribes which were at war among each other. A lot of missionaries died or killed by these tribals when they tried to share about Jesus Christ and his love and tried them to stop to fight with each other. But eventually and slowly all of these tribals started accepting Christ as their savior and if you see now Nagaland is doing far better from other states in the north east. The motif of the missionaries that laid down their lives to share about Jesus was completely different than how it is being portrayed by others.

    What I believe is that it is important to study both sides of the party and understand their motifs before coming to such conclusions. Only fathers and nuns are not the ones as Christian leaders. Read about protestants and Pentecostals who do not come under mainstream Christians and are actually not counted as Christians. They prefer to write their religion as Hindus or Sikhs or Muslims. So, the number of Christians can be way more than what it shows in the documents. therefore, this article is not valid. It does not showcase any field work and field study.

  11. You nailed it almost right.
    The objective of Christianity was never conversion but to deliver the gospel news and everyone should hear at least once. Then it is the personal touch with God that will prompt people for public conversion. The original missionaries didn’t selectively taught Christianity to elite few – you can see numerous schools/hospitals/orphanage across south India all for poor and suppressed only. However those from upper caste converts really couldn’t shed the caste system and when they took over the second generation (as you rightly pointed out) mixed the true essence of Christianity with Paganism and bred a new customized religion. But the good thing about Christianity is, it is a belief system in heart and you can keep it to yourself. In my street, atleast 10 other religious families attend weekly house prayer meets, also in youtube/zoom masses and follow Bible study etc but they also keep their religious names for their family/political/Ration Card reasons as it is a bit awkward to make all name certificate changes.. They attend both their festivals and christian masses, so I think the numbers in India is atleast 200 million if not more.

  12. Good Analysis. Thanks. Indeed, Christianity has totally failed in India. 1. Christianity is not a religion. It is all about Jesus Christ who came to the earth, died, rose again, went to heaven, promising to return to this earth to rule the world for 1000 years. Till he returns, Jesus asked all Christ Lovers to go to entire world and introduce Jesus as the Saviour of the world. Thus Two disciples, Thomas and Barthalomew, are believed to have come to India between AD 50 and AD 60.
    2. So Christianity is not a product of the Colonial rulers. Till 1813, the British never allowed any Christian missionary to come to India
    3. Christians failed in preaching Christ in India. Instead they institutionalised themselves, and also created several education and health and other social service facilities. They educated people and let them to go to hell. They made people healthy and let them to go to hell. They never preached that all Christ Rejectors will go to hell. So people accepted the blessings from Christ’s servants and rejected Christ as God and saviour of sinners.. So, Christian population never grew.
    4. The only hope for India India is that every Indian should have the opportunity to read the Bible in their mother tongues and be able to establish a personal relationship with Christ. Every knee should bow and every tongue should confess that Jesus is LORD.
    5. Christ Lovers, according to the Bible have no political aim in India or in the world. Because Christ Lovers are going to rule the whole world under Jesus Christ as the global ruler, soon, for 1000 years. It will be the most peaceful and prosperous time on earth. If anyone trusts Jesus Christ today, they also can rule the world when Jesus comes back. Otherwise,, when they die, they will go to hell.
    6. Though Christians are a very small percentage, their contribution to nation building is amazing. It was Bible lovers who created modern India. They developed and modernised most of Indian languages by giving modern scripts, grammar books, dictionary, prose, literature, literacy, education, from Kintergarten to Universities. The brought printing to India and launched newspapers. They introduced modern health care and health education. (For details, read my book “Let There Be India: Impact of the Bible on Nation Building’ babukverghese @ gmail .com)
    7. It’s time every person in the world would invite Jesus Christ into their life and save themselves from hell fire. If so everyone will love one another. There will be peace and prosperity. No sin, No corruption. Unfortunately most people who call themselves as Christians have nothing to do with Christ. As Gandhiji said, if every Indian Christian lives like Christ, every Indian will fall at the feet of Christ. Yes sir, we have failed. May we learn lessons from history and go to every corner of India, preaching and living like Christ, having a passion for God and compassion for people. For details, read the Bible.

    • Babu remember Jesus was absorbed in the thoughts of God only and he was incarnation of Brahman. Jesus Christ is misunderstood by you.He had a divine vision ,he could see Lord in everyone ,not like us ,we only see the flesh of human body .If you see woman you get attracted ,Jesus was a truly chaste man ,he did not have any lusty thoughts about woman .He did not eat meat,fish,non veg,even abstained from onion and garlic.He had deep yearning for him.It is said in the Bhavishya Purana he appeared on the land of mleechas (non-religious man contemplating religious scripture) to teach dharma and he appeared to king Bhoga worshipper of Lord Shiva.He had inner peace and did every act in chasity.He preserved his semen ,the vital fluid in body,whitish in colour released in ejacuation because of evil habits like masturbation ,copulation.This semen takes us to Lord.We men waste this fluid for momentary pleasure which is a terrible pain.He could even survive in dessert for more than forty days ,he was absolutely absorbed in his Lord.There is no difference between Hindus , Muslims and mens of other faith.Ifone realizes God ,then there is no sect for the same person.Sri Ram Krishna practised Hindusim,Islam and Christianity found the same God .

    • Do you know Babu India does not need any Bible ,because Hinduism Vedas ,18 Puranas ,Bhagavad Gita ,Ramayana ,Upanishad and Manusmriti?You will ask how?India even as a book which was called bible of humanty.Pierre Trudeau ,The President of Canada had visited India during 1960’s .He bought the Bhagavad Gita,Vedas,Puranans had read it .Even though he was a Christian .Threrefore Indian culture was alwas greater than others culture.Pierre Trudeau described Bhagavad Gita as bible of humanity.In Indian there are many great saint born in every century in India .Indian culture describes a way of relationship to God.Even Christianity is great in its own way.Do you know Jesus has taken incarnation as a Hindu leader within in India?Jesus has come as a Hindu on Earth.He was born in Sindh and now in India .It is a hint please find out.Bible lovers have n’t contributed anything to India.Bible lover eveen got Rajiv Gandhi asssasinated .Do you know people of USA are suffering from mental borne diseases ? Even Bible lover do not know the solution for it? Even they gave ad on Television what t do ? It did n’t help .Even the Church thinks that celibacy must be for nums and priest.Every man needs celibacy ,without celibacy man cannot achieve it’s aim . Without celibacy ,is without concentration and a meaningless life. The Church has so much money to defame any Indian saint by supplying 2600 crore but it ca n’t stop sex industry .Even Church does not spend money on spreading the awareness of evil effects of Freud’s theory.The children of U.S.A have lost their virginity at the age of 10.The Church is not able to find the soluton for it.But the Indian culture has a solution to it by observing chasity.Without chasity no one can be like Jesus and Pitamah Bhismah..

  13. A one way article written by DILIP MANDAL has surely no clue on facts or on how to open a free discussion on things right or wrong

    Please understand first where we have come from as a country and the real meaning of India rather than supporting the idealism from pockets of parties in power that are trying hard to indoctrinate and ensure they have sufficient masses for their own popularity and longevity of their parties they work.
    It is very well known that for the past 800 years before the independence of India the rulers of India were Muslims (600 Years) and British (200 Years)
    and when the country was granted its Independence the fundamental right guaranteed by Article 25-28 of the Constitution of India. … Every citizen of India has a right to practice and promote their religion peacefully, so until this remains there is no failure of any religion or belief in India and everyone knows that the parties in power lack the ability to change that including yourself

    Heading to your point which you stridently write about a group called compassion international missing your point so clearly that the Christian Faith administration and governance is solely in the hands of the Vatican and not a group in the USA
    Did it ever strike to you that the reason of dismissal of funding from such groups could also be to prevent the misuse of such funds in turn where people like you use this information to spread a false message in turn to imbecilic masses so that you look good in front of the people that support you monetarily
    Returning to the point of the Christian missionary and its objective is no longer to convert masses but to spread the news via good deeds and support, take the example of Mr. Theresa who Indians should be grateful for what she has accomplished. On another note where you have mentioned about affluent and achieved people who gained education from Christian schools such as Lal Krishna Advani, J.P. Nada, Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal, Vasundhara Raje and many more such personalities are very clear indications that the education gained by them from Christian schools has helped them to become who they are and what they have achieved rather than who they were and you will surely agree that such an education will never be achieved in other religion based educational systems. The Brahmins of those days were the educated and easily understood the importance of their life choices and this is why western ministries were able to communicate better them to see that the teachings of their religion and culture is spread in the community hierarchy. One needs to understand the life of Jesus himself choose to be born and live with the suppressed and delinquents of the society. In his words as proclaimed truthfully ‘’I have come to serve and not to be served’’ unlike other cultures, the western Christian ministry objectives were to spread the news of humility in the name of Jesus The Christ.

    Time and Time again we have seen how the different religion clusters have tried to portray a Christian minority group as a threat which is easier to speak out loud rather than understanding the true meaning of the Christian religion and accepting and incorporating its culture and symbolism towards the self-improvement and development of their community.

    I would like to leave a note of thought ‘’ It was the Hindu kings that invited the western rulers to India to oust the Mughals and save them’’ this if not had happened would have probably left them as minorities. Something to think and be thankful about.

    • The way you are talking sounds like Mughals were decreasing Hindus.when Mughals married and even Hindus rule on behalf of mughals.you Christian’s killed and famine india.stop hating Mughals,you islam haters.

    • You have put forward a far more objective opinion with knowledge of Indian history as well as Christian history, than the author himself. I, as a doctor, am a personal witness of practising Christians, who officially record themselves as Hindus in the public records & census. Hence, the author’s use of census data is completely useless.
      Secondly, I have personally seen foreign funds being misused in the medical field as well as orphanages. But, I do not believe in punishing everyone for the wrongs of a few.
      Third, in my state, many who have converted to Christianity in the early days were mostly suppressed populations like Dalits but you can clearly see that money is attracting people from upper castes which is against the law in most countries across the world. Best example is current AP CM, whose grandfather converted to Christianity, though being an upper caste Reddy, who dominate the Rayalaseema region of AP. There are several more examples. Hence, as far as I can see, inducement to conversion to Christianity is happening financially but it is not happening in Islam.

  14. “Arundhati Roy says that her mother was a Syrian Christian (Kerala Brahmins, who converted to Christianity) and her father was a Bengali Brahmin who took the membership of Brahmo Samaj and later converted to Christianity. According to her, this ancestry makes her casteless. This argument is entirely bogus. Even making this claim is a privilege that only a Brahmin can exercise.”
    Can someone please explain the last line without sarcasm? I’m truly unable to comprehend it. Can she exercise her claim if not a Brahmin?
    Thanks.

  15. No one change thier religion by force whether they are Jews in Europe…parsi in Iran…uigher in china… U can’t change one’s inner soul…..shikh in afgan…hindu in Uganda…
    If these hindutwa group are so serious about their religion…why don’t they went like christian in tough terrain….proffess about thier religion…n make changes in thier life.. and tell them about truthness of ur religion instead of blaming and orchestering atrocities on minority….. Unhuman attitude of hindus r pushing people toward Christianity n atheism…this is harsh reality….
    If govt ll not allow any religion to profess…then what is the meaning of freedom of religion and hence democracy…..

    • What a beautiful reply my brother in Humanity!! GOD BLESS YOU!! I’m a Christian and to be honest I need prayer, to be a better Christian. I’ve let other people’s opinions hinder me from truly expressing my faith. I feel like a failure, because I fear what people I don’t even know might think of me, for my belief. I PRAY OUR RISEN LORD YESHUA HAMASHIACH (JESUS CHRIST) will deliver me from fear, especially what others may think of me!!!

      • Hindu militant: So intolerant, undemocratic Muslim countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan etc. should become role models for India ?

        I suggest you change your identifier from “Hindu militant” to “Hindu Taliban” !

        • Ha ha ha holy Qur’an is the basis for human rights and religious freedom,just read it yourselves.wiki-islam and humanity,and wiki- islam and other religions.even in many Muslim countries there are reservations for non-muslims.and Tariq Aziz,goodluck Jonathan and Michael aeon like so infidel even ruled muslims.hindus themselves has relations and lived in these countries.how hypocrites then you demonize them.

          • you liar, you tell me lies? where does unholy korand teach human rights and reliious freedom? in saudi arabia??? your false prophet mohaund actually said that all other religions should be wiped out of arabia

        • @Kili Jolsiyar: You are a hypocrite & liar!! Islam & Christianity are politics of land & wealth grabbing through other means!!

          Sunni Muslims are worse evil as they have been butchering Hindus since eons & have eliminated almost all Hindus in Pakistan & Bangladesh!! Meanwhile, Sunni Muslims have been breeding like pig puppies in India!!

          There are 57 Islamic nations BUT Muslims run from Islam to Christian & Hindu states for refuge!! WHY won’t these Islam lover caliphates accept them??

          Meanwhile, If the Church/Vatican has real love for their brethren, they can take them or at least repay for their crimes against India & Hindus which run into trillion of dollars!!

  16. Dear Editor
    I could really feel the thinly veiled hatred at Christianity through this article. Thatz understandable tho..we all have our opinions.
    That being said, I dont believe in the Paid Conversion theory of yours and I dunno how you can say that a religion is a failed or successful “project ” for faith is a very dynamic phenomenon that can change any day. You blame money for converson…you blame schools and colleges for conversion YET till now, conversion takes place despite of money and education incentives and for that we look to the multitudes of Dalits who have converted to buddhism christianity and islam.
    Ever ask yourself why ? Perhaps itz time to ask the so called Guardians of Hinduism…RSS…BD..VHP….to introspect.
    Those fellas are pissed when dalits converts but will remain unabashed at how dalits are treated by your “upper caste ” hindus. Do you need these poor folks to remain Hindus just so you can put them in thier place? Perhaps the problem is with how Hindus practice Hinduism ehh?
    And coming to induced conversions……. missionaries will provide schools…colleges..medical treatment facilities…skills development centers… irrespective of faith and like your said…conversion rate is miserable. So again ….what are you actually selling with this article. If christianity really did buy converts…. India would have been a very different nation now in terms of faith….

  17. Government agency is promoting anti nationalism divding people pushing hatered in the name of religion..how shameful infact concentrate on development….most of the country still depends on British built railway stations,drainage system, drinking water, British military bases,educational institutions….soo on, why debate here push India into developed country…rather than speaking useless division, speak about looticians binamis..how they become rich looting public funds.

  18. It would be interesting to note the activities of “Pastor” Sudhir Mondithoka and his vile attacks on Hinduism and his attempts to convert Hindus to Christianity at no less a place than the Tirupathi temple. See the videos of this fraudster denouncing and insulting his own ancestral religion at: bit.ly/3k2hSI2

  19. Talking of Christianity, one is reminded of the quote from Jomo Kenyatta (1897-1978), the former President of Kenya:

    “When the Missionaries arrived, the Africans had the land and the Missionaries had the Bible. They taught how to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible.”

    That should not happen in India. Or anywhere else in the world.

  20. Since Christian has been made a religion, there is always a question of its existence. In Christian book Mark chapter 2 verses 17, “ Jesus told Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I don’t come to call the righteous but the sinners”.
    In Luke chapter 4 verses 18 “ The spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free”
    So now the scenario different.
    India is a blessed country and we are blessed Indian.

  21. Another incorrect article from the media, down playing the threat with false numbers and cloaking. Please do not be misled.!!
    If the missionaries are such honest people with no ulterior agenda, why dont they go propagate their ideology in Saudi Arabia, Afganistan, Russia, China or Pakistan? We all know the answer to that question…. Just because India lets them in and carry on whatever agenda they have in the country, its their very first preferred place to visit. Be very very warned about them. I am glad BJP and its sister organizations are standing up to this.

  22. For a change, this writer has written a fairly well researched article. But he attempts to lull the Hindus into complacency by underplaying the threat of Christian missionaries to Hinduism. Potentially, every Christian is a missionary. Most Christians continue to use Hindu names resulting in misuse of reservation etc. Most Indians don’t know the blood soaked history of Christianity. In the absence of political power, Christianity adopts different strategy. Catholic Church has Project Joshua, which is a 200 years long, intending to win Asia for Christianity. Never underestimate the tenacity of Christian mission to convert the followers of Hinduism and other religions.

  23. This article definitely a mix of facts and fiction and totally ignored the tradition and history of India
    Pre independant india, or post independent era the educational sector was revolutionized by the introduction of english education to indian masses through the school’s established by christian missionaries.
    Converting hindus by offering money is a fiction, no evidence.

  24. The Census figures are inaccurate. Lower caste or class Indians who are lured for material benefits do not convert on paper because they want to enjoy reservation benefits of Hindus. Many times Census officials don’t ask religion and mark Hindu if they hear Hindu names. Moreover, Christianization of North-Eastern states is more than enough proof of missionary presence in India.

  25. OK Aloo Basharam you have rightly Said a Hindu PIG like you should be Kicked Out of India so that Other can live in PEACE, Sharam karo Apni Bura Aadath Paar.. Think before you INK… You Belong to P-I-G… Category

  26. The missionaries who came to India came because they had a heart for souls to be led to Christ. No one in this world can accept Christ as the Messiah by force or inducement. Because it is a matter of the heart not mind. No one forced my forefathers to accept Christ. They heard a sermon hundreds of years ago and decided to accept Christ. I have the history of my father’s family which shows people of different faith from the same root family. ISIS tried to use forced conversion but this increased the faith of the Christians in Syria nd they accepted even death, abuse , etc. It has made the people who know Christ more resilient and ready to face anything. Quite a few ISIS militants turned to Christ after seeing the Christians in Syria. These are all documented facts. So forced conversion does not work. But on the contrary it sprouts more people to accept Christ. If RSS and BJP are curious to know why more people in comparison to the previous years are accepting Christ. It is because of persecution. The more you persecute more the increase in faith. If Christ was a man this faith would not grow. But He came as man and He is God which not everyone can understand this is only understood by an inner spiritual experience. So force or inducement does not work here. Those who know Christ live by faith in Him every moment of their lives. Before any of you people give your judgements please go and read stories of Sadhu Sundar Singh and many people who truly knew Christ. Then judge for yourselves if force or inducement works. Also Indian Constitution declares freedom of speech and freedom of religion so if that is changed there will be no more India or Bharat. It is for everyone whether you are a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jew, Atheist, etc do you want a beautiful India where people of all Faiths thrive or do you want a Hindu India. Remember when there could have been a much bigger India a Pakistan was born- why a separate country based on religion. Do we want a united India or a Hindu India. Please my Indian brothers and sisters think about it. May the God I know give you a heart of love and understanding.

  27. Absolute truth is…
    Many practice cristianity but don’t identify them as such. I know many.
    Equally bad is Islam.
    Hindus should wake-up. Only solution.

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