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These people are doing their job and serving Lord Venkateshwara. They may be adherents of diffreent faiths but this never came up before.
This sickening mindset is a poor reflection of the inclusiveness of Hinduism towards people of differnt faiths. This inclusiveness makes it an exceptional faith and is wrongly seen as a weakness.
If we are all children of God then why this discrimination?
It would be better to not give in to threats and the false sense of purity and insecurity that is a part of the mindset of bigots and extreme thinking people who exist in ever faith.
These people are doing their job and serving Lord Venkateshwara. They may be adherents of diffreent faiths but this never came up before.
This sickening mindset is a poor reflection of the inclusiveness of Hinduism towards people of differnt faiths. This inclusiveness makes it an exceptional faith and is wrongly seen as a weakness.
If we are all children of God then why this discrimination?
It would be better to not give in to threats and the false sense of purity and insecurity that is a part of the mindset of bigots and extreme thinking people who exist in ever faith.