Jndas has got a lot of his history wrong!
Being a Hindu from Kerala I contend many of his statements.
First of all nobody has converted a majority.
Hindus still are the majority (close to 60%)
Christianity came to Kerala before it went to
Europe.And the bulk of the initial converts were Brahmins and they had patronage from the Kerala Hindu rulers for most years.400 years ago, the portuguese started the conversion of the lower caste hindus, mostly fishing folks.Recent conversion is very very limited and the conversion is mostly from other denominations to the Pentacostal.
I really wonder what was really stopping the
lower castes from becoming Muslims because muslims never maltreated the lower castes.
The Hindu Brahmins/upper castes were Barbaric in their behavior towards the shudras.Shudras had to wear a special container always so that their spit does not 'pollute the way'. They had to maintain a
60 ft distance from a brahmin.Breaking the rule could land their heads under the elephant's foot ( Yea! Taliban is Merciful).
Brahmin's always had immunity from death sentences.The irony was that as soon as the same shudra converted to Muslim/xtian, the Brahmins had no problem in dealing with him ( as stated by Swami vivekananda).Even today one of the greatest Kerala saint/philosopher , Sree Narayana Guru is not accepted by the Hindus at large !
Reason: He belongs to the lower caste-Ezhava!
He is just held high by the lower castes.
Hinduism continues to torture its subjects
from the lower strata and we have no right to make fun of the christian rites or life in kerala. They are far more cohesive group within their own church groups.There is no caste or any discrimination within the same church.Each church deems itself superior to others. That is human nature.
Kairali
