The Challenge of Conversion

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> > >THE CHALLENGE OF CONVERSION Sadhu Prof. V. Rangarajan >Founder Trustee,

Sister Nivedita Academy >Bharatamata Gurukula Ashram &; Yogi Ramsuratkumar

Indological >Research Centre >Srinivasanagar, Krishnarajapuram, Bangalore 560

036, INDIA >Phone: 091-80-5610935 / 5613716; e-mail: sadhurangarajan (AT) vsnl (DOT) com

>The Constitution of India, indeed, guarantees the right of every >Christian to

>dismiss all geological and anthropological theories and firmly >‘believe’, in

>accordance to the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Bible, that >Father in

the >Heaven created the world and man in 4004 BC, that there is going to >be a

deluge >at the end of this millennium, and that Christ will come again in

>flesh and >blood to save and take to heaven the ‘faithful sheep’ and to cast

>into hell the >non-believers. It also guarantees the right of every Mussalman

to >‘believe’ that >it is Allah alone who is the Creator and God and that it is

Prophet >Mohammed >alone who is His Messenger and the last Prophet on whose

>recommendation alone >the faithful Mussalmans will be admitted into the heaven

and that >the rest of >humanity will be cast into hell. No one can question the

right of a >fool to >‘believe’ that he is the greatest genius of the world. It

is also >his >fundamental right to consider his toilet as his kitchen. But it

>becomes a >different matter when one tries to impose one’s belief on others by

>using force, >coercion, dubious means, violence and persecution. >Hinduism has

been the only tolerant way of life which has openly >admitted the >freedom of

every individual to pursue his or her religion as he or >she >conceives.

Therefore, since times immemorial, Hindutwa has accepted >all genuine

>religious pursuits as different streams leading to One Ultimate >Spiritual

>Experience. Bharat, the land of the Hindus, has given refuge and >protection

to >all those who have been driven out of their homelands by religious >bigots.

The >Parsis and the Jews still feel grateful to the Hindus of India who >gave

them >shelter when they were driven out of their lands by the Mussalmans >and

>Christians, centuries ago. Hinduism is not founded on blind and >superstitious

>beliefs like that of a Father in the Heaven sitting up above in the >sky, whom

>Neil Armstrong failed to meet and say ‘hallo!’ while on his way to >and fro

the >moon. Even a rustic Hindu knows that Vaikunta or Kailasa, the >highest

emperium >mentioned in Hindu mythology, is in the heart and the all-pervasive

>God resides >in him as his own self. Long before Galileo, Copernicus, Newton,

>Einstein and >the modern scientists like Stephen Hawking discovered the

mysteries >of the >universe, these grand scientific and rational truths were

recorded >in the Vedas >which originated about 10,000 years ago. They also

spoke about the >nameless, >formless, Ultimate Reality which was conceived by

wise men in >different names >and forms to help humanity realize its destiny.

And when they spoke, >they never >resented any voice of dissent. Even the crass

materialistic and >sensual >philosophy of the Charvaka was allowed to be voiced

and it was >confronted only >on the basis of reason and logic and defeated. No

Galileo was >persecuted by any >church of the Hindus, no Bruno was put on spike

and no Inquisition >against the >voice of dissent took place here as it happened

in Spain and >Portugal. That is >the glorious history of the Hindus of India

through ages. The Jeheds >against the >Kafirs who did not accept Prophet

Mohammed and Allah, the imposition >of Jezia, >demolition of temples and places

of learning, abduction and rape of >women and >inhuman massacre of even innocent

children marked the spread of >Islam in India >during the Muslim period. >The

history of persecution of the Hindus in the name of religion >continued >during

the period of European domination over this land, when >Christian >Missionaries

brought from the West perpetrated the most heinous >crimes with the >help of

their colonial masters. Even those who got forcibly >converted to

>Christianity, but retained their Hindu customs and practices, were >considered

>renegades. The only remedy known to the missionaries for such >renegades was

>Inquisition. Yes, many have heard about the Inquisition that took >place in

Spain >and Portugal, but very few know that it also took place on the >Indian

soil. The >toll it took in terms of torture, torn limbs, burning at the stake

>and >languishing in jails for a life time is documented by A.K. Priolkar >in

The Goa >Inquisition. >Swami Ranganathananda, President of the Ramakrishna

Math, while >referring to the >spread of Buddhism, points out: “ Unlike

Christianity and Islam, the >spread of >Buddhism has been singularly

characterized by a spirit of peace and >non-violence. This is undoubtedly due

to the influence of Indian >thought wherein >Buddhism has its roots and from

which it has sprung. Christianity >and Islam, on >the other hand, have followed

a relentless course of destruction and >persecution >with the ostensible purpose

of ‘saving’ the ‘damned souls’.” >Regarding the most >heinous campaign of hatred

that Christians carried on against >Hindus, Swami >Vivekananda says with pain

and agony in his heart: “What have the >Hindus done to >these disciples of

Christ that every Christian child is taught to >call the >Hindus ‘Vile’ and

‘Wretches’, and the most horrible devils on earth? >Part of the >Sunday school

education for children here consists in teaching them >to hate >everybody who

is not a Christian, and the Hindus especially, so that >from their >very

childhood they may their pennies to the Missions.” >And he further

>says: “Look again at the books, published in Madras against the >Hindu

religion. >If a Hindu writes one such line against the Christian religion, the

>Missionaries >will cry fire and vengeance.” >Has this persecution of the

Hindus in the name of religion ceased in >Free India? >The Muslim

fundamentalists created a separate nation for themselves >on the >Indian soil,

but even after creating Pakistan, did they allow the >Hindus who >form the

majority community in Hindusthan to live in peace for a >single night? >What is

happening in Kashmir? Millions of Kashmiri Pundits have been >driven out >of the

Kashmir Valley and they are now refugees in their own >motherland! When >the ISI

and its stooges have been constantly eliminating the Hindus >in >Hindusthan by

creating riots, exploding bombs and indulging in >killings, our

>pseudo-secularist politicians speak only of the human rights of the >criminals

>who have been hauled up for these offences. When the ISI is sending >its

trained >militants to explode bombs in major cities, and even the innocent

>Muslims in >Kashmir who do not toe their lines are exterminated by them, our

>‘secularists’ >want us to play Cricket with Pakistan to solve our problems!

>The Christian Missionaries have not lagged behind in contributing >their share

to >set India on fire. Millions of tribals in Nagaland and Mizoram have >been

driven >out of their states to convert these states into cent per cent

>Christian States, >the nucleus for a future ‘Christianistan’. In order to

carry out the >global >plan of Vatican “to give Jesus Christ the two thousandth

birthday >gift of a >world more Christian than not,” they have made India the

prime >target. >Consequent to the advancement of science and technology,

>Christianity is now >being wiped out of the entire European and American

continents and >the deserted >church buildings are sold to non-Christian

organizations. At this >juncture, the >Christian Missions have no other go but

to turn to African and Asian >countries >to fish converts to fulfil their goal.

India, with its traditional >inclination >to religion and spirituality and with

a vast population of poor and >downtrodden >masses including the tribals, is

found to be a fertile ground for >large scale >conversions. The speed with

which the Missionary activities have >been spreading >is matched only by the

money and the man-power that is pouring into >this country >from Christian

Evangelical organizations all over the world. This >onslaught of >the

evangelists have shaken the very foundations of the social life >of the

>tribals, broken the families and disturbed the peaceful and >harmonious life

in >the villages. >The events that have occurred recently in Gujarat and other

places >are only a >reaction of the clan-conscious tribal people against the

outrageous >activities >of the missionaries to destroy the unity among them and

to wipe out >their age >old customs and practices which they have cherished

through >centuries. The >evangelists who walk into a tribal village lift up the

idols of the >tribal >deities from their temple and break them in front of the

tribals to >prove that >the tribal gods cannot even protect themselves and

‘Jesus alone >saves’. But if >the tribal in turn breaks the head or leg of the

missionary to see >whether >‘Jesus really saves the faithful’ and ‘makes the

lame walk’, >certainly it is a >crime before law. And when such unfortunate

events take place, the >anti-national >and pseudo-secular forces in the country

join hands with the >Christian >Missionaries to condemn the entire Hindu society

and particularly >those >organizations and institutions that strive for Hindu

unity and for >the >protection of Hindu dharma as perpetrators of crime against

the >‘minorities’. >The media, inside and outside the country, which is well

under the >thumb of the >Christian and Islamic money power, set up a massive

propaganda all >over the >world that under the governance of a Hindu

nationalist party in >India, the >minorities all over the country are

annihilated ruthlessly! >Let the Christians believe that Jesus will return to

Jerusalem on >January 1, >2000, and let them all contact Brother David, the

58-year old >American, a native >of Syracuse, New York, who is, according to

recent news paper >reports, renting >out apartments on the Mount of Olives in

Israel-occupied East >Jerusalem to the >believers who want to be near Jesus

when he comes. But they have no >right to >thrust their stupid beliefs on

innocent tribals and convert them >enmasse by hook >or crook, especially by

exploiting their poverty and hunger. The >Muslims have >got every right to

believe that Allah alone is God, but no one has a >right to >declare Jehad to

convert the ‘infidels’ to Islam and annihilate the >non-believers, accepting

the dictum, “I have been commanded by Allah >to fight >the unbelievers until

they believe in Allah and His Prophet and >follow the laws >of Islam” (Sahih

Tirmzi, Vol.2: 192). Such dictums have no place in >this land of >the Hindus,

the land of Dharma and Universal Acceptance. >There is nothing wrong in the

Hindu brethren striving to bring back >those who >were lured, misguided or

forcibly converted to narrow fundamentalist >religions. >Mahatma Gandhi says:

“Most cases of mass conversion, of which we >have heard so >much during the

past two years, have been to my mind false coin. I >would >therefore

unhesitatingly readmit to the Hindu fold all such >repentants without >much

ado.” Swami Vivekananda has also pointed out: “And then every >man going out

>of the Hindu pale is not only a man less, but an enemy the more. >Again the

vast >majority of Hindu perverts to Islam and Christianity are perverts by >the

sword >or the descendants of these.” >Christian conversion activity is not a

religious activity, but it is >a political >move of the World Council of

Churches and International Christian >Council. The >Christian Participation in

Nation-Building, Chapter 3, Christian >Participation >in Political Life,

asserts: “The gospel of Christ cannot in >intention be >non-political. It is

the proclamation of the kingship of Jesus >Christ over all >the areas of life

of mankind, a kingship which today is seen and >declared by >faith, but will be

openly manifested at the end of times... >Christians have a >real concern for a

political order which guarantees religious >freedom -- the >freedom of

evangelism and of conversion.” >And the Christianity that the evangelists want

to preach is not the >Christianity >of Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph and

Mary, who came to India >and lived >from the age of 13 to 29, studying in Puri,

Rajgir and in the >Tibetan >monasteries in the Himalayas the Hindu Vedanta and

Tantric Buddhism, >who >followed the philosophy of the Isha Nath Panthis

(Essenes) and the >Theraputta >Buddhists (Therapeuts), who returned to

Jerusalem to preach Hindu >Yoga, who was >attempted to be crucified but who

escaped and fled to India, and who >settled >down in Kashmir and attained

Mahasamadhi there. Life of that Jesus >is >well-recorded by eminent historians,

research scholars and writers >like Nicholas >Notovitch, Swami Abhedananda, Paul

Brunton, Andreas Faber-Kaiser, >Mirza Ghulam >Ahmed Qaiyam, Levi, Prof. G.L.

Christe and many others. That Jesus >who embraced >Hinduism and died as a Hindu

in India was blacked out from the >Biblical version >of Jesus’s life and was

replaced by a new Christ created by St. Paul >-- a Christ >who died helplessly

on the cross crying out “Oh Father, why hast >thou abandoned >me!” -- a Christ

who died to redeem the sinners of the past, present >and future! >This Christ

was created to protect the Paulian Churchianity which >put on the >robe of

Christianity and it is this Christianity of the imperialist >and >colonialist

forces that is masquerading as a religion. >Hindus in India today are awake to

face this challenge. May be some >‘secularist-Hindus’ whom the Christians and

Muslims have found as >fitting >stooges are still under the veil of ‘Maya’

spread by the Islamic and >European >rule of this country during the last one

thousand years. They are >yet to enjoy >the taste of real freedom in Free India

and hence crave only for >foreign Masters >or Mistresses to lead them. But the

emergence of Chatrapati >Shivajis, Rana >Prataps and Guru Gobinds in the

present Hindu society will change >the entire >history of this holy land. The

day the Hindus in this Hindu Rashtra >will assert >their rights to preserve

their hoary and universal spiritual culture >and >heritage and to elevate

Mother India to the position of the >preceptor of the >world is not far off.

Conversion is not merely a religious challenge >to the >Hindu society, but it

is a political challenge to the unity and >integrity of the >Hindu Nation, that

is India, that is Bharat, and Hindus are capable >of facing >this challenge!

WORLD-KNOWN HISTORIAN ON ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH >“Roman Catholic Church stands

for everything most hostile to the >mental >emancipation and stimulation of

mankind. It is the completest, most >highly >organized system of prejudices and

antagonisms in existence. >Everywhere in the >world there are ignorance and

prejudice, but the greatest complex of >these, with >the most extensive

prestige and the most intimate entanglement with >traditional >institutions, is

the Roman Catholic Church. It presents many faces >towards the >world, but

everywhere it is systematic in its fight against >freedom.” >“Trying to conduct

a square discussion with a Roman Catholic is like >trying to >use a live eel as

a walking stick.” >“It represents the mental quality of this dying, corrupting

octopus >of the Roman >Catholic Church. It has fought, and will continue to

fight, the >emancipation of >mankind with its last gasp. In Southern Ireland,

throughout Central >Europe, in >Italy, in murdered Spain, in dictator-ridden

Portugal, and wherever >it can >wriggle its tentacles, it fights against all

that we are fighting >for. The >nearer it draws to death, the graver is the

problem in human >sanitation we shall >one day have to face.”-- H.G. Wells >in

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