tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post5184738534544857196..comments2023-10-23T11:50:35.699-07:00Comments on Marks of Authentic Mission: Who are the Dalits?Andrew Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714318748847734699noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-65495846230569451612012-11-14T14:34:53.371-08:002012-11-14T14:34:53.371-08:00That flag being flown at 3:53 (the one with blue/w...That flag being flown at 3:53 (the one with blue/white/orange/yellow/white stripes) is in fact the international Buddhist flag; many Dalits embrace Buddhism to escape Hinduism and avoid the charge that they've taken money or favors from "Western oppressors and cultural imperialists".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512615033583182026.post-74330656263402933452008-11-14T12:38:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:38:00.000-08:00Yes, brother, this is one of the greatest challeng...Yes, brother, this is one of the greatest challenges to the Church today. As we can see, however, the spiritual bondage of India is almost insuperable. Lately the Christians have been suffering martyrdom and persecution in India, as I am sure you are aware. In our "Christian" cultural environments, as secularized as they have become, we still have no concept of what it is like to live in a country completely given over to gods whom our ancestors abandoned more than a thousand years ago. In countries like Japan the bondage to these gods is very subtle and doesn't result in physical violence against followers of Jesus, but it is still there as a wall against us. But in India, the gods still have men in bondage to such an extent, that they cannot even see over the edge; they are in a spiritual black hole.<BR/><BR/>We have had very little experience witnessing to Hindus, but the one to whom we witnessed the most and at length over a period of several months (he was a business associate from India) seemed to start understanding India from the outside, and began to break out of the bondage little by little. Unfortunately, he has gone back to India and is once again submerged in his religion, which happens to be the Lingayat version of Shaivism (the worship of the god Shiva the Destroyer in the form of his lingam, or sexual organ). Pretty repulsive stuff! One of the arguments our Hindu friend related to best was the comparison of the Hindu gods with gangsters in the human world. We called them gangster gods and explained the methods they use to squeeze people into submission. If our friend Radha ever escapes India, I am sure he will also escape Hinduism, because in his heart he really wanted to know the Truth.Ρωμανός ~ Romanóshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00212143017939554092noreply@blogger.com