All these evangelical associations(mentioned in the previous part of this series) mostly target the socio-economically needy groups and blame their ancestral religion,Hinduism for their woes, and simultaneously telling them that accepting Christ as their savior will bring prosperity. Upon conversion they are taught to despise Hinduism which the missionaries describe as an unusual cult. But as this piece from BBC states, these unfortunate people are unable to prosper even with Christ as their savior since the problem is socio-economic, not religious. In recent years, many Indian states with rising inter-religious tension, are states that show increasing green and yellow in the Joshua Project website. One may ignore this ‘progress’ stating the 2001 Indian census which indicated that only 2.3% of the population as Christian, but these percentages have come under question given the fact that a large number of converts retain their Hindu names and claim Hindu status for a variety of economic reasons. indiafacts.co.in/impact-joshua-project-india/
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:22:33 +0000
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