Response to message of Shri Ashok Chowgule

Subj: Response to message of Shri Ashok Chowgule


Ashok Chowgule wrote:
1. I personally hold the view that religious conversions are a plitical act and have nothing to do with saving the souls of the person converted. The intention is to increase the number of one's sect so that the leaders can be influential in the society.Re academics not recognising that the issue of whether conversions create social tensions or not. Here again a big amount of politics is involved. There are many instances of conversions creating tensions, that no further proof is reuquired. If the academics were to accept this evidence, then the logical conclusion would be that such conversions should be actively discouraged by the state, whose one of the primary purpose is to maintain harmony. If the academics were to do this, then they will have one less issue on which they can indulge in spending their time.NamasteAshok Chowgule
2. My Take: Namaste to you as well, Ashok Chowgule Jee.
Quote: I personally hold the view that religious conversions are a plitical act and have nothing to do with saving the souls of the person converted.
COMMENT: Not true. Like Islam, Christianity is an Evangelical Religion, Ideology, Racket or whatever other label you want to put on it. Christianity is Evangelically-Bound. Evangelism is the Sword as well as the scabbard of Christianity. Christian theology makes it crystal-clear that Christianity is the only true religion, only Christians enter Heaven, the Non-Christian Infidels ( labelled as Pagans/Heathens ) will burn in Hell-Fire. Therefore, there is sufficient cause for Christians ( God's Party ) to convert Pagans/Heavens ( Devil's Party ), to save them from going to Hell. And all disgusting acts ( during conversion ), torture, trickery, murder, arson, rape etc, are treated as piety ( as the Flag Of Divinity ).
Quote: The intention is to increase the number of one's sect so that the leaders can be influential in the society.
COMMENT: Increase in the number of Christians ( increases the capacity of Christianity to control things in the world ) is the consequence of conversion, not the cause. This cold logic of relationship between Cause & Effect, must be CLEARLY kept in mind
3. Quote: Re academics not recognising that the issue of whether conversions create social tensions or not. Here again a big amount of politics is involved. There are many instances of conversions creating tensions, that no further proof is reuquired.
COMMENT: Not True.
Creation of social tension is neither the reason for Christians going in for conversion, nor it is the reason for us Hindus opposing conversion. We Hindus do not want to lose Hindus to Christianity. It is just that simple.
Regarding Politics: Politics is the consequence, not the cause of conversion. The greater the number of Christians ( having lost the Hindu-converts to Christianity, there are that many fewer remaining Hindus). the greater is their physical as well as politicial power. If Hindus don't understand this equation, Hinduism will be history.
4. Quote: If the academics were to accept this evidence, then the logical conclusion would be that such conversions should be actively discouraged by the state, whose one of the primary purpose is to maintain harmony. If the academics were to do this, then they will have one less issue on which they can indulge in spending their time.COMMENT: The defense of Hinduism, is the job of the Hindu ( Hindu academics included ), it is not the job of the state. The academics need to understand the nature of Christianity & Christian challenge, and register it clearly, in their awareness, and then figure ways of dealing with it. They ought to stay out of irrelevent factors, which have little to do with the challenge from Christianity.
Surinder Paul Attri