David, Its the christian missionaries who have been looking down upon the tribals as animists, pagans and denigrate them as idol worshippers. You cannot be one sided and yet claim to be truthful.. You have said "Let us preach peacefully.." We are saying "You are not preaching.. You are invading the tribal culture.." Again, what do you mean by peaceful? Is it just absense of violence, peaceful? Every one knows, its not.. Even preaching of the alien religion itself is violence.. To ask a person to leave his native culture and denigrate it, is itself a terrible violence.. To convert some people in a tribal community and make them eat beef in violation of the culture, is also a violence.. To convert majority of the people in a tribal community, capturing the local political post, and then discriminating the rest of non-christian tribals is also a strong violence.. To distribute pamphlets, to say idol worship is evil, and to portray the native gods of tribals as false god, is also one of the most insulting and violent means.. And the christian missionaries were doing these for the past 150 years.. The converted christians may be innocent. But their innocence is shamefully exploited by the missionaries.. These aspects has been continuously neglected by those who are advocating for the christians. Please stop the business of victimisation.. Regards, Senthil Raja ------------------------------------ Replying to this email will send an e-mail to 7000+ members of Jharkhand Forum. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ About Jharkhand Forum @ http://www.jharkhand.org.in/about-jharkhand-forum Jharkhand Forum's Posting Norms http://jharkhand.org.in/posting_norms.htm Add your Name in Members directory - http://directory.jharkhand.org.in Are U interested to be an online volunteer? http://volunteer.jharkhand.org.in +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Post your Petition Online @ http://petition-online.blogspot.com MAKE FUNDING APPEAL HERE @ http://FUNDING-APPEAL.blogspot.com Get a FREE website for your NGO @ Http://Gift.Jharkhand.Org.In Check previous messages of J-Forum @ http://jharkhandforum.blogspot.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Jharkhand/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Jharkhand/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Jharkhand-digest@yahoogroups.co.in mailto:Jharkhand-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.co.in <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Jharkhand-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.co.in <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://in.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ |