sorry for the question. India some Cristian group rejecting holy cross?
822033
well Jesus was nailed and hanged from a cross so I don't know how the cross would be good if it was used to kill someone, semantics my friend that's all!!!
403903
Yes if any indian did not want to convert into catholicism they were killed, tortured and so on.  \nthat is the reason why so many people today are catholics because they were brainwashed into converting and so on!
376154
Absolutely nothing wrong with that!! :-D  It's just ignorance. \n\nHere's a site dedicated to Asian Christianity by Catholics!   www.asianews.it\n\n(PS The other poster is right, cussing is not very christian)
604472
I think it is coming at us from all sides. We have been warned in Rev 3 that the church would become lukewarm and I think that we are attacked on all four sides. Humanism from the atheist, legalism from the liberals and catholics, experiential from emotionalism and compatibility from the ecumenicals. That is why Jesus said if any man will hear My voice and follow me. Religion in our day is a personal commitment, the churches have gone cold.
406754
Their Government does not care about it's people.I once had a Christian chat buddy from over there. Be Blessed!
406571
i ve been asking this for so long. thank god i am not alone. i am so sick of this anti-catholic bs that has no validity whatsoever.\n\nyou would expect this kind of garbage from the secular world, but i have no idea what these protestants are thinking sometimes.\n\nhere's an idea protestants...why don't you actually learn about the catholic church first. as opposed to just blurting out a bunch of nonsense like we worship mary, and the pope ,etc.  give me a break already. still goin with those arguments?? don't even waste my time then.
510095
No!\n\n"Sonia Gandhi is an Italian born Catholic who has only been a citizen of India for fifteen years and has never held any public office. She has done very little study of the older traditions of the country. Nevertheless, she is calling the shots for the oldest political party in India, the Congress Party, and is being projected as a possible Prime Minister candidate. \n\nOne wonders if the old freedom fighters of the party, who sacrificed so much to end foreign rule in the land, ever thought that their own party would be so short of native born candidates that it would require a foreign born person to lead the country within fifty years of independence. Would one ever see an Indian-born Hindu projected as an Italian Prime Minister because of marital ties? \n\nRecently Sonia apologized to the Muslims for the destruction of the Babri Masjid that occurred during Congress rule in 1992. In this regard Sonia should criticize her own husband, Rajiv Gandhi, who himself allowed the locks of the Babri Masjid to be opened in 1989 for Hindus to worship (not for Muslims!) \n\nMoreover, if Sonia is sincere in her apology she should promise to rebuild the Babri Masjid if her party comes to power. If she is not promising to rebuild the site, how can she claim that it was wrong to take it down? Of course as a non-Hindu and not born in India this might be easier for her to do. It is very difficult for a Hindu to go down in history as restoring the monument of a foreign invader on the birthplace of the nation's greatest hero, Lord Ram. \n\nOne also wonders, if as a Christian, Sonia will apologize to Hindus for Christian discrimination against Hindus through the centuries of Portuguese, French and British rule in the country. Massive efforts were made to convert Hindus to Christianity, which included denigration of Hindu beliefs and practices, and in a number of instances defacing or destruction of Hindu temples and idols. \n\nWhat rights have Christians, with a history of religious intolerance and genocide, to criticize Hindus in matters of religious tolerance, who have never invaded any country or used the force of arms to convert any one? \n\nIf Sonia is so open-minded about religion, let her say that Hinduism is as good as Christianity and that it is wrong and intolerant for Christians, including Catholics, to seek to convert Hindus. One must remember that the Catholic church recently excommunicated a priest in Sri Lanka merely for writing that other religions could be as good as Christianity! \n\nOne cannot forget that Catholic missionary activities, targeting Hindus for conversion, still prevail throughout the country. In South India, Catholic priests dress up like Hindu swamis in order to deceive the local people into thinking that they are holy men like Hindu Yogis. Such a local appearance was found to be safer for promoting conversion activities. Is Sonia Gandhi a political version of the same? She sports her tilak and wears a sari like a Hindu woman, using a Hindu name and appearance to gain votes, but she has not spoken out in defense of Hindus on any cause. \n\nSonia recently apologized to the Sikhs for the violence agaisnt them that occurred after her mother-in-law was assassinated in 1984. She should blame her own party and her own husband for the anti-Sikh violence that they perpetrated and the lack of punishment for it that they allowed. Rajiv Gandhi did nothing in his five years of rule after the incident. Sonia should also blame Indira Gandhi for her wrong policies that alienated the Sikhs and caused them to turn against her. \n\nIf Sonia does not do these things we can only look upon her projecting a hypocritical appearance, of ignoring missionary agendas, and as insensitive to Hindu religious sentiments. \n\nOf course, India is a tolerant and a secular country. An American or British political party could never project a foreign born non-Christian as their leader, particularly if the religion involved denigrated
591313
There isn't a sister of faith church in nigeria. If they are asking for money, its a scam. bESIDES, THERE ARE NO PASTORS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THERE ARE FATHERS OR MONSEIGNEURS
105567
I am a protestant, I don't think Roman Catholics are heritics and my church (the four Cs movement within Congregationalism) would not say Catholics are bound for hell I also believe that the good works done by her were done through the power of the holy spirit-- I'm positive she is rejoicing in heaven with Jesus\n\nI have asked a similar question about Ghandi however-- he was a devout hindu but a really good man, where is he today? I don't know and it concerns me
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Christianity started in India through missioniries, and they first landed in the ports of Kerla from there they started their good work of converting people to their faith which the people have accepted rather than resented.......\n\nWell we should always let people to decide their faith, we as indians have always tolerated this, no other country would allow this..........\n\nGreat Indians........ Greater India
1128609
In India Christians create problems with unethical conversion tactics and then cry wolf to divert attention from what really happenned.\n\nIn the 4th century AD, Christianity became the dominant and then the established religion in the Roman Empire. The Sassanian rulers of Iran wisely foresaw that the Syrian Christians within their borders would develop into a fifth column of their powerful neighbour. Their solution was to persecute the Syrian Christians. Some of these Christians fled Iran and one group, led by Thomas Cananeus (whose name would later get confused with that of Thomas Didymos the apostle), arrived on India's Malabar coast and asked for refuge. The generous and hospitable Hindus granted the wish of the refugees and honoured their commitment of hospitality for more than a thousand years. The Christian world has no record at all of any such consistent act of hospitality: the only non-Christian community which they tolerated in their midst were the Jews, and the record of Jewish-Christian co-existence is hardly bright. The Hindus, by contrast, have likewise welcomed Jewish and Parsi communities. Unfortunately, the Portuguese Catholics gained a foothold on the Malabar coast and started forcing the Malabar Christians into the structure of the Catholic Church. Even so, the Christians, who had gotten indianized linguistically and racially, tried to maintain friendly relations with the Hindus. This attitude is not entirely dead yet, a recent instance is the statement by a Kerala bishop denying the false allegation that the BJP was behind the gang-rape of four nuns in Jhabua, a lie still propagated by the missionary networks till today. However, many other Malabar Christians have been integrated into the missionary project, and are now gradually replacing the dwindling number of foreign mission personnel.\n\nMy question to you: \n\ndon't you think that working for the destruction of the very religion which allowed your community to settle and integrate, is an odd way to show your gratitude?
181495
There are alot of confused people in this world. Catholicism IS a Christian denomination, just as Protestant, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, etc. are.
1180690
Not that I was aware that anyone was calling Hindus intolerant (and I'm a Hindu so you'd think I would have heard that by now), I agree that your example does speak a lot about Hindu tolerance. Although, there is always news about some riot that occured and the Indian media like to make sure to state the religious beliefs of all those involved. Most of the time the riots or whatever bad has happened actually sparked over something nonreligious. I have, then, never understood the need to state the religions of all those involved in the skirmishes. I don't live in India so I really can't say much about all that happens there. I'm a Hindu living in the US and things are somewhat different here (Hindus are a minority, here, too). And I should state that not all Indian media states the religions of the people. I have read some that don't, but there seems to be some that almost go out of their way to report that insignificant information in the middle of their articles. So, if people are calling Hindus intolerant, maybe their reading those media sources. Otherwise, I've never been told that Hindus were intolerant and your example says a lot (and there are countless other examples, too, that I have read as well).
123122
First the BJP led Government in India attacked the Muslims, then it attacked the Sikhs and now it is trying to eliminate the Christians in India. It is the policy of the fundamentalist, extremist, orthodox, radical right wing conservative Hindus in the Indian Government to ethnically cleanse India from all the minorities. It is strange that this fundamentalist country calls it self a secular state and blames its neighbors for its own criminal acts.
354807
Well, it was the Christians verses the Muslims. So, maybe a cross for the Christians and...er....something for the Muslims?
62900
I wasn't aware there was a fuss, but it basically  comes down to a few  things. They don't want light shed on them which makes it harder for them to condemn others. They don't want recognize that religious familes are plagued by the same problems as other families. Could be that they just need somethign to cry about until the next big topic arrives.
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I think there are a few things going on here.  Some of these people, indeed maybe all, deep down are haunted by the idea maybe there IS  a God they will be responsible to and are bitter about the whole thing and want to badger us.  Some of them want to expose the woeful lack of knowledge many Christians have to defend their faith (which is very logical and sensible and many extremely intelligent people embrace it)  We must remember, the cross is an offense to people.  Those of the world killed Christ and the world will always hate us.  These people will hate our uninformed anwers and they will hate our informed will reasoned answers.  They are a waste of time.  I believe this is what Jesus referred to when He said not to cast your pearls before swine.  Our time is too short.  Save time for the true seekers.  They are not too hard to find.  Also, study to show thyself approved so you can give a good defense for our faith, not just scripture but how it makes sense in our world and state of existence as a whole.