Christian Triumphalism and Hindu Worshipers


There are stories about atheists and Christians, Jews and Christians and in the Bible Pagans and Christians. A major world religion older than Christianity is Hinduism. I seldom read their stories of encounters with Christians. I've known dozens of Hindu, been a guest at Hindu celebrations but the experience of their lives in a Christian country I know little about. Apparently, it is often unpleasant.

Apparently the Christian narrative about Hinduism is one of Christian Triumphalism. That is, a common experience of Hindus is being told Jesus won contest and Hindus should give up. Rather like Jews often hear no doubt.

The link by a Hindu man tells of an invitation to a Christian church while the two were lifting a weight together. When and Hindu man declined the Christian was disgusted and stomped out leaving the weight on top of the Hindu.

Hindus have their own history of intolerance. Prime Ministers of India have been assassinated by other branches of the faith. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated after a lifetime of service to the faith and country.

Apparently Hindu people in the U.S. talk about Christian triumphalism when off by themselves. It is sad to think anyone in the U.S. is some religions are superior than others. They are told other religions are false ones and other gods are false.

Someone once said the world would be at peace finally if there was a giant shakeup and everyone was dropped somewhere new among people far different from themselves. Everyone would figure out to tolerate and work with other races, languages and religions. 

Maybe new gods would replace to old and out of date ones.




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  1. little helperMay 30, 2020 at 10:51 AM

    Check out; India, Partition, Punjab, Pakistan, Hindu, Muslim, Sieks, All a fun loving bunch.

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  2. Jon LindgrenMay 30, 2020 at 11:43 AM

    Helper --"....Hindu, Muslim, Sieks. All a fun loving bunch."

    I was on a panel in Fargo a few years ago with panelists from many religions and, like me, views about religion. The Doctor who represented Islam said the 9/11 terrorists "..were not real Muslims."

    Replace the words "real Muslims" with "real Hindus" or "real Christians" and you have the way all religions in the world think about others on their team.

    We learned here that Pelosi and Binden are not "real Catholics."

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    1. little helperMay 30, 2020 at 12:09 PM

      re. "real"; "misguided" would be more appropriate.

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