[Buddha-l] Perhaps the Buddhists in Korea have finally had it?

[Curt Steinmetz]

The idea that Christians in Orissa cower in fear of the big bad 
Hindutvas is simply propaganda.  Orissa has been targeted by western 
funded foreign missionaries for decades. This means that Sarah Palin 
types from the US take their "vacations" in Orissa spreading the Gospel. 
To be honest, I am surprised these fools aren't met by hostile mobs at 
the airports. I'm not at all convinced that that would be such a bad thing.

Follow this link for a 2007 church newsletter from Minneapolis inviting 
people to go to Orissa to "learn about Indian culture" the old fashioned 
way - by destroying it!
http://www.lcmc.net/newsletters/1stqtr2007newsletter.pdf

Here is a list of targeted villages in Orissa - complete with latitude 
and longitude - be sure to take your GPS with you on your next "Vacation 
With Jeebus"!
http://gospelgo.com/a/or.htm

Here is a blog post from a "missionary" yahoo from Missouri telling 
about his exploits in Orissa:
http://www.zahndfamily.com/bzblog/2006/02/orissa-report.php

And here is a list of foreign funds received by NGO's operating in 
Orissa - compiled by the Orissa government:
http://orissagov.nic.in/p&c/ngo/foreignamountrecv.pdf

Unlike Korea, where aggressive Christian proselytizing has made very 
serious inroads over the centuries (it sure was handy having a Christian 
dictator for a couple of decades!), India has remained admirably 
resilient in the face of wave after wave of foreign Christian 
missionaries. Orissa has been selected as a potential beach-head to try 
to reverse that. Like vultures, Christians have selected Orissa 
precisely because what they see as it's vulnerabilities. Swami 
Lakshmananda was more than just a thorn in the side of the missionaries 
- he was an enemy that needed to be eliminated because he was getting in 
the way of their "mission".

Curt

jkirk wrote:
> It is highly unlikely that a Christian adivasi or dalit was
> responsible for the murder of the Swami. 
> They are so terrorized by the Hindu revivalists they can hardly
> live from day to day, many of themhaving deserted village and
> homes and run away.  In addition, the Naxals don't take credit
> for stuff they didn't do. Keeping a low profile is part of their
> game, except when they pull off something.
> Joanna
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> Someone "claiming credit" does not resolve the issue of who is
> responsible for the murder of Swami Lakshmananda. I believe there
> were something like 10 attempts on the Swami's life before he was
> finally killed. The most recent unsuccessful attempt had been in
> December (which resulted in severe injuries to the 80 year old
> man requiring hospitalization).
>
> In India the Communists, Christians and Muslims tend to form a
> united front against their common enemies: Indian culture and
> anyone who defends it.
>
> Curt
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> jkirk wrote:
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>> The latest Orissa atrocity about the murder of the Swami is 
>> interesting in that Naxals publicly took credit for doing it.
>> Despite that, Hindu Bajrang Dals and the like exploited it to
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> attack 
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>> Christians, churches, their homes, clergy, etc.
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>> Christian aggressiveness is also publicly manifesting here, in
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> the 
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>> persona of McCain's VP candidate.
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