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

[jkirk]

How do you know its "simply propaganda? 
What is your distinguished history of research in India."
Do you actually think that I am unaware of missionary
propaganda??
The fact that missionary lit. is full of aggressive plans does
not mitigate the destructive effect on
adivasis either by missionaries or by Bajrang Dals and their ilk.

This subject is closed, far as I'm concerned. 
I refuse to feel obliged to read your increasingly opinionated
messages.
Joanna
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Joanna 

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[mailto:buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Curt
Steinmetz
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Perhaps the Buddhists in Korea have
finally had it?

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
> ==============
>
>
>
>
> 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
>
> jkirk wrote:
>
>   
>> 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
>>     
> attack
>   
>> Christians, churches, their homes, clergy, etc.
>>
>> Christian aggressiveness is also publicly manifesting here, in
>>     
> the
>   
>> persona of McCain's VP candidate.
>>     
>
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