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2008-06-10 02:18:12 UTC
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
I am a Catholic from India living here for in this country for many
years. I am not exactly a devout Christian who goes to Church every
Sunday, but I am proud to be a Christian, even though I respect other
faiths. Recently, I chanced to meet a person called Anil Bhanot at a
public event in London, and he informed me that Christianity was a
predatory religion and that evangelical Christians are the worst
people in the world.
I took strong exception to his words, and informed him that I thought
he was disrespectful. Later on I did some research on the internet,
and was appalled to find that this person and his organisation is
working closely with the British Government and with the CoE and the
Catholic Church to promote interfaith relations in this country.
I also found out that there is a Google group discussion board
populated with some fundamentalist sounding people called 'United
Hindu Front' where Mr Bhanot makes atrocious private comments about
the Abrahamic faiths, in particular about Christianity. I assumed a
Hindu email Id and became a member of this group and was able to
extract from it, the various statements that Mr Bhanot has made, in
what he must have believed was a safe and private Hindu setting.
I believe that people who hold such views are entitled to their views
in a democratic country, but should not then be allowed to hold such
high offices where they hypocritically purport to promote good
relations between the communities in this country. It is this
hypocrisy between their public profiles and their private beliefs that
is unacceptable.
I sent this email to the interfaith representatives of the CoE, the
Catholic Church and the Methodist Church to express my concerns. I
hope they raise my concerns and bring it to the attention of some of
the bodies this fundamentalist man sits on like the Faith Communities
Consultative Council and the Interfaith Network of UK.
I am enclosing below the text of the offensive statements Mr Bhanot
has made on googlegroups.
Arul Fernandes
ATROCIOUS COMMENTS BY INTERFAITH HINDU LEADER ON CHRISTIANITY
Anil Bhanot is the General Secretary of the Hindu Council UK. His
organisation is a member of many powerful bodies that promote
interfaith relations. He makes public statements about religions
working together, but behind this public fa=E7ade, Mr Bhanot hides a
murkier and fundamentalist side, which he only displays in private
communication, which is listed in this story.
His organisation, the Hindu Council UK, is an Executive member of the
Interfaith Network of UK which seeks to promote good relations between
people of different religions and belief in UK. Anil Bhanot often
speaks at state functions in the UK like the Commonwealth Day
celebrations at Westminster Abbey to speak about community cohesion
and interfaith relations. He is a member of the main faith interface
between Government and faith communities, the Faith Community
Consultative Council which is also about building good relations
between the faith communities in Britain.
Yet, behind this fa=E7ade, Mr Bhanot constantly spews hatred in private
communication, often based on irrational logic, against the Abrahamic
traditions.
In a Google Group discussion board called =91United Hindu Front=92, Mr
Bhanot has sent scores of emails to fellow Hindus. In these emails, he
has described faiths other than the Dharmic traditions (Hinduism,
Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism) as demoniac. He has claimed that the
second commandement in the Old Testament has been inserted by the
Abrahamic devil. He has said that the Abrahamic traditions have
wreaked hell on earth. He also says that the Abrahamic traditions are
=91lesser=92 religions, and that the formation of Christianity 300 years
after the death of Christ has left the world poorer.
If a reader wants to check these emails out for themselves, they can
become a member of the Googlegroup (using a fictitious Hindu name to
get access) and check these emails out:
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/3931fa3=
e2353904/6f0e6dcf51ee79f7?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#6f0e6dcf51ee79f7
DESCRIBING ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AS PREDATORY
When the predatory religions invaded the "divine" land of India over
the last millennia and destroyed the very fabric of that golden
society and plundered the land of most of its resources they left its
people generally poor. It is this abject poverty of the last few
centuries that sent the Dalits into a slum which became difficult to
climb out of.
The fact is that it was not. It was a glorious system. Manu Samriti
says that we are borne Shudras and by Karma we become whatever caste
we are.
Do not forget this when you condemn the caste system. Condemn the
Islamic and Christian slavery imposed on us which destroyed us to the
point that we became their "yes" men and inferior and subservient.
When you condemn the caste system blindly you are an Abrahmic slave -
and to that person I say, I have no time for you, you disgust me and
you are the one who is "Ghar ka Bhedi Lanka Dhaye" and I will even get
Dalits I know to give you a good thrashing. Well I may be being a bit
emotional but I do get fed up with Hindus singing the tune of the
predatory religions.
PS. In various meeting I go to I also keep hearing the phrase, "Holy
Land", i.e, Israel. I have now started to use the term "Divine Land"
in reference to India. I hope some of you will do the same. Don't
argue, Just do it.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on June 8,
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91When Caste was not a
bad word=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/6aac154=
1edd8876b/dfdaa596cf8826f1?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#dfdaa596cf8826f1
CHRISTIANS CONVERTING OTHERS THROUGH 'SLIMY TACTICS'
=93=85 we don't want to March [referring to a protest march that was being
planned] on
ourselves nor issues rather a people who at the moment are converting
our
vulnerable through slimy tactics.=94
PS. Also note that in the UK at least the Hindu Council Uk will be
arranging a March against forced/induced conversion - we will
publicise that "such conversion methods are a violence, a terrorism on
Humanity", to quote Swami Dayananda Saraswati.I am letting you know so
that you in other parts of the world can do the same.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 10,
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91A Hindu Primer=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/msg/49ba43a5df4428a1?&q=3Dan=
il+bhanot
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES ARE INVADERS AND PREDATORS
The new invasion of Bharat is to make it a Christian country. Now that
economically we live in an increasingly global world, with migration
the old identities are blurred, there is little national or patriotic
fervour but the conquering habits of the Western Civilisations have
not gone, only they have taken a new route and that is to convert the
masses to their ideology.
Hinduism must protect itself from this invasion. Hinduism's strength
"all spiritual paths lead to the same goal" is taken advantage of by
the predatory religions.
"Predatory" .......what does this tell you?
It tells you that those religions who are predatory, who invade our
Dharma, are not the spiritual paths mentioned in the Vedas or by our
Spiritual Masters (Gita : asks you to protect your own Dharma, it
tells you not to invade others')
Therefore their paths cannot be the paths that we speak of as
leading to same goal.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 6,
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Christian TV Channels
in Bharat=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/msg/49ba43a5df4428a1?&q=3Dan=
il+bhanot
FAITHS THAT DO NOT ORIGINATE IN INDIA ARE ONLY SUITABLE FOR DEMONS(the
word he has used is 'rakshas' meaning 'demon' in Sanskrit/Hindi)
Indeed their [Abrahami] religions caste Mankind to "eternal" Hell
after one "finite" life if Man fails to worship their vindictive and
jealous God.
According to our Shastras such paths were synonymous to the ways of
the Rakashas people
Our Gods and Goddesses came to destroy those Rakashas not embrace
them. Did Krishna say to Kans, "Oh Mamaji, we are all following the
same path, no probs.!"
Hindus need to make some distinctions. They need to have the courage
to call a spade a spade. We are a softer and civilised race, its
difficult for us, but now it seems there is no alternative.
They condemn us. We say no no no we are all one. It does not work.
It does not add up.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 6,
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Christian TV Channels
in Bharat=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/9071d31=
51a8c4a1/18a6bcf15bad3c1a?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#18a6bcf15bad3c1a
SECOND COMMANDEMENT IS INSERTED BY THE ABRAHAMIC DEVIL
As I have said I am fed up with what I believe to be a divisive
movement [referring to the Arya Samaj Hindu group that opposes worship
if images] by those who worship their own intellect and not Vedas.
They promote the Abrahmic commandment no. 2 which I assert was put
there by the Abrahmic Devil and not God - history bears a testament to
that as we have seen so much bloodshed as from the inception of that
commandment by Moses.
My purpose behind this is to sort our own house in order before we
can challenge the Abrahmic commandment no. 2, which lies at the heart
of their religions. My purpose is again not to pass judgement on other
religions but to minimise religious strife and bloodshed for our
future generations which I say started from that commandment and one
which this group promotes, albeit in part only.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 30,
2008, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Is God Formless or
with Form?=92
NON-HINDU RELIGIONS HAVE WREAKED HELL ON EARTH
I will continue to challenge the otherwise respected movement of Arya
Samaj
on their one misguided theme of Avatar negation, simply because first
we
must sort our own house in order before we are able to attack the
evils of
some other religions which have wreaked hell on earth.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 23,
2008, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Is God Formless or
with Form?=92
ASKING FOR THE ESTABLISHING OF THE HINDU RELIGION [Sanatan religion]
OVER LESSER [Abrahamic] RELIGIONS
What we need is to re-reestablish the Sanatan superiority which has
been destroyed by lesser religions.
Only be doing so we will remind people what is right and wrong and who
has created and who has destroyed. Only by reminding people we would
have any hope of them discriminating between Sanatan and other
religions.
Our intention is not bhai bhai [brother-brother] of India, we have no
problem with that though but so long as they ackowneledge [sic] the
destruction of Sanatan and accept that in spite of Mohammed the
culmination of their worship remains Hindu we have nothing to fear.
[Note: the last sentence is a reference to earlier threads that claim
that the kaaba stone worshipped by Muslims in Mecca is actually a
Diety form of Lord Shiva, and thus Muslims offer a Hindu worship!]
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on Jan 3,
2008, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Kaaba-Shiva Linga=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/779266e=
ce6216fbf/a749ad22111e055c?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#a749ad22111e055c
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE THE WORST CASTE OF CHRISTIANITY
The Caste of the Evangelist Missionary Christians at the
moment is the one the world fears. The Hindu castes in the UK are
quite
benevolent to each other, I suspect the way they were in India before
the
Colonials drained all the resources out of India and left them to be
over
protective within themselves. That will sort it self out as India
recovers
as an economic power.
In Christianity (as in Islam) there are many castes and some of them
killed
each other (In Islam they still do). But the worst one in Christianity
which still exists is the one of Evangelical Christians.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on Nov 16,
Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Hindu scriptures do not
sanction Caste system=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/699915b=
72551072b/100bc6eba8377d88?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#100bc6eba8377d88
FORMATION OF CHRISTIANITY HAS LEFT THE WORLD 'POORER' BECAUSE
CHRISTIANS ALWAYS SEEK TO FIND AN 'ENEMY'
I have studied Christianity properly and have witnessed in real life
that Christians do not follow the message of love from Jesus Christ
but get too embroiled in their understanding of Christianity which
does in my opinion makes their purpose to find enemies.
I don't wish to be drawn into an argument and have stated my
experience which is not academic and therefore no debate is required -
it is my experience.
Further for your purpose I am not against the spirituality of any
religion and Jesus contributed to world's spirituality but I am afraid
those who created Christianity after some 300 years of his death have
left the world poor for it.
I believe however that a reform may well be possible in the years to
come but sadly it will not be from people like you who are the very
product of the hate infiltration that the purpose of finding an enemy
produces.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on Dec 4
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread: =91Open Invitation:
Seeker=92
Can someone explain why a person holding such deep rooted prejudices,
and who is linked to fundamentalist organisations like the VHP, BJP,
and Sewa International is doing cahorting with the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Queen and the Prime Minister? Whey is a member of so
many bodies that promote interfaith relations and community cohesion
and why is his organisation in receipt of grants from DCLG and other
government bodies in the past?
ARUL
I am a Catholic from India living here for in this country for many
years. I am not exactly a devout Christian who goes to Church every
Sunday, but I am proud to be a Christian, even though I respect other
faiths. Recently, I chanced to meet a person called Anil Bhanot at a
public event in London, and he informed me that Christianity was a
predatory religion and that evangelical Christians are the worst
people in the world.
I took strong exception to his words, and informed him that I thought
he was disrespectful. Later on I did some research on the internet,
and was appalled to find that this person and his organisation is
working closely with the British Government and with the CoE and the
Catholic Church to promote interfaith relations in this country.
I also found out that there is a Google group discussion board
populated with some fundamentalist sounding people called 'United
Hindu Front' where Mr Bhanot makes atrocious private comments about
the Abrahamic faiths, in particular about Christianity. I assumed a
Hindu email Id and became a member of this group and was able to
extract from it, the various statements that Mr Bhanot has made, in
what he must have believed was a safe and private Hindu setting.
I believe that people who hold such views are entitled to their views
in a democratic country, but should not then be allowed to hold such
high offices where they hypocritically purport to promote good
relations between the communities in this country. It is this
hypocrisy between their public profiles and their private beliefs that
is unacceptable.
I sent this email to the interfaith representatives of the CoE, the
Catholic Church and the Methodist Church to express my concerns. I
hope they raise my concerns and bring it to the attention of some of
the bodies this fundamentalist man sits on like the Faith Communities
Consultative Council and the Interfaith Network of UK.
I am enclosing below the text of the offensive statements Mr Bhanot
has made on googlegroups.
Arul Fernandes
ATROCIOUS COMMENTS BY INTERFAITH HINDU LEADER ON CHRISTIANITY
Anil Bhanot is the General Secretary of the Hindu Council UK. His
organisation is a member of many powerful bodies that promote
interfaith relations. He makes public statements about religions
working together, but behind this public fa=E7ade, Mr Bhanot hides a
murkier and fundamentalist side, which he only displays in private
communication, which is listed in this story.
His organisation, the Hindu Council UK, is an Executive member of the
Interfaith Network of UK which seeks to promote good relations between
people of different religions and belief in UK. Anil Bhanot often
speaks at state functions in the UK like the Commonwealth Day
celebrations at Westminster Abbey to speak about community cohesion
and interfaith relations. He is a member of the main faith interface
between Government and faith communities, the Faith Community
Consultative Council which is also about building good relations
between the faith communities in Britain.
Yet, behind this fa=E7ade, Mr Bhanot constantly spews hatred in private
communication, often based on irrational logic, against the Abrahamic
traditions.
In a Google Group discussion board called =91United Hindu Front=92, Mr
Bhanot has sent scores of emails to fellow Hindus. In these emails, he
has described faiths other than the Dharmic traditions (Hinduism,
Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism) as demoniac. He has claimed that the
second commandement in the Old Testament has been inserted by the
Abrahamic devil. He has said that the Abrahamic traditions have
wreaked hell on earth. He also says that the Abrahamic traditions are
=91lesser=92 religions, and that the formation of Christianity 300 years
after the death of Christ has left the world poorer.
If a reader wants to check these emails out for themselves, they can
become a member of the Googlegroup (using a fictitious Hindu name to
get access) and check these emails out:
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/3931fa3=
e2353904/6f0e6dcf51ee79f7?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#6f0e6dcf51ee79f7
DESCRIBING ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AS PREDATORY
When the predatory religions invaded the "divine" land of India over
the last millennia and destroyed the very fabric of that golden
society and plundered the land of most of its resources they left its
people generally poor. It is this abject poverty of the last few
centuries that sent the Dalits into a slum which became difficult to
climb out of.
The fact is that it was not. It was a glorious system. Manu Samriti
says that we are borne Shudras and by Karma we become whatever caste
we are.
Do not forget this when you condemn the caste system. Condemn the
Islamic and Christian slavery imposed on us which destroyed us to the
point that we became their "yes" men and inferior and subservient.
When you condemn the caste system blindly you are an Abrahmic slave -
and to that person I say, I have no time for you, you disgust me and
you are the one who is "Ghar ka Bhedi Lanka Dhaye" and I will even get
Dalits I know to give you a good thrashing. Well I may be being a bit
emotional but I do get fed up with Hindus singing the tune of the
predatory religions.
PS. In various meeting I go to I also keep hearing the phrase, "Holy
Land", i.e, Israel. I have now started to use the term "Divine Land"
in reference to India. I hope some of you will do the same. Don't
argue, Just do it.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on June 8,
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91When Caste was not a
bad word=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/6aac154=
1edd8876b/dfdaa596cf8826f1?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#dfdaa596cf8826f1
CHRISTIANS CONVERTING OTHERS THROUGH 'SLIMY TACTICS'
=93=85 we don't want to March [referring to a protest march that was being
planned] on
ourselves nor issues rather a people who at the moment are converting
our
vulnerable through slimy tactics.=94
PS. Also note that in the UK at least the Hindu Council Uk will be
arranging a March against forced/induced conversion - we will
publicise that "such conversion methods are a violence, a terrorism on
Humanity", to quote Swami Dayananda Saraswati.I am letting you know so
that you in other parts of the world can do the same.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 10,
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91A Hindu Primer=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/msg/49ba43a5df4428a1?&q=3Dan=
il+bhanot
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES ARE INVADERS AND PREDATORS
The new invasion of Bharat is to make it a Christian country. Now that
economically we live in an increasingly global world, with migration
the old identities are blurred, there is little national or patriotic
fervour but the conquering habits of the Western Civilisations have
not gone, only they have taken a new route and that is to convert the
masses to their ideology.
Hinduism must protect itself from this invasion. Hinduism's strength
"all spiritual paths lead to the same goal" is taken advantage of by
the predatory religions.
"Predatory" .......what does this tell you?
It tells you that those religions who are predatory, who invade our
Dharma, are not the spiritual paths mentioned in the Vedas or by our
Spiritual Masters (Gita : asks you to protect your own Dharma, it
tells you not to invade others')
Therefore their paths cannot be the paths that we speak of as
leading to same goal.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 6,
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Christian TV Channels
in Bharat=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/msg/49ba43a5df4428a1?&q=3Dan=
il+bhanot
FAITHS THAT DO NOT ORIGINATE IN INDIA ARE ONLY SUITABLE FOR DEMONS(the
word he has used is 'rakshas' meaning 'demon' in Sanskrit/Hindi)
Indeed their [Abrahami] religions caste Mankind to "eternal" Hell
after one "finite" life if Man fails to worship their vindictive and
jealous God.
According to our Shastras such paths were synonymous to the ways of
the Rakashas people
Our Gods and Goddesses came to destroy those Rakashas not embrace
them. Did Krishna say to Kans, "Oh Mamaji, we are all following the
same path, no probs.!"
Hindus need to make some distinctions. They need to have the courage
to call a spade a spade. We are a softer and civilised race, its
difficult for us, but now it seems there is no alternative.
They condemn us. We say no no no we are all one. It does not work.
It does not add up.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 6,
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Christian TV Channels
in Bharat=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/9071d31=
51a8c4a1/18a6bcf15bad3c1a?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#18a6bcf15bad3c1a
SECOND COMMANDEMENT IS INSERTED BY THE ABRAHAMIC DEVIL
As I have said I am fed up with what I believe to be a divisive
movement [referring to the Arya Samaj Hindu group that opposes worship
if images] by those who worship their own intellect and not Vedas.
They promote the Abrahmic commandment no. 2 which I assert was put
there by the Abrahmic Devil and not God - history bears a testament to
that as we have seen so much bloodshed as from the inception of that
commandment by Moses.
My purpose behind this is to sort our own house in order before we
can challenge the Abrahmic commandment no. 2, which lies at the heart
of their religions. My purpose is again not to pass judgement on other
religions but to minimise religious strife and bloodshed for our
future generations which I say started from that commandment and one
which this group promotes, albeit in part only.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 30,
2008, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Is God Formless or
with Form?=92
NON-HINDU RELIGIONS HAVE WREAKED HELL ON EARTH
I will continue to challenge the otherwise respected movement of Arya
Samaj
on their one misguided theme of Avatar negation, simply because first
we
must sort our own house in order before we are able to attack the
evils of
some other religions which have wreaked hell on earth.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on May 23,
2008, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Is God Formless or
with Form?=92
ASKING FOR THE ESTABLISHING OF THE HINDU RELIGION [Sanatan religion]
OVER LESSER [Abrahamic] RELIGIONS
What we need is to re-reestablish the Sanatan superiority which has
been destroyed by lesser religions.
Only be doing so we will remind people what is right and wrong and who
has created and who has destroyed. Only by reminding people we would
have any hope of them discriminating between Sanatan and other
religions.
Our intention is not bhai bhai [brother-brother] of India, we have no
problem with that though but so long as they ackowneledge [sic] the
destruction of Sanatan and accept that in spite of Mohammed the
culmination of their worship remains Hindu we have nothing to fear.
[Note: the last sentence is a reference to earlier threads that claim
that the kaaba stone worshipped by Muslims in Mecca is actually a
Diety form of Lord Shiva, and thus Muslims offer a Hindu worship!]
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on Jan 3,
2008, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Kaaba-Shiva Linga=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/779266e=
ce6216fbf/a749ad22111e055c?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#a749ad22111e055c
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS ARE THE WORST CASTE OF CHRISTIANITY
The Caste of the Evangelist Missionary Christians at the
moment is the one the world fears. The Hindu castes in the UK are
quite
benevolent to each other, I suspect the way they were in India before
the
Colonials drained all the resources out of India and left them to be
over
protective within themselves. That will sort it self out as India
recovers
as an economic power.
In Christianity (as in Islam) there are many castes and some of them
killed
each other (In Islam they still do). But the worst one in Christianity
which still exists is the one of Evangelical Christians.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on Nov 16,
Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread:=91Hindu scriptures do not
sanction Caste system=92
http://groups.google.com/group/Unitedhindufront/browse_thread/thread/699915b=
72551072b/100bc6eba8377d88?lnk=3Dgst&q=3Danil+bhanot#100bc6eba8377d88
FORMATION OF CHRISTIANITY HAS LEFT THE WORLD 'POORER' BECAUSE
CHRISTIANS ALWAYS SEEK TO FIND AN 'ENEMY'
I have studied Christianity properly and have witnessed in real life
that Christians do not follow the message of love from Jesus Christ
but get too embroiled in their understanding of Christianity which
does in my opinion makes their purpose to find enemies.
I don't wish to be drawn into an argument and have stated my
experience which is not academic and therefore no debate is required -
it is my experience.
Further for your purpose I am not against the spirituality of any
religion and Jesus contributed to world's spirituality but I am afraid
those who created Christianity after some 300 years of his death have
left the world poor for it.
I believe however that a reform may well be possible in the years to
come but sadly it will not be from people like you who are the very
product of the hate infiltration that the purpose of finding an enemy
produces.
Written by Anil Bhanot, General Secretary, Hindu Council UK on Dec 4
2007, Googlegroup: United Hindu Groups, Thread: =91Open Invitation:
Seeker=92
Can someone explain why a person holding such deep rooted prejudices,
and who is linked to fundamentalist organisations like the VHP, BJP,
and Sewa International is doing cahorting with the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Queen and the Prime Minister? Whey is a member of so
many bodies that promote interfaith relations and community cohesion
and why is his organisation in receipt of grants from DCLG and other
government bodies in the past?
ARUL