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Something abt Christianity that you missed
by Toney on Aug 10, 2005 02:05 AM

One other matter-I have often (& I read every one of your articles) seen you branding Christians in India along with the people who call themselves Muslims before Indians. Just so that I may make your highness aware, Christianity was brought to India not by the British but by St. Thomas who landed in Calicut (b4 AD 60). &then by Syrian families who came over the ages. They were peaceful, the local rulers had no problems with these people. &these Christians got assimilated into the general population without any conflict
It was later during the British rule that the Anglican church came. Also, the Portuguese started forcibly converting these Syriac Orthodox Christians into Catholics. The Europeans are the ones who started an intolerant kind of Christian movement. Their missionaries as well as the Protestant groups (brother, CSI etc in Kerala for eg) do the same today too. How many times have you seen Hindus carry a grudge against Syriac Orthodox Christians in Kerala?(these people only fight against themselves, the ongoing battle b/w Indian and Syriac Orthodox Churches)
What you say abt Christianity in general is like saying that all Muslims are terrorists because Osama is a Muslim

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