Why Hindus should be wary of Christian missionary activity. - Jataayu B'luru 1. The official Christian population numbers may paint a picture of "failure" even in Tamil Nadu, a hotbed of rabid Christianity. But that's not the whole truth.
2. One of the arguments Christian fanatics bring up whenever we highlight the issue of conversion is that Christianity hasn't succeeded in converting India. But firstly, Christians have a huge and dominating influence on every field in TN and in many other pockets of India.
3. Be it education, healthcare, media, politics, business, films, arts, Christians are disproportionate to their numbers. They are penetrating every Hindu community (jati) like cancer.
4. Conversion might be at a very initial stage in some jatis while in some others it may have crossed the critical threshold. So, it is just a 'bomb' planted and waiting to explode.
5. Second, Christians, especially the lot in Tamil Nadu, are not "just another group" in the beautiful diversity makeup of our country. On the contrary, a majority of them have a visceral hatred for Hinduism (and in addition, Brahmin hatred too, in many cases)...
6....they fuel the Dravidian movement on these lines, and in turn get fed by it. The mutual affinity between Dravidianist ideology and Christianity is perfectly understandable, as they both aim to undermine and destroy Hindu civilization.
7. Third, I have hardly seen any Tamil Christian, however educated or 'liberal', talking about the criminal activities, anti national NGO nexus and dangerous/poisonous propaganda of the Church and the evangelists in public....
8....(except in the context of their internal rivalries to outsmart each other, that too mostly in their internal circles). This means most of them endorse this and consider these to be overall beneficial to them materially.
9. They may not be "believing" and "practicing" Christians, but they are damn clear that Christian dominance will help them socially, economically and politically, so they actively aid and cheer the evangelist gangs.
10. This is so unlike clueless and gullible 'secular' Hindus who take pride in denouncing and undermining even serious, real attacks and threats to their religion and culture as alarmist, calling it "Hindutva conspiracy".
11. Fourth, the case of Crypto Christians masquerading with Hindu names, often to usurp reservation benefits and also to cover up their religious identity because Christianity still has stigma and alienation in the larger Hindu society.
12. The Crypto Christian population may be quite larger than we normally tend to think and often takes us by shock when we encounter it. For example, a friend went for a gathering recently, where many invitees had Hindu names, but were actually Christians in belief and practice.
13. And they were at ease mingling with each other, and he felt out of place and quite shocked. Another friend from Vanniyar jati was shocked to see 60% of marriage alliance prospects he received for a relative were from "Christian Vanniyars". We keep hearing incidents like this.
14. Fifth, history of Christianity in many cultures and countries shows it is neglected for quite some time by the native cultures and even accorded some space, due to the generosity of those cultures, but then goes on to engulf the host culture, eventually destroying it.
15. The most recent example is once Buddhist majority South Korea. There is much to learn for Hindus from this and we cannot afford to be complacent. We cannot dismiss Christian threat based on the short-duration effects we see in our personal lives and environments we grew up.
16. Sixth, perhaps the fear certain Hindus have for Christian missionary activity is making Hindus alert and vigilant and is the reason for the "failure" that you observe. So, there is every reason to amplify and strengthen such fears rather than dismiss or ignore it. Ends