(October 23, 2017 at 11:44 pm)Godscreated Wrote:(October 21, 2017 at 8:26 pm)Astreja Wrote: Let me guess -- A book about other religions, from a Christian author? No. I prefer to get the information from the source, so that it will reflect the actual beliefs and practices of a religion rather than an outsider perspective.
Yes a Christian author and why not it is a book comparing other religions to Christianity after all. This book has only facts about each religion and was sourced from their material, Christians aren't as deceiving as you would like them to be. Lying to children and then they find out differently would only cause trouble, the Bible teaches this basic fact.
When the child grows up and wants to research deeper into the religions of others that will be it's decision.
Yes, because we know how even-handed you and your Southern Baptist brethren are about presenting the truths of other religions.....
Quote:Hindu Prayer guide "Divali: Festival of Lights":
The SBC released 30,000 copies of the guide just before the most important Hindu festival of 1999: the three-day celebration of Divali, a.k.a. Diwali and Festival of Lights. It has 16 pages, and includes short daily prayers covering a 12 day period. "According to Louis Moore, editor of the latest publication, the language is harsher in this guide [compared to other guides] because 'There is a clearer definition that Hindus are lost.' " 1 This decision was probably made because Hinduism is a polytheistic faith, while other guides concerned monotheistic religions: Islam and Judaism.
Chandrakant Panse is a co-organizer of New England Hindus Against Religious Intolerance. About 60 people staged a peaceful march on 1999-NOV-21 outside the Beacon Hill Baptist Church on Cambridge Street in Boston, MA. They carried signs: "Respect All Religions" and "Intolerance is Un-American". Ms. Panse said: ''We're asking the Baptists to retract their malicious attacks on the Hindu religion and its people.'' The group was protesting a Hindu prayer guide distributed by the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Some of the statements in the guide are:
- ''Hindus seek power and blessing through the worship of gods and goddesses and the demonic powers that lay behind them."
- "Hindus lack a concept of sin or personal responsibility."
- "...the darkness in their Hindu hearts that no lamp can dispel.''
- ''...demonic powers lie behind Hindu gods."
- "...more than 900 million people lost in the hopeless darkness of Hinduism."
- "Walking through the streets of India during Divali is a sobering reminder of the power of darkness that lies over this land."
- "Mumbai [India] is a city of spiritual darkness. Eight out of every 10 people are Hindu, slaves bound by fear and tradition to false gods."
- "Satan has retained his hold on Calcutta through Kali and other gods and goddesses of Hinduism. It's time for Christ's salvation to come to Calcutta."
- Hindus live under ''the power of Satan.''
The other organizer of the protest, Suresh Jain, commented that ''None of this is true. We are offended by statements in the prayer book which say the only path to salvation is to follow Jesus Christ.''
http://www.religioustolerance.org/sbc_pray2.htm
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