Ever hear a christian say something so stupid.(Horror stories here)

[Angrboda]

Southern Baptist prayer guides:

"The International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has published a series of prayer guides tied to non-Christian religions and their observances. The guides are intended to assist Baptists to pray for the salvation of all persons through the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to learn about other religions in order to reach their adherents for Christ."

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.' " 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.''
  

Respectively:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/sbc_pray.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/sbc_pray2.htm