JPR's note
Christianity has not abolished the caste system in India.
Dipy's Answer.
So?
JPR's note
What I am saying is that you can change the religion but haven't changed the deep underlying psyche.
A Naidu Christian may look at the Dalit Christian with same attitude as if the religious conversion did
not matter and hasn't made any difference. The mind is the same, but the name has changed from
Hindu to Christianity. This is not a spiritual revolution in the life a convert, which it is supposed to
bring on. Why waste time, money, effort etc and reap the wrath of RSS, Bajrang Dal and the
Langots and the knickers?
Religion has not been an unifying force in its inception, practice, or goal. Look at the Sunnis, Shias,
etc, the Protestants and Catholics, the higher castes and lower castes. Most of the practitioners have
not risen above the intramural differences in any one particular religion. |
