Posted by: JharekoPaat May 5, 2008
नेपाल हिंदु राष्ट्र किन?
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Hey, I am not for or against what the Maoists are doing. I don't even like the Maoists. And just because some disillusioned evangelists try to convert Nepalese people in return for financial help does not mean that all Nepalese Christians are like that. Most of us believe in peaceful coexistence.

In every religion, there are some people who give a wrong twist to the original religion. Take for example, the caste system in Hindu religion which was not an integral part of Hinduism in the beginning. People were divided into four classes (Varnas) in the Vedic era but that did not depend on the parentage but on what they did for a living. It was only later that sociopolitical change within the Hindu society made caste system into a hereditary thing.  In Christianity too we have a lot of zealots who give a distorted meaning to the teachings of the Bible. I don't believe in evangelism which has a sole purpose of converting people into Christianity. A true evangelist spreads love and understanding and caring equally among Christians and non-Christians without discrimination and without any expectations in return. When Jesus helped and healed he did not discriminate whether they were Jews, Romans or other people. He did not demand that they become his followers before he healed them. Islam does not teach to launch a war against the "infidels".

Having said that, we believe that a government and the state should not be affiliated to any particular religion. Even in a secular state of Nepal, Hindus and Buddhists will still be very dominant in the society. Nothing is going to change that. Just because Nepal becomes secular, Christmas and Id-ul-Fitr is not going to be bigger than Dashain and Buddha Jayanti. So, you need to see the bigger picture, have more faith in the strength of your own religion and stop feeling threatened by the minorities.
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