Posted by: sherlock January 3, 2013
very tolarent nepal
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Sap_Dude, 

I'm afraid you're seriously ill-informed when it comes to Christianity in Nepal (I noticed you posting something similar on a different thread too). A cousin of mine converted into Christianity and her motivation for converting had little/nothing to do with monetary gains (she comes from a financially well-off family). Even some high profile names like former Mayor Keshab Sthapit's wife converted into christianity. 

Based on my knowledge ( via family member that I aforementioned and friends who went to St. Xavier's and St. Mary's and other acquaintances), a lot of people from poor families (mostly from lower castes) gleefully convert because unlike Hinduism (won't get into Buddhism, Islam and other religions practiced in Nepal), these people don't have to bear financial burden. Just consider the amount of spending that a typical Hindu family has to bear in a year - when a child is born, when somebody dies, during various festivals et al. In Christianity, there's no need for such. All they seemingly do is go to church and pray. 

Don't really know much about Christianity itself (wouldn't wanna get into Hinduism vs Christianity anyway), so I don't know the reasons why Hindus convert into Christiany but again, the notion that Hindus convert into Christianity because they get paid for doing so is bogus. 
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