religious propagation or multinational conversion (mnc) enterprise? by dr t.h. chowdary* * director:...

Religious Propagation or Multinational Conversion

(MNC) Enterprise?By

Dr T.H. CHOWDARY** Director: Center for Telecom Management and Studies

Chairman: Pragna Bharati (intellect India )Former: Chairman & Managing Director

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited &Information Technology Advisor, Government of Andhra Pradesh

T: +91(40) 6667-1191/ 2784-6137(O) 2784-3121®F: +91 (40) 6667-1111, 2789-6103

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Seminar at Badruka CollegePragna Bharati : 10 June 2007

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• In the beginning there were nature- related, nature- worshiping “religions” later on called pagan religions –Heathens –non-believers-kafirs

• Christianity and Islam in their holy books enjoin the believers to spread that religion to take the gospel and the message and convert others -unconverted will be consigned to hell.


• As each revealed religion claims to be the right and true religion and its God alone is supreme and as He has ordained every believer to convert others, they are bound to be in conflict and fight to the finish. Crusades for over 300 years are an example of this conflict. America’s war on terrorism is increasingly taking the shape of clash of two religions .


• Sanatan Dharma is natural “religion” – more dharma than religion in the sense of the semetic religions (one and only god, only one name; only one holy book; one theology; a pope and a Syndicate of Mullahs, Maulvis, Maulanas and the Caliph


• Islam gained converts only in the wake of its conquests and imperial rule (exception: Indonesia, Malaysia). Christianity also spread in alliance with first, the Roman Emperor and then with the emperors of Europe in their conquests and colonization of the Americas and Australia.


• Sanatan Dharma does not believe in conversions

• In India the large scale conversion menace is no longer from Islam (destruction temples, forcible conversions, enslavement, zezia etc., show it in poor light)


• Now the conversion is Christian enterprises. Despite imperial Britains direct (before 1857) and indirect ( after 1857) patronage Christianity cut no ice in the country as in every theological dialogue and debate it fared inferior to sanatan dharma. Its attempt to convert Brahmins first miserably failed. It then turned to market Christianity among the illiterate indigent, isolated and uninformed – Harijans and Adivasis


• Gandhiji’s conversations and dialogues and discussions with scores of missionaries bring out the true intention of all the Christian works of charity (schools, hospitals, leprosariams, sanitoriams and of late, NGO actions) for a variety of causes) as subterfuges to get converts.


• Lakhs of young men & women passed through Christian “convent” schools and colleges. Since these are educated sections; hardly a few converted to Christianity though they benefited from its schools.


• It is among the poor who had to go to Christian hospitals and charities that much conversion has taken place. Ignorance plus free treatment and some enticements have been and are doing the trick of conversion.


• Today evangelization and conversion are a multi-national globalized effort funded from the US and Canada and Europe and such affluent countries where though people going to church are declining, are yet contributing to church organisations and missions in the misplaced belief that they are doing charitable work in poor countries like India.


• Evangelization and conversion to Christianity is a multinational conversion (MNC) enterprise marketed like any global multinational commercial companies’ wares (Coco Cola, Pepsicola, Uncle Chips….)


• Tens of thousands are making a living out of this conversion marketing activity. They are full time propagandists advertisers and marketers in the print media in the electronic media and through rallies where miracle cures are cinematically staged. There is not a bit of spirituality. It is just getting a market share as unabashedly asserted by a high functionary of a in association of churches in a d TV debate.

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country Foreign missionary agencies

No.of service agencies

Missionary institutions

Total of conversion agencies

major Minor

India 720 320 7,500 35,000 835

Thailand 176 90 300 1,500 265

Tanjania 183 75 500 2,500 376

South Africa

271 160 2000 8000 169

USA 256 2300 9,000 25,000 519

Pakistan 150 45 300 1,500 153

Bangladesh 116 40 250 600 103

World 18,919 14,729 104,948 375,690 21,033

Magnitude of the MNC Enterprises


In India there is total fraud .AP exemplifies this fraud. The Christian population according to the senses has been going down

Christian Population in Andhra Pradesh

Year

1971 1981 1991 2001

Total population mln

43.5 53.6 66.5 76.2

Christians mln

1.8 1.43 1.2 1.1

% of Christian population

4.19 2.68 1.83 1.44


Christian population declines but churches go up!

• For eg: in my village Angaluru, Krishna district population: 5000 until 1960s there wer only 2 Hindu temples. Between 1995 and 2000 five churches came up; between the year 2000 & 2007 four more that is, a total of 9 churches as against 2 Hindu temples. Where is the money coming from. Estimate Rs. 6000 cr into India and for Andhra Pradesh 500 cr. per year.


Christian population declines!

• Harijans converted to Christianity are advised not to disclose the fact of conversion. That is the reason for the census proportion is going down.


• This is to avail of reservations. 85% of the so called SC employees in Andhra Pradesh government are “practising” Christianity but not on record.

• The converted Harijans are morphed into dalit militants who are now terrorizing caste Hindus by threatening to invoke the Suppression of Atrocities Against Harijans Act.


Revenue and Endowment Board of Andhra PradeshExisting No. of Temples, Mosques and Churches in as on 31st March 2005. (1)

District-wise

District Temples Churches Mosques

Adilabad 12,346 3,347 18,482

Ananthpur 14,008 4,892 9,328

Chittor 26,120 9,098 12,320

Cuddpah 22,982 7,241 14,223

East Godavari 8,220 12,123 9,230

Guntur 9,302 16,388 5,429

Hyderabad (Rangareddy)

13,144 3,204 15,203

Kakinada 7,203 8,585 5,274

Karimnagar 4,129 1,648 9,714

Khammam 5,210 7,203 5,922

Krishna 8,929 8,462 3,769

Kurnool 6,549 5,203 9,293


District Temples Churches Mosques

Machlipatnam 5,000 (Aprx) 8,320 6,493

Mahboobnagar 3,299 3,128 7,235

Medak 6,302 3,203 3,234

Nellore 7,993 6,782 7,323

Nalgonda 6,882 2,412 5,239

Nizamabad 4,638 3,203 9,366

Prakasham 4,255 5,583 4,932

Srikakulam 7,339 9,879 2,140

Warangal 1,393 6,320 1,342

West Godavari 3,293 5,464 2,765

Vishakapatnam 6,430 3,203 4,203

Vizianagaram 3,891 3,100 3,500

TOTAL 198,857 147,991 175,959

Revenue and Endowment Board of Andhra PradeshExisting No. of Temples, Mosques and Churches in as on 31st March

2005 – District-wise. (2)


Hindus Christians Muslims

% of pop. 87 1.44 11.5

% of places of worship

38.03 28.30 33.65

Population & Places of Worship


• Strife is increasing in families and villages because of this conversion which is not total but partial.

According to the Apostle Luke Jesus Christ said,• 51 “Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth?

I tell you, not at all, but rather division.• 52 “For from now on five in one house will be divided:

three against two, and two • New testament of Bible: • 53: “Father will be divided against son and son against

father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother.

-Ch 12: Gospel According to Luke


• It appears that the Gospel’s words are being fulfilled.

• Change of religion/party out of knowledge, reason, spiritual experience, by individuals is alright.

• But conversions effected by commercial MNC enterprise is fraud, subversion aggression.


• Gandhiji said and Dr. Ambedkar later agreed that if one became a Christian, he soon ceases to be an Indian. It is the conversion of many that has led to the division of this country. It is this conversion which is at the root of the secessionist movements in the north-east of India.


• The MNC enterprises are promoting caste-conflicts. NGOs are the sappers and miners for the MNC enterprises. The poor and the illiterate are lured with loans, gifts, promises of no untouchability, no castes and prospects of foreign employment.


• But conversions effected by commercial full-time MNC enterprises (which Missionaries indeed are) is assertion of market power of the strong over weak, non-aggressive, people and communities It is religious imperialism, gaining markets, through use of media, money and mendacity.

• Just as imperious, super-power penetration of indigenous markets with the consequence of the latter’s extinction is to be opposed and resisted, MNC enterprises must be banned, resisted, repulsed and banned.


Thank You:Dhanyawad

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