Conversion Etc. - Closing Message

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Per Ravi's advice, here is a closing message:

 

, " Ravisankar S. Mayavaram " <miinalochanii

wrote:

 

 

> 3) I request Satish to create a Word document dealing with some of >these

items

 

I think this is very reasonable and will work on the same.

 

 

> a) Futility of conversion

> b) Tactics used by christian/Muslim missionaries in converting people

> c) Philosophical errors in Christianity and Islam

> d) How to find help and support within our dharma

> e) Get/Compile the views of achaaryas of different sampradaayas.

>

> I think #d is the key.

 

Will try to cover all these in the dcoument. We should all remember that instead

of being " one man army " , people should collaborate and work in teams. Team work

is the key word here.

 

 

> I think the main drive is the emotional need of people in distress >and people

who need help. Unless you address at that level, you can >not win this one.

 

This is one reason and there are other ones too. We will not delve into that now

as it has been discussed enough.

 

 

>Fortunately, the religious groups and >organizations with Hindu >umbrella has

realized this. In traditional >India, this type of> >service was the duty of

Raja and gR^ihasta-s. >But now it has fallen >on the shoulders of sannyaasa

ashrama. I >should say that they are >doing this quite well.

 

We can adopt a corporate strategy which says " All the people all the time " . We

should not leave this to people of one Ashrama alone but all people should

perform their part.

 

> Satish - please send a closing message with a request for >volunteers. after

that when you are ready with the document please >post it.

 

I will send out the request for volunteers once I complete the document. This

will take time(I am looking at a 2 to 3 week time frame here) as I need to get

in touch with people who are already in action regarding this issue and get

their input.

 

Our respected member shrI Vishwanathan Krishnamurthy already gave useful

contacts in private. Many thanks.

 

This discussion is closed and let us all get back to our textual discussions.

 

Best Regards and thanks to all who supported and participated.

 

Satish.