"Hindus are called evil pagans"

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Teaching Religious Intolerance in America's Schools

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/voucher_report/

vinto162.shtml

 

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, Winter 2001/2002: Christian Protestant

fundamentalists, who believe that the only way to find salvation is to

accept God's word as revealed in the Bible, often display an arrogant

attitude toward other religions in the world, states this article.

Rather than approaching the subject of religious differences from the

point of view of, "This is what we believe," fundamentalists declare

"Your religion is in error." The article examines three major school

textbook publishers that favor fundamentalist Christian philosophy;

namely A. Beka Press, Bob Jones University Press, and School of

Tomorrow/Accelerated Christian Education. A recurring theme prevails in

materials from the three publishers, "That the lack of material

progress in various Third World countries and among indigenous peoples

can be attributed to their religious beliefs." A. Beka's history

textbook has the following to say about African religions, "Their

religious beliefs have been the major cause of the continent's lack of

cultural and material progress and political instability and

repression." A fifth-grade textbook by this same publisher says,

"Traditional African religions have false religious beliefs and witch

doctors use many evil and cruel practise." In A. Beka's elementary

world history text, Islam is described as a false religion because it

believes, "That salvation can be achieved by the activities of human

beings as opposed to salvation by grace alone." In A. Beka's texts,

Hindus are called evil pagans. Quoting an unidentified scholar from a

seventh grade textbook, "Hindus are incapable of writing history

[because] all that happens is dissipated in their minds into confused

dreams. What we call historical truth and veracity -- intelligent,

thoughtful comprehension of events, and fidelity in representing them

-- nothing of this sort can be looked for among the Hindus." The School

of Tomorrow/Accelerated Christian Education material says this about

Buddhism, "It is very important to note that Buddha's nirvana was in

direct contrast with what the Bible teaches about heaven." In a tenth

grade textbook by the A. Beka Catholicism receives the following

comment, "The doctrines and practices of the Roman church had digressed

so far from Scripture that the church was compelled to keep its members

from reading the Bible and discovering the truth." In conclusion, the

article asks the public whether public funding should be used to

sponsor these types of educational textbooks where obvious disrespect

is promoted about minority religions that could potentially lead to

misrepresentation in society as a whole. The spirit of religious

tolerance in a multi-cultural nation can only be achieved if American

children are taught to respect the religion of their fellow citizens.

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but becoming adept at politicaly correct speak is not the solution.

 

Devotees also say that there is religion in three modes.

 

Groups of people allowing themselves to become possessed by ghosts while sliting the throats of chickens and sprinkling their blood all around is a far cry from Mahaprabhu's sankirtan.

 

Many are fired up and want to push all forms of mayavad into oblivion.

 

It seems to me the cure for intolerance is to become tolerant. Not to pretend all teaqchings are on the same level.

 

The right to reject Krsna is in itself a holy God given right. To try and apply force to someone to think and feel like us concerning their chosen beliefs is anti-God. Doesn't mean we have to waterdown the message and become spinelesss in our presentation.

 

I am presently trying to realize the particulars on this issue and could use some help in doing so. I sense there is a fine line here somewhere but I can't quite see it as of yet.

 

Hare Krsna

 

 

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good thoughtful reasoning in order to people krishna

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but becoming adept at politicaly correct speak is not the solution.

 

Devotees also say that there is religion in three modes.

 

Groups of people allowing themselves to become possessed by ghosts while sliting the throats of chickens and sprinkling their blood all around is a far cry from Mahaprabhu's sankirtan.

 

Many are fired up and want to push all forms of mayavad into oblivion.

 

It seems to me the cure for intolerance is to become tolerant. Not to pretend all teaqchings are on the same level.