[Reader-list] Your views on the book "Satya Darshini" by christian missionaries

[Murali V]

I hope the space for your artistic exploration includes other faiths as well.

All the best in your future adventure in this space.

Regards,
V Murali

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 5:53 PM, anupam chakravartty<c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
> My view:
>
> I hail such works of art. It gives me space to re-explore the psyches
> associated in creating these complex set of mythical characters in form of
> epics such as Ramayana. Thanks Murali for posting it. I have very gladly
> ignored the introduction that you have posted before citing passages from
> the book.
>
> On second thoughts, whoever wrote this book is someone who either perplexed
> by the sheer multiplicity of gods and godesses (33 crores) or definitely
> seeking a modernist perspective vis-a-vis christian sense of lust and sin.
> very bold and brave. simply outlandish. if someone converts after reading
> the book, i can almost compare his/her intelligence to that of an ameoba. :)
>
> regards
>
> anupam
>
> On 8/29/09, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Christians and Christian missionaries in Karnataka openly printed,
>> published and distributed deliberately planned obscene and vulgar
>> anti-Hindu evangelical literature directed against the Hindu Gods and
>> Goddesses in Mangalore, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts.  I am quoting
>> below a few extracts from one such evangelical book, Satya Darshini,
>> which ought to gladden the heart of the Union Home Secretary and more
>> particularly Special Secretary (Internal Security).  This blasphemous
>> book is in Kannada language.  This book was printed in Andhra Pradesh
>> for large-scale distribution for achieving wholesale conversion in
>> Karnataka:
>>
>> a)    Urvashi - the daughter of Lord Vishnu - is a prostitute.
>> Vashitha is the son of this prostitute.  He in turn married his own
>> Mother. Such a degraded person is the Guru of the Hindu God Rama,
>> (page 48)
>>
>> b) When Krishna himself is wallowing in darkness of hell, how can he
>> enlighten others? Since Krishna himself is a shady character, there is
>> a need for us to liberate his misled followers, (page 50)
>>
>> c)   It was Brahma himself who kidnapped Sita.  Since Brahma, Vishnu
>> and Shiva were themselves the victims of lust, it is a sin to consider
>> them as Gods, (page 39)
>>
>> d)   When the Trinity of Hinduism (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) are
>> consumed by lust and anger, how can they liberate others?   Their
>> projection as Gods is nothing but a joke (page 39)
>>
>> e)    When Vishnu asked BRAHMA to commit a sin, he immediately did so.
>> How can such an ‘evil Brahma’ be a Creator of this Universe? How is
>> it possible for both the sinner and the entity, which provoked the sin
>> to be gods? (Page 39)
>>
>> f)    God, please liberate the sinful people of India who are
>> worshipping false Gods that believe in the pleasures of illicit
>> ‘Vyabichari’ relationships. (Page 39).
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