Fifty million 'Christians' killed each other in two 'Great' wars. e.
On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 4:59 AM, Michael fernandes <fernandesmichae...@yahoo.in> wrote: CHRISTIANS IN CHRIST I am an Indian, and a Christian am I. My forefathers were Hindus, of the days gone by. I am proud of myself, to the land I belong. But can the same be said, of my forefathers of long? Sometimes I wonder, and think of those men, why did they embrace, Christianity then? Those were the days, in my beloved land; caste system was rampant, Brahmins held upper hand. Then there was this man, a great grandfather of mine. Born may be a Shudra, a low caste of his time. He may have been born, a Bhil or a Gauddi. Or he may have belonged, to the tribe of Phans pardi. He also may have been, a chamar making footwear, For the high caste people, the Brahmins to wear. A mali , a potter, a mahaar, or bhandari, A backward class person, or an adivasi may be. Harijans and dalits, were unheard of then, He could have been, a descendent of them. A low caste Indian, in the Brahmins eye. A frowned upon untouchable, of the days gone by. He couldn't go to the temple, he couldn't ever pray. His shadow couldn't fall on a Brahmin any day. That was the way, this poor man then lived. Taking all in his stride, was his fate he believed. Then there was hope, for this down trodden man. He would shed the caste tag, along with his clan. No more would they be known, as Chamar or Bhandari. But follow Jesus Christ, and Christians they'd be. They would worship one God, Christ Jesus was the way, And as brothers and sisters, all together would pray. So he with his family, this faith did embrace. And Christ as the head, in his home found a place. Slowly the good word, spread far and wide. The high caste and the low caste, prayed side by side. The doors of the temple were shut to this man. But the girija ghar became, his gateway to heav'n. Yes that’s it. We were Hindus, many may be down trodden but since we have embraced Christianity the Hindu tag does not apply to us anymore. Mog asundi. MICHAEL FERNANDES