Laluram Salvi's comments on Christian Missionaries are partly true. I say "partly" because this was what was said and done by many missionaries till the early 1960s.
The Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 changed this. During this Council the attitude of the CATHOLIC CHURCH changed and documents were written and promulgated of respect for all religions. Of couse not all Catholics read or practiced what was written in these documents. In fact for many years even priests who had been trained earlier did not read these documents. or put them into practice. I stress CATHOLIC CHURCH because Christianity is today made up of many denominations with newer ones coming up every few years and maybe even every few months. And each one believes and preaches differently. Of course most people who are not Christians do not know about this diversity and lump all Christians together. The pamphlets that Laluram speaks about were distributed by one of the newest denomination of christians and in fact were not approved by many other denominations of christians. This led to the damaging of ALL christian places of worship even those who were against these leaflets. I too condemn the belief that led to the printing and distribution of the leaflets. But do we need to resort to violence to make known our disagreement? Would it not have been better to enter into a dialogue / disussion with the members of the New Life Church? -- marie