After much hesitation to post an article on this topic, here I go :
After the disturbance caused by certain people in a ceremony held inTriolet by a community of people commonly known referred as “Mission” in creole, a similar one was on the verge of taking place in Bambous a few days ago. Fortunately, the authorities were already present to discourage anyone from going beyond their limits.
Since then, a few hindu associations have been protesting and requesting an anti-conversion law to discourage people to change religion. They are also claiming that these people are forcing people from other religious beliefs to join them. On the other hand, the other community denies all these allegations.
What do you feel about these incidents? How should the Mauritian population react? How will the authorities deal with this?
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@Reena I agree with you on most of ur point:
except this:
“i think marathi are the most targeted ones..a small community and once you have one parent converted, the whole flock follows….â€
If you are referring to converted to mission then I will need to intervene.
As far as I am concerned , we do not target anyone.
Do you think that we have our marketing department to target and use all kind of tactics to attract people?
Do you think that we do market research to find out where there is a market, then use segmentation and targeting strategies(yes I have a marketing degree lol)
Don’t trust what other people say. Go ask those people that converted why they did so.
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@ Joshua…
thnx…i might have misuse the word ‘target’…what i really meant was that most of my mum’s family is converted and I know the origins of he whole converting issue…I know who started it and how it got spread this fast.
One example is my mum’s sister who had an awful accident and she spent like 2 weeks in the ICU almost dead…we all prayed for her..in our own ways..but then an aunt just came each and everyday and told her that if she converts she will heal quicker etc (not that it happened)…and the whole ‘this’ and ‘that’…
My mum’s sis agreed and now she’s converted. What I mean is that people who are suffering and in difficult situations are the most vulnerables ones…this is where “some” i say it again “some” people influence them…AND this is where i get all angry at both parties…why convert when in difficulty??? no one has the secret to painless life till date..no ‘potion magic..”…just have faith!! but unfortunately this is what many people lack…
AND am angry at those who look for the vulnerable people and influenece them…
this is my point…
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If you would look into the other extreme in the history related to Religion – after 1917 in Soviet Union, Bolsheviks prohibited all the Confessions and Religions. The country have had several generations of atheists. Churches, mosques, synagogues, Buddha temples were partially closed or destroyed. Did they manage to success? Way no. People were practicing secretly and it helped to keep the identity of the groups and nationalities in a way. Mothers were praying during the World War Two for their sons and husbands, and right after the collapse of the Iron Wall, first thing that was done – they started to re-innovate and rebuild churches, introduce Religion classes in schools etc. And imagine it happened in a country that has 9 time zones and it will take you two weeks by train to travel from one end to the other. Thins are more sensitive when the community is small, but it would not be a smart movement to put government regulations on the Religion choice. Smart thing would be to have a proper representative voices of the different religions in Government and decision/law making parliament process.
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Hello Joshua,
I believe your name, Joshua (Yehoshua), is the Hebrew word for Jesus.
If you don’t mind, can you share the reasons behind your conversion ?
(“Don’t trust what other people say. Go ask those people that converted why they did so”)
Reena,
These are your own words:
My dad’s a hindu
my mum a marathi
I commented on what you wrote. Does your statement above makes any sense to you?
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Reena,
I agree with your last statement. I have witnessed vulnerable people being duped and promised salvation and cure for all their problems if they join this organisation
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@ Maverick:
My dad’s a hindu – he’s a hindu by faith..not an indian (resident of india)
my mum a marathi – shes’s a marathi by faith…
BUT ARE MAURITIANS BY BIRTH…
pfff….
I AM A MAURITIAN of indian origins, following hinduism…
for e.g someone following Buddha’s principles is called a Buddhist…pfff!!!!
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Reena, you do “pfff” a lot!
I wish I can make it more simpler that this:
Marathi != A religion
(!= mean not equal, it’s not the same!)
Marathi = Language
Dictionary:
Marathi /məˈrÉ‘Ëti/ DJ /mÉ™’rÉ‘tɪ/ KK /-ræti/ DJ
a language spoken in India noun uncountable
Variant: Mahratti
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Can you follow the logic?
In Spain, they speak Spanish. Is their religion Spanish? (Yes/No)
In Italy, they speak Italian. Is their religion Italian? (Yes/No)
In India, they speak Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, Sanskrit, Malayam etc.. These languages are known as Indo Aryan languages. Is their religion Marathi or Tamil or Telegu or Malayam or Sanskrit? (Yes/No)
If you have answered YES to any of the above,
Me = Give up!
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@ Maverick:
my dad is hindu NOT HINDI 😛
“MarÄthÄ (Marathi: मराठा, also Mahratta) has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people…”
we do have different encyclopedia!
🙂
lol! am done fighting over this…all i meant was to say that my family is consisted of various cultures, religious belief and origins…can’t be clearer neither :p
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@ Reena:
BANG! BANG! BANG!
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I have just shot myself three times in the head!
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Wait, I am crawling back to my keyboard…
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I think I have a piece of brain matter left..It should be enough to type the following:
Maratha != religion …. IT IS NOT A RELIGION
Caste != religion
Shivaji (1627-1680) established the Hindavi Swarajya (Sovereign Hindu state)Marathas consider themselves to be the saviours of Hinduism who fought the onslaught of fanatic Mughal Emperor Aurangjeb.
SOURCE: http://www.maratha.net/
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BANG!!
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RIP Maverick
I’ll write this on your tombstone though:
“My mum’s ancestors come from Maharashtra…and speak, learn Marathi..it is a culture”
****** flowers for you
will visit your grave once per year “fete des morts”….(unless you are incinerated)…
😛
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@ReenaDKL, @Maverick : Thanks God you have both decided to stop here.
WAIT! Did I say god? pff! No, I can’t be serious!
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Well this is a very sensible issue!
Personally each & everyone has the right to choose any religion he/she wants.
Mauritius belongs to everybody & any community or group must have the right to express his thoughts or do a public gathering (legally}. We are all taxpayers & have equal rights.
Triolet, Roche Bois or Plaine Verte or any other region do not belong to any specific community, otherwise there should have been borders…
Anti-conversion is illegal & shows the vulnerability of some people wanting to enforce it.
Suppose the laws are enforced and people cannot convert BUT how can we prevent them from practicing another religion….quite difficult…
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@ReenaDKL
Maverick is right. Marathi or even Telegu are languages and should not be confused with religion. One may be a Marathi and be either christian, jew, buddhist, muslim or even hindu, like it is the case in Maharastra. Marathi speaking people should not be confused with the maratha caste. (Castes are useless nowadays anyways, no need to elaborate on that).
Most marathi speaking people in Mauritius hail from Maharastra and are mostly hindus like most telegu speakers, hindi speakers, tamil speakers or Gujrati speakers. People tend to segregate those people by wrongly thinking that they are from different religions. However they may be united under the same religion but culturally they are different. For example, the way they dress, the food they eat and their rites and traditions.
This difference in culture within people of indian origin or amongst other cultures like chinese, african and european should be preserved at all costs. This difference is an asset and form the basis of the mauritian culture.
My opinion is that traditions, rites, the way we dress, what we eat is heavily coupled with religion. If people start to convert and divert from their religion of origin they may start to neglect their ancestral culture and it will bring uniformity. Uniformity is utterly dull; I want to be able to eat vermicelli on eid; I want to be able to eat sweets for diwali; I want to continue to enjoy easter eggs.
We should be wary of people who might try to deviate the weak from their ancestral culture. Imagine a world full of Ned Flanders. I do not think any coercive technique like legislation is morally right or is going to work to face these types of threats. A better way is to participate in your ancestral culture so that your children can continue to enjoy our diversity, our uniqueness.
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@ Maverick – my friend sorry so many prejudiced statements u ptoclain just to clarify ,, The Bahai faith is not a sect it is a world independent religion ,The Faith’s Founder was Bahá’u’lláh, a Persian nobleman from Tehran who, in the mid-nineteenth century, left a life of princely comfort and security and, in the face of intense persecution and deprivation, brought to humanity a stirring new message of peace and unity.
Bahá’u’lláh claimed to be nothing less than a new and independent Messenger from God. His life, work, and influence parallel that of Abraham, Krishna, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Christ, and Muhammad. Bahá’Ãs view Bahá’u’lláh as the most recent in this succession of divine Messengers.
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@ Maverick my new loving friend ===Prayer Indispensable and Obligatory
The use of prayer and the contemplation of sacred scripture are enjoined upon Bahá’Ãs in no uncertain terms. Bahá’u’lláh says in the Kitab-i-Aqdas (His Book of Laws):
Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide. Whoso faileth to recite them hath not been faithful to the Covenant of God and His Testament, and whoso turneth away from these holy verses in this Day is of those who throughout eternity have turned away from God. Fear ye God, O My servants, one and all. Pride not yourselves on much reading of the verses or on a multitude of pious acts by night and day; for were a man to read a single verse with joy and radiance it would be better for him than to read with lassitude all the Holy Books of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Read ye the sacred verses in such measure that ye be not overcome by languor and despondency. Lay not upon your souls that which will weary them and weigh them down, but rather what will lighten and uplift them, so that they may soar on the wings of the Divine verses towards the Dawning-place of His manifest signs; this will draw you nearer to God, did ye but comprehend.
`Abdu’l-Bahá says to a correspondent: “O thou spiritual friend! Know thou that prayer is indispensable and obligatory, and man under no pretext whatever is excused therefrom unless he be mentally unsound or an insurmountable obstacle prevent him.”
Another correspondent asked: “Why pray? What is the wisdom thereof, for God has established everything and executes all affairs after the best order — therefore, what is the wisdom in beseeching and supplicating and in stating one’s wants and seeking help?”
`Abdu’l-Bahá replied:
Know thou, verily it is becoming in a weak one to supplicate to the Strong One, and it behooveth a seeker of bounty to beseech the Glorious Bountiful One. When one supplicates to his Lord, turns to Him and seeks bounty from His Ocean, this supplication brings light to his heart, illumination to his sight, life to his soul and exaltation to his being.
During thy supplications to God and thy reciting, “Thy Name is my healing,” consider how thine heart is cheered, thy soul delighted by the spirit of the love of God, and thy mind attracted to the Kingdom of God! By these attractions one’s ability and capacity increase. When the vessel is enlarged the water increases, and when the thirst grows the bounty of the cloud becomes agreeable to the taste of man. This is the mystery of supplication and the wisdom of stating one’s wants.8
Apart from revealing a wide body of prayers and meditations pertaining to all aspects of life, Bahá’u’lláh has revealed three daily obligatory prayers. The believer is free to choose any one of these three prayers, but is under the obligation of reciting one of them, and in the manner Bahá’u’lláh has prescribed.
Bahá’à prayer is not, however, confined to the use of prescribed forms, important as those are. Bahá’u’lláh teaches that one’s whole life should be a prayer, that work done in the right spirit is worship, that every thought, word and deed devoted to the Glory of God and the good of one’s fellows is prayer, in the truest sense of the world.
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@ Kailash:
i don’t agree about the marathi thing…my family members who are converted no longer call themselves “Marathi” as we call it here in Mauritius…they like to be called Christians now…so…
AND once again, you are all misunderstanding my point of view..all i wanted to say was that am the fruit of 2 different cultures, religious belief…pin pointing my comments is not the topic here…
ayo papa o !!!
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@ Maverick my new loving friend said …. ” THE BAHAI FAITH HAS BORROWED BITS AND PIECES FROM ALL MAJOR RELIGIONS”. my last respond to you my dear friend and i wont make it any more its not the issue of this forum –__Bahá’Ãs believe that there is only one God, the Creator of the universe. Throughout history, God has revealed Himself to humanity through a series of divine Messengers, each of Whom has founded a great religion. The Messengers have included Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad. This succession of divine Teachers reflects a single historic “plan of God” for educating humanity about the Creator and for cultivating the spiritual, intellectual, and moral capacities of the race. The goal has been to develop the innate noble characteristics of every human being, and to prepare the way for an advancing global civilization. Knowledge of God’s will for humanity in the modern age, Bahá’Ãs believe, was revealed just over one hundred years ago by Bahá’u’lláh, Who is the latest of these divine Messengers.
in a few words again..
All humanity is one family.
Women and men are equal.
All prejudice—racial, religious, national, or economic—is destructive and must be overcome.
Bahá’u’lláh gave special attention to the problem of prejudice. At the heart of His message is a call for mutual understanding and fellowship among nations, cultures, and peoples.
There is, Bahá’u’lláh insists, only one human race. Prejudice—whether based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, or social background—must be overcome if humanity is to create a peaceful and just global society.
Abandoning prejudice »
We must investigate truth for ourselves, without preconceptions.
Science and religion are in harmony.
Our economic problems are linked to spiritual problems.
The family and its unity are very important.
There is one God.
All major religions come from God.
World peace is the crying need of our time
peace to u Maverick may God bless u
peace and love to all jo
am off the debate now
love jo
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@ReenaDKL
Well there can be two explanations. Either the family members are confused and do not see the boundary between language and religion like many in mauritius. Thats why they refuse to call themselves Marathi.
Else, even worse, conversion has done its job and has succeeded in striping them of their culture. If that is the case, well effectively they are no longer Marathi. I think that this is a direct attack towards a culture hailing from an ancient civilization. :S
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@ Jay.
No conversion by ISKCON? Heh! I have a very dear friend who joined them 5 years ago. Answer these:
– why does he had to leave his family and live there (in their “ashram” most of the time?
– why does he need to give a (good) fraction of his salary to them? Pareil couma mission salut & guérison etc…
– why is he no longer playing ping-pong with us guys who are not members of his sect?
– why did he forsake his long-time girlfriend and not marry yet?
Рwhy does he need to participate in (noisy) processions and distribute pamphlets? Pareil couma mission salut & gu̩rison ki vinn tappe la-porte dimoune quand ou pliss pas bizin deranz ou.
– why does he feel the perpetual need to say “Hare Krishna” in every single piece of conversation? Pareil couma Cehl Meeah so bann “inch’Allah” dans tou so parol pou justifier tousaki li dire/faire, mem saki mauvais.
– why this radical change in his lifestyle?
It’s my opinion, firm and resolute. And a fact: ISKCON/Hare Krishna is a sect like all the others i’ve mentionned in my comment. Full stop.
If you are a converted to any sect (including ISKCON), bravo pou ou cerveau: si vremem ena TOUT dans enn (ou) livre, abé dire moi ki-fer pou ou pli bon ki pou moi, ou kifer pou moi pli pa-bon ki pou ou.
N’importe ki raison ou pou donner, c’est lakoz samem mo rejette tout, mem saki pou ou.
Merci pou ou’nn arrive ziska ici.
Merci ou’nn perdi ou le-temps reponn enn ‘intellectuellement limité’ kouma moi. 😀
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@ Kailash:
that i will have to ask them 🙂
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Well said @ReenaDKL. @Yiu
I read an article linking the origins of different religions e.g. Hinduism and Islam. Islam and Christianity. Christianity and Paganism. It’s interesting to find that there are mention of the other religion in ancient books.
The problem today, I see is ignorance and the misuse of religion for person gain. The most flagrant example is our politicians, openly using communialism and caste systems (even if they themselves work together cross-religion). If you study religious books, they point to similar concepts and philosphies…
As for Hindu associations, they don’t seem to be very active, given the laisser-aller nature of hindus (and ignorant priests). While Christian Islamic associations are more active in helping people spiritually and financially (or so I heard). So the fear in some hindus mind might as well be justified. I read an article where in India, there is an increase in the bulding of churches and mosques while some temples have not been restored and other controversies like Taj Mahal have sealed doors… Ah and so many gods in hinduism is such a misinterpretation…
Those who convert out of pressure must be weak-minded, or tempted by the financial benefits. Otherwise, one would choose the religion he/she wanted.
Like the British say, divide and rule!
In the end, no matter what religion you are, it’s your heart that’s important.
And the winner are always the people who own companies. They make the rules, not politicians, not spiritual leaders. We are capitalists 😛
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Watch till the end:
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@ Bhoot
Trop bien dire! We are all new slaves to money, our overpowering deity. Show me anyone who does not touch money everyday 🙂
And who doesn’t say ‘thank you’ when he/she receives money…
Imagine Louis de Funes: “Mon argent…”
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Can any Jehovah witness is this thread enlighten the rest of us on the following:
The Watchtower 11/1/96 p. 10 Look to Jehovah for Comfort: “One of the main operations of God’s spirit upon first-century Christians was to anoint them as adopted spiritual sons of God and brothers of Jesus. (2 Corinthians 1:21, 22) This is reserved for only 144,000 disciples of Christ. (Revelation 14:1, 3)â€
**reserved for only 144,000 disciples of Christ**
And they also believe that the 144,000 chosen ones are already in heaven.
I bet you did not know that before you joined. I fear you lot got scammed!
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Joshua, Joshua, Joshua , where art thou?
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Jo,
Is he a self proclaimed prophet then?
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@Maverick
I do not want to enter a long debate at the moment. So i’ll be quick.
What make me convert?
First my mother was ill- she had psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, high blood pressure, diabetes. She had search everywhere for a cure (doctors, alternative treatments)-even to “longaniste” but in vain.
In fact it is a “pandit” who told him to turn to Jesus. In fairness he did not tell him to convert:
Here’s the conversation at it happens (as far as I remember):
Pandit:Beti ki bondier to priyer?
MUM: “name of hindu god here”
Pandit : Non arete priyer li. to conne leglise catholique? Ena ene missier lor la croix..li mem garcon bondier sa..Li pou pousse tou diable ek toi.
Mum did not want to go to catholic church because of the fear of reject. Ena ene sel communaute dans leglise catholique, so she turned to a christian church (MISSION). Result, blood pressure and diabetes dissapeared, psoriatic arthritis stop, no more deformation (check psoriatic arthritis to find out how painful in can be).
This does not mean that I was for conversion. Only my mother converted at this point and I was the persecutor in Chief.
I’ll continue later..Mo ine plein ecrire :p
PS: Don’t tell that God cannot heal. I know some of you might argue 😀 I’m talking to all believers not skeptics. Why should we pray to a god that cannot answer prayers. Yes I believe and I have seen God healing power.
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It’s the 3rd time someone in “mission” says that a pandit asked them to convert.
It’s kinda funny coz all the pundits in Mauritius seem to see all hindus convert…hihihi!!! (Which i don’t buy!!!)
PLEASE NOTE THAT : I am not judging nor contradicting anyone…
AM SIMPLY GIVING MY OPINION, may it be GOOD, BAD or stupid..it remains my opinion.
Thnx 🙂
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@ Maverick said:
Jo,
Is he a self proclaimed prophet then?
Bahá’u’lláh
Messenger of God
Bahá’u’lláh’s writings offer answers to the timeless theological and philosophical questions that have plagued humanity since antiquity–such as Who is God? What is goodness? and Why are we here? He also addresses the modern questions that have preoccupied 20th century thinkers, discussing the basic motivations of human nature, answering whether peace is indeed possible, and explaining how God provides for humanity’s security and welfare.
In the middle of the last century, one of the most notorious dungeons in the Near East was Teheran’s “Black Pit.” Once the underground reservoir for a public bath, its only outlet was a single passage down three steep flights of stone steps. Prisoners huddled in their own bodily wastes, languishing in the pit’s inky gloom, subterranean cold and stench-ridden atmosphere.
In this grim setting, the rarest and most cherished of religious events was once again played out: mortal man, out-wardly human in other respects, was summoned by God to bring to humanity a new religious revelation.
The year was 1852, and the man was a Persian nobleman, known today as Bahá’u’lláh. During His imprisonment, as He sat with his feet in stocks and a 100-pound iron chain around his neck, Bahá’u’lláh received a vision of God’s will for humanity.
The event is comparable to those great moments of the ancient past when God revealed Himself to His earlier Messengers: when Moses stood before the Burning Bush; when the Buddha received enlightenment under the Bodhi tree; when the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove descended upon Jesus; or when the archangel Gabriel appeared to Muhammad.
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@Maverick
I do not want to enter a long debate
How grievously Bahá’u’lláh suffered to regenerate the world! Wrongly accused, imprisoned, beaten, chained, banished from country to country, betrayed, poisoned, stripped of material possessions, and “at every moment tormented with a fresh torment”: such was the cruel reception that greeted the Everlasting Father, Him Who is the Possessor of all Names and Attributes. For two score years, until the end of His earthly days, He remained a prisoner and exile — persecuted unceasingly by the rulers of Persia and the Ottoman Empire, opposed relentlessly by a vicious and scheming clergy, neglected abjectly by other sovereigns to whom He addressed potent letters imparting to them that which, in His truth-bearing words, “is the cause of the well-being, the unity, the harmony, and the reconstruction of the world, and of the tranquillity of the nations”. “My grief”, He once lamented, “exceedeth all the woes to which Jacob gave vent, and all the afflictions of Job are but a part of My sorrows.”
The voice halts for shame from continuing so deplorable a recitation, the heart is torn by mere thought of the Divine Target of such grief — grief no ordinary mortal could endure. But lest we give way to feelings of gloom and distress, we take recourse in the tranquil calm He induces with such meaningful words as these: “We have borne it all with the utmost willingness and resignation, so that the souls of men may be edified, and the Word of God be exalted.” Thus, the Wronged One, patient beyond measure, preserved a majestic composure, revealing His true Self as the Merciful, the Loving, the Incomparable Friend. Concentrating His energies on the pivotal purpose of His Revelation, He transmuted His tribulations into instruments of redemption and summoned all peoples to the banner of unity.
my brother
hope you had your answer tell me if you are sincere is He looking for fame or whatever gain just suffering 40 years my friends
he was living as a prince as you know he left a wealthy position offered to Him chosen to suffer in the path of His Lord
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Ah Jesus is not God! Read your scriptures well people in Mission. He is the son, but it is always mentioned to pray to God in Christianity. No other is God. He is a role model, similar to Hindu avatars and Prophet Muhamad, not a God! http://www.answering-christianity.com/at.htm
Another person whom you might take as a self-proclaimed is Adi Dev from BrahmaKumaris, but he didn’t say to pray to him: he didn’t force or encourage people to join his cause. Only to help people, take only food for alms (unlike money today in Mauritius).
Will human ever stop gossip? And deform original ideas?
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@ bhoot
I will make it simple for you
The son of a cow is a cow
The son of a dog is a dog
The son of God is god
The type of site you mention exist for all religion:
http://www.answering-islam.org/
http://answeringhinduism.com/
So we can continue on a long debate 😉
The topic was whether people are free to change religion or not. So there’s no need to go and say that my religion is better or not. if I do not find answer in my religion I am free to pray to whatever god I want.
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ahum..ahum…
the son of a rapist is a rapist???
the son of a “bitch” is a “bitch”?
Ahum!!! ahum!!!
the son of a cow is normally called a calf 🙂 and becomes A BULL!!!! A son dear!!! not a daughter!!!!
PLEASE NOTE THAT : I am not judging nor contradicting anyone…
AM SIMPLY GIVING MY OPINION, may it be GOOD, BAD or stupid..it remains my opinion.
Thnx
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Yep, you’re right. We’re talking about changing religion. But misinterpretations are often used to convince people who wouldn’t have changed otherwise.
Makes you think if the quota system on MBC, and the electoral system have their purpose or not…
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ahum!!!
the son of a mother is a mother…
the son of a woman is a woman…
???? my peanut sized brain (as some believe) is confused…
PLEASE NOTE THAT : I am not judging nor contradicting anyone…
AM SIMPLY GIVING MY OPINION, may it be GOOD, BAD or stupid..it remains my opinion.
Thnx
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@ Bhoot
Yeah there is so much confusion in the world today. The only will be for you to take the book yourself and read.
@ Reena
This comment was meant for Bhoot not for you 🙂
The son of a mother is human. That’s what I was trying to say. I know you understand what I meant but just for the sake of clarity. 😛
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Hi people,
Indeed very very interesting topic. Really.
If I can suggest one idea about the so-called “decrease in hindus”…
It’s I think because of electoral segmentation that the debate is on. If Hindus are on the decrease, the son of Mr Aneerood Jugnauth (and his fore-children) and the son of Dr Navin Ramgoolam (if ever one exists and his fore-children) won’t become PM of Mauritius. So simple.
This is obvious as we’re moving from a democratic country to a dynastic country.
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@ Dilraj:
“if ever one exists…”
Vous avez un doute, mon cher? Au hasard, allez à Londres et demandez à parler à Mousieur Draboucan… 🙂
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EN VERITES D’APRET BANNES SANDANGES ENA PLUS KI 200,000 (MISSONS) A MAURICES …LOR ENE 1.2MILLIONS POPULUTIONS … MWA I SPENT ALL MINE TIMES WORKING AND SLEEPING …. PEOPLE ARE FREED TO WHAT EVER HE CONSIDER GOOD/BAD…
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Hey! Jesus lived in India! Did you know that?
I’ve watched this movie (http://www.jesus-in-india-the-movie.com/) (search it on rapidshare) and I’ve read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Lived-India-Before-Crucifixion/dp/1852305509
(I’ve got it at Harry Bookshop at Port Louis (behind registrar building).
All I can tell is that there are some evidences and it looks legit.
Sorry for the off topic comment. ‘just sharing some information.
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Well, i’m born as hindu but my religion is science… bitches 😛
I remember some hopeless old hags on their “Mission-Fail” used to come to my door in the hope that I would change to a christian lol!
I think they want more people coming to their churches and to donnate more to help keep their churches standing lol…
In life there’s much more to worrying about religion, i’ve given up on that 😛 To me personally, if someone forcefully falls into the trap of changing religion against their will (i.e: peer pressure, family pressure to change religion to marry another religion etc), then that person is just weak…
My first russian gf once told me that her religion was gunpowder, since she liked guns and hunting was her fav sport 😛
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Yeps believer or not, only the weak changes religion.
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@Kunal:
lol abt your russian gf..she’s totally right!!! lol!!!
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mo ti ser 1 etudiante de 14 ans,
kan li ti p atan bis lagar curepipe last week kan so lekol in fini,
1 madam aproche ar li ek kumans lir ban page lablible r li!!!!!
mo pena oken prob ar sa religion la, mai eski zot gagne droit fer sa???
Eski z…ot gagne droit vin devan mo lakaz ek dir mw pu mw la pa bon ek mo bizin suiv pu li la?????
man!! nxt time zot vin kot mw, mo koir mo filmE zot avk 1 camera cachE!!!
mo pa dan oken assiosiation mw, mo religion mem mo pa suiv kuma bizin, mai mne truV devan mw, ki ki zot kav fer pu converti 1 dimune!!!
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@ Winshaye
wow..they go that far? Fran fran tou!!! Am sure your sis was totally taken aback 😦
You know one thing? I have a Bhagvad Geeta at home. If someone comes to me, i will ask that person to come inside, offer something to drink, listen to him/her for 5 mins then go fetch my Bhagvad Geeta and start reading to them 😛
Why not!!!??? Si zot envi mo ecoute zot, zot bzin accepter ecoute moi osi!
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“anti conversion law ” <— anti democratic!
you can't claim to be a democratic country and then say that people have no rights to change or believe in whatever they want…
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mo pas krwar li si difficile ki ene dimoun dire tout simplement”non” : / franchment mo pas trouV kifer bizin faire ene issue lor ene zafer ki depane lor dimoun la selment.
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Jamais VOH ti ene representant des hindous 😛
c juste en group voyous soutiré par PM!!!
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Haha..I can but “lol” at this. I guess what they will ask next…
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