08-02-2006, 11:45 AM
I agree that Sri Sri and Ammachi should try to convert desciples from other religions. However, that objective will not work in a supercharged secular environment of South India. If they do, they will face the fate of Kanchi Shankaracharya. I feel that it will take few decades with BJP ruling in the center for such swamis to be effective.
What needs to be done in between is to spread the message that jesus is bogus. This can put a break on speed of conversion. What I found is that many good Hindus are not willing to take up this task (not just in this forum but outside too).
A friend of mine (who happens to be a devout communist) told me sometime back. "Christianity was invented and Islam was created". i.e. Christ and Christianity never existed before and somebody invented that to influence people. Mohammed created a religion with him as the last prophet so that nobody can change what he said so as to consolidate his power.
What needs to be done in between is to spread the message that jesus is bogus. This can put a break on speed of conversion. What I found is that many good Hindus are not willing to take up this task (not just in this forum but outside too).
A friend of mine (who happens to be a devout communist) told me sometime back. "Christianity was invented and Islam was created". i.e. Christ and Christianity never existed before and somebody invented that to influence people. Mohammed created a religion with him as the last prophet so that nobody can change what he said so as to consolidate his power.