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http://christianaggression.com/item_displa...S&id=1117777981
1. <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Joseph Troisi, a Christian Anthropologist and author testifies about the santhlhalis on whose behalf, Ebe supposedly speaks. �While among <b>the non Christian (santhalis) the most important part of the marriage ceremony is the sindhradhan, or smearing the brides� forehead with Vermillion</b>, among the Christians the exchange of rings by bride and groom marks them as husband and wife� the applying of sindhoor is tabooed.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
2. <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pastor Ebe sunder Raj has tried to give a superficial and simplistic interpretation of Hinduism to suit his needs �millions of syncretic believers who believe in more than one faith who do not go through any initiation�. He is optimistic when he stated, �our 200 million Dalits belong to this category� The motive of Ebe is clearly scheming when he said our constitution is �wisely silent�. This is precisely the �lacunae� pointed by Hindus, that is disadvantageous to them and that is exploited to the core by the Proselytizers.
The �yama� or �niyama� that a person has to adopt following the diksha by the �Guruswami� as in the sabarimala yatra are rigorous, unlike in revelatory religions. Infact two to six crore Hindus in south India alone, under go these intense spiritual exercises voluntarily every year, and not as portrayed by Ebe So the attempt by the pastor that there is no religion for the dalits is farce and that would have to be filled with deviatory interpretation. Some statistics: (2 crore visit Mookambika every year, 3 crore visit Dharmasthala, 3-4 crore visit Tirupathy, 3-4 crore visit Palani 2-6 crore visit Sabarimala). Even to visit a village deity before undertaking the journey, often done on foot, they have to observe the set of formal procedure and its own accompanying diksha rites, like every year millions of Hindus under take �pal kavadi� to palani,� fire walking� and �flower showering� to hundreds of Maari Amman temples of Tamilnadu. Millions walk all the way to Thiruchendur Temple during Soorapada vadam.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://christianaggression.com/item_displa...S&id=1117777981
1. <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Joseph Troisi, a Christian Anthropologist and author testifies about the santhlhalis on whose behalf, Ebe supposedly speaks. �While among <b>the non Christian (santhalis) the most important part of the marriage ceremony is the sindhradhan, or smearing the brides� forehead with Vermillion</b>, among the Christians the exchange of rings by bride and groom marks them as husband and wife� the applying of sindhoor is tabooed.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
2. <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pastor Ebe sunder Raj has tried to give a superficial and simplistic interpretation of Hinduism to suit his needs �millions of syncretic believers who believe in more than one faith who do not go through any initiation�. He is optimistic when he stated, �our 200 million Dalits belong to this category� The motive of Ebe is clearly scheming when he said our constitution is �wisely silent�. This is precisely the �lacunae� pointed by Hindus, that is disadvantageous to them and that is exploited to the core by the Proselytizers.
The �yama� or �niyama� that a person has to adopt following the diksha by the �Guruswami� as in the sabarimala yatra are rigorous, unlike in revelatory religions. Infact two to six crore Hindus in south India alone, under go these intense spiritual exercises voluntarily every year, and not as portrayed by Ebe So the attempt by the pastor that there is no religion for the dalits is farce and that would have to be filled with deviatory interpretation. Some statistics: (2 crore visit Mookambika every year, 3 crore visit Dharmasthala, 3-4 crore visit Tirupathy, 3-4 crore visit Palani 2-6 crore visit Sabarimala). Even to visit a village deity before undertaking the journey, often done on foot, they have to observe the set of formal procedure and its own accompanying diksha rites, like every year millions of Hindus under take �pal kavadi� to palani,� fire walking� and �flower showering� to hundreds of Maari Amman temples of Tamilnadu. Millions walk all the way to Thiruchendur Temple during Soorapada vadam.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->