Ruhansharma
05-21-2009, 06:43 AM
A familiar but now-stale din in the Secular Hall of Shame Fame concerns how Christianity is an equalizing force. This din masks a tacit approval in favour of conversions. Needless, this din also masks a similar tacit approval in favour of any and all methods used to convert. However, with their penchant for spitting and running, not one eminence in the Hall of Shame Fame ever cared to investigate the fate of the downtrodden, illiiterate, oppressed, and poor ex-Hindus after they were “liberated” from the evil clutches of the dreadful caste system.
The emergence of that bewildering oxymoron, Dalit Christian, is just one “post-liberation” speck. What it simply means is that conversion didn’t quite liberate these poor souls. They remain just as downtrodden, illiiterate, oppressed, and poor. Sadly, Dalit Christians do not even have a voice in the media.
The promise of equal social treatment, education, and better economic prospects just vanish the moment they convert. Here’s what R.L. Francis, National President of the Dalit Christians or Poor Christian Liberation Movement’ (PCLM) says:
….if Catholic Church spends more money for the development and enlistment rather than on preaching then the condition of Dalit Christians, who are wounded sheep of this fold, will improve their condition and they will have better opportunity in their lives.
A fact well-known but not widely reported is how Dalit Christians are not allowed to pray in the same Church that the more privileged ones attend. I can’t recall now but there was some violence against Dalit Christians when they tried to forcibly enter the “privileged” Churches. Equality? Casteless? Non-discrimination? Francis then details some exact conditions that Dalit Christians face;
The emergence of that bewildering oxymoron, Dalit Christian, is just one “post-liberation” speck. What it simply means is that conversion didn’t quite liberate these poor souls. They remain just as downtrodden, illiiterate, oppressed, and poor. Sadly, Dalit Christians do not even have a voice in the media.
The promise of equal social treatment, education, and better economic prospects just vanish the moment they convert. Here’s what R.L. Francis, National President of the Dalit Christians or Poor Christian Liberation Movement’ (PCLM) says:
….if Catholic Church spends more money for the development and enlistment rather than on preaching then the condition of Dalit Christians, who are wounded sheep of this fold, will improve their condition and they will have better opportunity in their lives.
A fact well-known but not widely reported is how Dalit Christians are not allowed to pray in the same Church that the more privileged ones attend. I can’t recall now but there was some violence against Dalit Christians when they tried to forcibly enter the “privileged” Churches. Equality? Casteless? Non-discrimination? Francis then details some exact conditions that Dalit Christians face;