What about this Christian-hindu row ? How many christians will support the attack?

Question

History was made on Thursday, July 12th when a Hindu priest delivered the opening prayer at the U.S. Senate for the first time ever. Mr. Rajan Zed, a journalist and Hindu priest, delivered a minute and a half prayer in which he offered God thanks and prayed for peace.

However, before Mr. Zed could offer his short prayer to God, threeChristian activists disrupted the ceremony with angry shouts and denunciations of Hinduism to the shock of on-lookers. "This is an
abomination!" the Washington Post reports one of the disruptors as screaming. "We are Christians and patriots!" yelled another before being led away by police.

Shockingly, far from being an isolated and spontaneous incident of hatred, it is reported that a large number of well-organized fundamentalist Christian groups throughout the nation had been
clamoring against allowing a Hindu priest to lead a prayer in our nation's capital. The American Family Association has been on the forefront of urging

Christians to take direct action against
religious tolerance and asked their followers to contact the Senate
to ban a Hindu from leading prayer.

For further information on this dark and disturbing incident, please
review the following sites:

USA Today:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/07/christian-prote.html

YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=g8vENZwp1rk

SEE SOME CHRISTIANS ARE COUNTER-BLAMING !!

AND EYE FOR AND EYE OR OFFER ANOTHER CHEEK ?

DO YOU THINK JESUS WILL BE HAPPY WITH SUCH HATERED OF HIS FOLLOWERS?

Answer 1

I'm glad to see that something else is an abomination for these people besides gay people! But seriously, I'm a Christian and I'm appalled by this incident. This is exactly the kind of action which makes so many label all Christians as intolerant. As a Christian, I'm ashamed by their behavior. Why? Because this goes against one of Christ's most important rules: Treat others as you want to be treated. Can you imagine the screams if Hindus protested during a prayer being given by The American Family [Except Gay Families] Association? We'd never hear the end of it.

Answer 2

While I don't agree with anybody threatening the right of religious freedom, I also have a hard time supporting agendas that are purely based on what the press chooses to report.

I hope there was follow up at these events and that the fundamentalists were enlightened, and challenged to give others the same rights that they have.

But I won't let the press coerce me to take a side on an issue that represents the belief system of only a few people.

Answer 3

Religion is supposed to be about love. That is the basic foundation of all religions. It's sad to see people regardless of their faith be so misguided with their religious beliefs using it as a vehicle of hate against others whom are of different faiths. They think it just gives them an excuse to behave in a such ignorant way.

I mean what is so horrible about a priest of another faith saying a prayer of love and gratitute to our creator, to God even if the words used are different, but anyone with a brain could easily see they mean the same as other prayers of other faiths. What is so fearful about allowing other religious prayers to be spoken even when it's all for the same common goal, to embrace peace, love and unity among each other. Why must people act in such immature ways like that? They just don't think!

I pray that the Hindu priest receives love and support for facing this oppression. He didn't deserve it. He is a vehicle of peace and love.

Answer 4

This could explain why recently my faith in my religion is not as great as it used to be. But my faith in god is still there. Ah these people are your typical Conservative Christians. But personally I don't know because to some extent I don't want to pray to a god I don't believe in. But to another extent I look at it on there side they probably don't like praying to the Christian god. So I would have to say this. In the Constitution it mentions somewhere keep government and religion separate. Something many people have failed to realize therefore the cause of animosity in our government.

Answer 5

because of the fact a lot of hindus are anti-conversion. Christians are professional-conversion. it is all they attempt to do. so which you get some missionaries in there attempting to transform the Hindus to Christianity -- unavoidably a combat is going to escape (and for the record the Christians have attacked the Hindus, too, this is not a one sided deal). i think of the whole missionary element desires to surrender. save your faith to yourselves and persons does not be attacking Christians.

Answer 6

It just affirms my belief that when the radical right wingers say they want more prayer, more religion and more God in our gov't they mean THEIR prayer, THEIR religion and THEIR God. Occasionally, they will fib, and talk about "equal access" and "non-discrimination" against "people of faith", but again, the mean "people of THEIR faith", and by "equal access" they mean that some religions are "more equal" than others.

Hypocrits.

BTW, I don't think there should be ANY prayer at gov't functions, but if they are going to have any, than they have to allow ALL, but the radical right wingers will fight tooth and nail for a religious MONOPOLY.

Note to nicianhijacker, if the stories you posted are true, that is really horrible, but two wrongs don't make a right. America supposedly guarantees freedom of religion to ALL, not just a select group. Personally, I think we should eliminate prayer all together from gov't functions, but if we are going to allow it, we should NOT allow a religious monopoly. Do you really want the same type of violence that is directed at Christians in other countries to be directed BY Christians to others in our country ?

Answer 7

Christians denying the right of others? That's so unlike them.
These weren't the same Christians who misquoted the Pope's writings the other day, saying it was wrong for him to say there was only one true church were they? Because that would be really ironic.

Answer 8

This was an outrageous display of behavior beholding nothing to what their scriptures represent. I would say that not every christian is that ignorant and insane, but in my experience christians in general are not nice people. I like to stay as far away from them as possible.
Hari Bol

Answer 9

None? ... (Hopefully.) ... It's PURE UGLY INTOLERANCE...
"Tolerance is the worst roar of all, including tolerance for homosexuals, feminists, and religions that don't follow Christ." – Josh McDowell, at a Youth for Christ rally in 1994

( Here's The Hindu Vid. and *WHY* The Above Matters ... )
Please see: http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=2957 ( only 1:07. )

Answer 10

Fanatics