Do not you think that Hinduism is responsible for Christianity being more popular in India?

Question

Because Christians Gave more facility to lower class people
and they became Christians.It is fact because i used to have
lot of Indian Christians friend in my school.

Because lower class people were getting free
education and free hospital treatment in
Christians schools and hospitals

Answer 1

laydeeheartless is right. Christianity in India emanated from the British Empire - it ruled India for two centuries. They also gave India the English language.

Me has a point too in that I am Sikh and it had nothing to do with lower caste system of Hindu faith.

The fact you had Indian Christians at school does not prove anything. I doubt they knew their origins all too clearly - I was still learning about my own culture at school. Talk to the Adults or do some research about it!

:-)

EDIT:
mantravid16: you are wrong in saying that India plays 'host' to Sikhs and Jains. UK plays 'host'! Are you that arrogant and ignorant that you are unable to accept that Sikhism and Jainism are BOTH Indian religions and are in fact as much Indian as is Hinduism?

Guru Nanak was born a Hindu in India and founded Sikhism. Therefore, Sikhism is India's 'child'. Moreover, I do not dispute that India has extremes of poverty but calling it a 'poor nation' is a bit much - Malawi in Africa is a poor nation. India is the largest democracy and it is a rich country too. Take Bollywood, Alcohol exports and the IT boom, for examples.

Now, I suggest you do a bit more research on these topics before you start spouting half-truths.

Answer 2

Your "wishful thinking" and statement is NOT supported by Statistics.Please see Government of India Published Demography based on 2001 Census.--In 2000 years,by goading,coaxing,enticing, promising a definite "Berth" in Heaven,bribing (Harijans what you call the "lower class" people with a little rice and cloth) the Evangelists could convert only 2.3 % of 1,00,00,00,000 people and about 85 % still remain Hindus only.Now they have stopped persuading the 15% Harijans in plains-they are concentrating on the 8% Tribalas in Hill districts and initially succeeded in Mizoram - but now the Hindu Ardent Followers' Associations- have interfered there also and successfully stopped.---But most pathetic and "to be strongly condemned action " was killing an Australian Evangelist and his two small kids(in Orissa) by some "Un-Social Elements". In plains many Christian Harijans started returning to Hinduism , because according Dr.Ambedkar{(a Harijan- Doctor of Civil Laws-D.C.L.(Oxon)} drafted Indian Constitution - Hindu Harijans are eligible for 15% reservations in Free Medical/Engineering education-and in State and Central Government Jobs with 35% aggregate marks in aggregate in Physics/ Chemistry/ Mathematics/Biology.(PCMB) --Christian Harijans Should score 99.9% in PCMB to claim a "Seat" or a Job.---Dr.Ambedkar with his 3000 followers refused to become a Christian(in spite of a lot of persuation and promised un-limited foreign "Gifts" in cash and kind"-because he received his Higher education in England) and became a Bhuddist.Now that is the trend among Harijans all over India.

Answer 3

Hinduism, as far as I am aware, defines your position in life, how you lead your life then defines your position for your next life.

Islam and Christianity both allow a person to advance their position in this life so both will have a strong appeal to a Hindu who is unhappy with their lot.

The long history of Muslim/Hindu conflict is probably going to stop people converting to Islam though. Christianity is relatively new to India, and so has much less baggage than Islam. While the British were Christian and conquered the country I believe that they were more seen as a European/Western power rather than a Christian one.

Answer 4

It would be a lot easier for Christians to convert others IF they practiced what they preached. OH! What the vast majority of them are preaching is self, so I guess that they are practicing what they preach. It is just too bad that what they preach is not what the Bible teaches! The real reason that the lower casts excepted Christianity is that they have nothing to lose, as they are already on the bottom, but the upper casts have everything to lose.

Answer 5

To escape the caste system was the same reason many lower caste Hindus became Muslims or Buddhists or Sikhs as well as Christians

Answer 6

No i don't think so...the British played rule in India and they took christianity with them. Christians did not necessarily give more to lower class people and the fact you have used merely supports it. Just because a school has indian christians...maybe that school caters just for that group...have u ever thought about the rest of the population?

Answer 7

Good point!
GOD is no respecter of persons.
HE loves us all so much,
that HE gave HIS only begotten SON
to lay-down HIS life for our sins.
JESUS, being from a carpenter's family,
would never have been respected in the
cast system of India.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

Yes i think so

Answer 10

Hinduism was never a religion. Its living style of different individual in his own way, it has nothing to do with the conversion process. Live as you want to live, let other live the way they like to live.