This is a chronicle of the Small town’s fight of 1998 that turned to be a nation wide war in 2008. A story of a decade long strategy, that gained political alliance to steadily infiltrate against the sanctified. A War on the minorities, a war on Christians.Christians the most peaceful and relatively powerless of the minorities constitute less than 3% of the Indian’s population. Yet amidst those creeds that authorized practices to suppress the weaker sects, the missionaries and churches (of 18th century) came to aid so to uplift their social and living conditions of the poorest of poor. Today most Orphanages, Old age homes, Leprosy- AIDS rehabilitation centers, Tsunami Relief works, home for the destitute women, stand to showcase those few of the many untold community services that every Indian Church undertakes every month of the calendar year. Most of the premier colleges in India are the ones set-up by the Christian missionaries. The education renovation in the otherwise traditionally amateurish 19th century multitude was quite a dream, until the Christian pioneers brought to the streets those schooling that were then only meant for the rich.
As Followers of Christ, they preached Peace – against violence, Propagated Welfare – against customarily rich biased society, Sheltered and comforted the emotionally Broken Hearted souls – Against some non-realistic trance sort of rites (rites that called every suffering a fate/destiny/Karma and refused to wipe away the tears of the deprived). That was the only Charge sheet against the speechless lambs of His Herd. Inspirational deeds that transformed lives is now deceitfully reworded as “forceful or fraudulent conversations” so to device a tactic to destruct the unarmed.
The Church Alters stand ruined. Bibles are charred to ashes. More than thousands brutally beaten up (nationwide). More than hundred stabbed/ killed (nationwide). One man Chopped to 75 pieces (Orissa). Nun’s and Christian women Raped. All this for practicing Christianity in a so called secular Country – India. Considering the catastrophe of the incidents, any other tribe would have backfired instantaneously in no time, at least so to defend its own rights. But, here at churches, I see sermons and prayers recited to forgive and love the paranoid fighters (Politically aggravated local gundas).
Reminds me of a Epilogue of Christ before Crucifixion. A time when The Pharisees accused Jesus for “misleading the nation” and when the soldiers mocked /spat on his sinless face for leisure. A moment when 7-9inch long iron nails where driven into his Wrists/ ankles and a time when he was nearing brutal crucifixion, he prayed out loud to the heavens
“Father forgive them; for they No not what they are doing” [Luk23]
Forgiveness and love, is for sure the only shield of Christian defense. This is a time to gather strength and show the world what is takes to be a follower of Christ.
“He forgave our iniquities; do we have the heart to forgive nation’s illicit rioters?”
“He loved us while we were still sinners; are we willing to love our adversaries”
“He died for us; do we have the courage to Live for him?”
Now is the time! The Time to show Christ still lives through the heart of his believers.
