“Swami Lakshmananda Sarawati, Hindu leader of Orissa, was unapologetic about leading the anti-conversion efforts. Speaking of human rights groups’ regular warnings about anti-Christian violence in India, he said, ‘Christians in India must understand, and understand fast, that they cannot be protected by the US State Department writing its annual vituperative anti-Hindu reports on religious freedom and human rights. Christians can be protected only by the good will of the majority of Hindu in whose midst they have to live. Christians have to earn the good will of the Hindus instead of demanding special protection and special rights.” (March/April 2008, p. 6).
So as much as there are concerns with how intolerant Christians can be for desiring to convert people to Christ, at least we no longer beat them or kill them when they slam the door in our face. What gets me is that it is considered special rights to not have your head bashed in for not offering the proper veneration of Krishna. In our postmodern America Christianity is the only religion without special rights. It is considered an outrageous intolerance to even mention that someone's religion might be wrong. However just like letting Yankee and Red Sox fans know that the world does not revolve around their silly rivalry, it is even more accurate and dare I say indisputable to claim truth when one sees it in Christ. Our culture asks that I tolerate by neighbors and their religious choices, but what I would like to remind them is that in order for me to tolerate something or someone, I must first disagree with them. I cannot tolerate what I think is correct or true. So I support tolerance, I just pray that our neighbors around the world would practice a bit of what is preached by them to us.
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