| How I Became A Hindu - My Discovery Of Vedic Dharma |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| DEBATE WITH THE ARCHBISHOP OF HYDERABAD | |
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| Prajna
Bharati of Hyderabad, an important Hindu organization, asked me to
participate in this national issue by debating with Archbishop
Arulappa of Hyderabad, who at the age of seventy-six was the senior
most Catholic monk in India. This
was quite a challenge! I had to be a spokesperson for Hindu Dharma
in a major public forum, with one of India’s foremost Christian
leaders, educated at Oxford, who had much international experience
as a teacher and speaker.
The Archbishop read off a prepared statement, highlighting the need for religious tolerance and peace in the world, such as no one could object to, while emphasizing India’s history of pluralism and tolerance in religious matters. However, he failed to address the conversion issue directly or the dangers caused by proselytizing both historically and today. I also had prepared a speech to read but set it aside and spoke extemporaneously. In the question and answer period the Archbishop surprisingly made a strong statement about the dangers of proselytizing, which was shocking to other Christians in India.
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