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BANGLADESH, INDIA, November 29, 2001: This interesting article is by Rationalist International, an Indian-based society of nonreligious secular humanists who believe in a scientific approach to life devoid of theology. In this article they accuse India’s Christian missionaries of orchestrating the recent conversion of Dalits, or “untouchables,” not to Christianity, but to Buddhism. The hidden agenda, believes Rationalist International, is to make mass conversion acceptable to the Government and the media. Conversion to Buddhism provides the necessary method, because under Indian law Buddhism is regarded as a part of Hinduism, and conversion from Hinduism to Buddhism does not set off any legal sanctions or even much concern. The Christians reason that once a number of these conversions to Buddhism take place, then mass conversion will be acceptable to Christianity also. In reports seen by HPI, Christian organizations have reported these conversions ceremonies to supporters in the West as including both conversions to Buddhism and Christianity, but in fact, only conversion to Buddhism occurred — so far. Even so, the existence of these other reports shows the Christian hand in the event. Christian evangelists hope that they can convert all of India’s Dalit — some 200 million people. Part of their plan, enacted in the latest edition of the World Christian Encyclopedia, is to separate out the Dalits as of “tribal” faith and not as part of Hinduism. In the New Delhi conversion ceremony, the Rationalist’s report states, thousands denounced all Hindu Gods and rituals, the belief in reincarnation, and raised their hands in agreement to become Buddhist. Official organizers of the Delhi meeting was the “All India Conference of Scheduled Castes and Tribes,” an umbrella organization of government employees with a membership of more than three million. However, behind the scenes the financier of the event was the All-India Christian Council (AICC), an outgrowth of the Evangelical Church, which comprises neo-Protestant “born-again” and missionary organizations and is dominated by Baptists and Pentecostals. When thousands of Hindus are allowed to become Buddhists, just by repeating some chants and raising their hands, the AICC has a wedge to open the gates of India for their future crusades some believe.

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