Source: www.swans.com
INDIA, September 8, 2009: [HPI note: this is an opinion piece by Raju Peddada dealing with the serious side effects that unethical conversion has in Indian villages. ]
I distinctly remember the smells and sounds of the remote south Indian villages. In those innocent years, you could hear mothers calling out to their kids to come home for supper at sunset. Standing on the high verandahs you could hear the thunderous stampede of returning cattle from grazing…
These same villages we enjoyed in the decades prior have become battle zones for conversion. Christian missionaries have built huge churches that scream for attention, in every emerald village spewing out disquieting sermons. In the land of tolerance, intolerance is taking root with devastating results.
For the full article see source above.