From: "ASHOK T. JAISINGHANI" <atsingha@vsnl.com>
Subject: Fw: Christians are not children of God !!
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 01:26:27 +0530

To:
The Editor.
Never become a Christian!
Christians are not children of God!!

Sir:

Even though I had studied in a Christian missionary school, and was taught by many Christian teachers, including Christian priests, I can never accept Christianity as a perfect religion, as their priests wrongly believe it is. From my childhood, I have had Christian friends. I do not understand why many of them just cannot resist the urge to convert all others to Christianity. Hindus do not bother to convert others to the Hindu faith.
 
Even the great thinkers and highly educated priests among Christians get stumped when they argue with me and unsuccessfully try to convert me. When I tell them confidently that no one among all the Christians of the world shall ever succeed in converting me to Christianity, they state that I must be extremely afraid of hearing their sermons on Christianity and also very scared of listening to their Holy Bible. I request them not to try to do the impossible, as they could feel hurt by arguing with a logical thinker like me. But many start arguing with me, in spite of my requesting them not to do so, as my questions might make them extremely unhappy and unsure about their own beliefs and doubtful about their Christian faith. However, they feel compelled to leave in a great hurry in a very disturbed state of mind after hearing my arguments. After accusing me of wanting to remain ignorant, and insisting that I had not been blessed with the Grace of God like they were, they just vanish in a few minutes leaving me alone in peace. Even though they force me to debate with them, they feel horrified even by my simple questions!
 
Orthodox Christians believe that God had only ONE Son, Jesus Christ, who was sent down to the Earth from the Kingdom of Heaven to suffer and die on the cross for the salvation of mankind. According to the Christian dogma, God is the Father of only Jesus Christ and nobody else. If He could be the Father of other men, then Jesus would not be His  only Son!
 
The Christians can never answer the most fundamental question as to why anyone should become a Christian when their God can never accept ALL men as His sons. If I can never become a son of God, why should I accept that person as the Father or, as the Christians say, God the Father ? I am still not sure whether even ALL women are accepted as His  daughters by the Christian God. Jesus Christ is also supposedly considered by the orthodox Christians to be the only Child of God.
 
Can Christianity provide salvation even to the Christians when they can never become sons and daughters of their own God! As children of God they could theoretically become EQUAL to Jesus, which idea Christianity can never accept even as a vague possibility. Now what is the position of the Biblical prophets who came to this world before Jesus Christ, and whom the Christians accept and worship as their prophets? Can the Christians answer whether their prophets were the sons of their God or not?
 
Christians accuse the Hindus of idolatry or the worship of idols. Don't the Christians, especially the Roman Catholics who are in a majority among Christians, worship the idols of Jesus Christ, Mother Mary, and their prophets, apostles, martyrs, saints, angels and even the Holy GHOST! They also worship the Cross and other such symbols of the Christian faith.
 
Sincerely,
Ashok T. Jaisinghani.
 
783/32 Bhawani Peth,
Near Nishat Theater,
Pune - 411042,
India.
Tel: (009120) 6353308.
15 July, 2001.
 
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