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Gramajo320
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Such actions are not representative of Catholic Relief Agencies either for they help anyone in need regardless of their religious beliefs and while providing help they do not ever try to convert others to their religion. I highly question who the person truly was that used the term nun.
In Christ's love,
Gramajo 320
In Christ's love,
Gramajo 320
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Caretaker
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1) With the use of the term nun it designates it to be a Catholic relief agency, and thus not representative of Christian missionaries.
2) The information is being filtered through the Hindu perspective, which in the past has proven itself very antagonostic to Christian missionaries, (ie the burning alive of a Christian missionary and his children).
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Niedziejkore
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I'm outraged... this article really made me sick to my stomach. And that doesn't happen often.
Villagers furious with Christian Missionaries
Samanthapettai, Jan 16 (ANI): Rage and fury has gripped this tsunami-hit tiny Hindu village in India's southern Tamil Nadu after a group of Christian missionaries allegedly refused them aid for not agreeing to follow their religion.
Samanthapettai, near the temple town of Madurai, faced near devastation on the December 26 when massive tidal waves wiped it clean of homes and lives.
Most of the 200 people here are homeless or displaced , battling to rebuild lives and locating lost family members besides facing risks of epidemic,disease and trauma.
Jubilant at seeing the relief trucks loaded with food, clothes and the much-needed medicines the villagers, many of who have not had a square meal in days, were shocked when the nuns asked them to convert before distributing biscuits and water.
Heated arguments broke out as the locals forcibly tried to stop the relief trucks from leaving. The missionaries, who rushed into their cars on seeing television reporters and the cameras refusing to comment on the incident and managed to leave the village.
Disappointed and shocked into disbelief the hapless villagers still await aid.
"Many NGOs (volunteer groups) are extending help to us but there in our village the NGO, which was till now helping us is now asking us to follow the Christian religion. We are staunch followers of Hindu religion and refused their request. And after that these people with their aid materials are leaving the village without distributing that to us," Rajni Kumar, a villager said.
The incident is an exception to concerted charity in a catastrophe that has left no one untouched.(ANI)
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