tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post5650899559366369332..comments2024-01-05T08:23:27.097+05:30Comments on Musings: ....of Gospels & Evangelismanilkurup59http://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-69510281251700567902014-11-23T09:10:16.243+05:302014-11-23T09:10:16.243+05:30Here are the interactions withe the Pastor over th...Here are the interactions withe the Pastor over the past few days. Surprisingly he reacts.<br /><br />Hello Mr Pastor,<br /><br />There you go. Honestly I did not expect a reply from you, because usually your breed seldom does react directly.<br />You said it in your reply in no uncertain terms urging to ask for salvation. Ha ha precisely as I said, you guys play on peoples insecurity and fear as well as poverty.<br />I write to you with a fair knowledge of what is said in the Bible and wonders at what would have been in the Bibles or Gospels Constantine destroyed.<br />Let me tell you one thing Mr Pastor, it is only in India you fellows could do this evangelism and conversion by all means.Now that a fanatic brand is in power in New Delhi perhaps you may find it difficult.<br /><br />Stop this fairy tales and conversions. Don't play on peoples fear.<br />If you want to uplift people from destitution do it honestly but not feeding them the specter of sin and eternal hell if they do not bear the cross you give them To say that a new born is a sinner is the worst form of perverted mind Mr Pastor.<br />You guys will not change because this ,matter of religion is your bread and the money in it is wowwww<br /><br />bye Anil<br /><br /><br />Dear Mr.Anilkumar Kurup,<br />Thank you for your relpy.<br /> The gospel of Jesus Christ is not proselytism but it is the message of repentance and salvation for all people. so that you must read the holy Bible also to know more understanding on spiritual truth,yes seek the truth and find concrete faith in God.<br /> Sin is not media of creating fear but it is reality.<br /> The bible says:The heart is deceitful above all things<br /> and beyond cure. <br /> Who can understand it? Jeremiah17:9<br /> May God bless you<br /> Pr.Paul Mala<br /><br /><br /><br />Hello Pastor,<br /><br />At last you seem to be having some spirit to reply and pursue the subject, unlike I thought. <br />Yes belief in God, why not? But why do you folks want to divide Gods, differentiate Gods?<br />Yes the Lord gives wisdom, let me agree here with you. But a lingering doubt, why did God ( God of your Bible) plant the tree of wisdom in the garden of Eden and proscribe the poor couples Adam & Eve from partaking its fruit?I assume that the God was rather unsure of himself , perhaps he was afraid of earthlings gaining knowledge!<br /><br /><br />God has already spoken to me. God said that the likes of you are praying upon miserable people converting them to Christian faith ( ha and there are many, which do you fall in, Evangelist, 7 th day, Catholic, Pentacostal??....)<br />You folks have ruined lives of natives, trampled upon their pagan gods .Well there are volumes to speak of religious atrocities.<br />By the way you did not react to my statement in my first reply to you, that Christianity has a large volume of blood on its hands?<br /><br />See man as one and not divide them like you folks do. And stop this nonsense statement that one man , Christ has owned up all sins of humanity. Its too bad for one to bear even if he be God's son. Mr Pastor work for betterment of people and not promise them a surreal heaven and threaten them with eternal hell, something you do not know and have seen. Has someone come back from heaven or hell to explain about those places?<br />Stop this rubbish this crime of fooling people. <br />l<br />bye<br />AnilMusingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314240044112275262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-30024956293162149792014-11-21T20:34:45.821+05:302014-11-21T20:34:45.821+05:30Wow, that certainly told her. Agreeing with almost...Wow, that certainly told her. Agreeing with almost all you have to say, I really don't like this kind of scaremongering in the name of whatever religion it is.Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-30893258359064084832014-11-20T20:36:36.083+05:302014-11-20T20:36:36.083+05:30Pastor Paul Mala woken up reacting to my reply to ...Pastor Paul Mala woken up reacting to my reply to him. Here is his reply that came by email today.<br />What he conveniently went away from is that Christ did not proselytise, but Mr Pauls breed does . and they do it subtly and playing with fear and sin the words that are more potent than the bombs of Islamic fanatics <br /><br />Dear Mr.Anilkumar Kurup,<br />Thank you for your relpy.<br /> The gospel of Jesus Christ is not proselytism but it is the message of repentance and salvation for all people. so that you must read the holy Bible also to know more understanding on spiritual truth,yes seek the truth and find concrete faith in God.<br /> Sin is not media of creating fear but it is reality.<br /> The bible says:The heart is deceitful above all things<br /> and beyond cure. <br /> Who can understand it? Jeremiah17:9<br /> May God bless you<br /> Pr.Paul Malaanilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-41548843233384033022014-11-17T15:50:13.604+05:302014-11-17T15:50:13.604+05:30@ Ashwini.C.N
Thank you. Yes one letter or reply ...@ Ashwini.C.N<br /><br />Thank you. Yes one letter or reply won't deter such breed. But staying silent will not help either.<br /><br />@ Renu,<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Conversion in India and the poor third world is because of the lure of money.<br />The matters of reason are non existent.<br /><br />@ Rama Ananth,<br /><br />I cannot agree less with you. You said it.<br /><br />@ Happy Kitten,<br /><br />I had to respond . I do because it pumps me to react to such nonsense. Knowing of course that it is his bread winning proposition.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-39996607862405369362014-11-10T17:34:22.781+05:302014-11-10T17:34:22.781+05:30You must be the first one to respond! Not that the...You must be the first one to respond! Not that the Pastor ever made an attempt to understand.<br /><br />It really must be irritating when someone forces you to convert or cajoles you to attend religious meetings. But many needs to do it for their bread.Happy Kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14406399936808407736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-53296743900536924922014-11-09T12:03:39.126+05:302014-11-09T12:03:39.126+05:30Whenever, we get such posts, be in from some vague...Whenever, we get such posts, be in from some vague Hindu organisation, or some Christian church, or even from Sai Baba, Shiridi Baba, we don't even open them, they go straight to the dustbin.<br />When people think they can induce a fear of God,or lure of some concessions they might only get people who come to them with ulterior motives, not because, their love of God in anyway heightened by all these nonsense.Rama Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962222316822524699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-57440986478771028772014-11-08T19:20:51.773+05:302014-11-08T19:20:51.773+05:30It is very sad to see such conversion tries..But t...It is very sad to see such conversion tries..But then so many of our celebrities convert to Islam for their convenience..has anyone evr asked them whether they practice it..these things are just taken as convenience and forgotten.<br />Even my christian maid nevr used to take anything in my place..<br /><br />In chennai I see lot of such people..they have converted but they are neither here nor there..Renuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052079745061422542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-84805552299096111042014-11-07T21:18:56.434+05:302014-11-07T21:18:56.434+05:30Kudos to you for taking time to write.
I was onc...Kudos to you for taking time to write. <br /><br />I was once approached by a girl in a bus stop in Chennai to attend a youth festival every sunday. She told me it would be fun filled and blah blah. From her talk, I realised it was a Christian group. I gave her a fake phone number and contact address. I was approached again by another girl at the same bus stop. I asked her if she would come with me on Sunday to the Bhagavad Gita class in Chinmaya mission. She gelled into the crowded bus stand without a trace.<br /><br />Like you, I too went to a Christian school and religion was imposed in every way they could.Ordinary Indian Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498763668045014556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-23324220144021255872014-11-07T12:04:30.937+05:302014-11-07T12:04:30.937+05:30@ Insignia-
Bindu,Fear is the greatest source , th...@ Insignia-<br />Bindu,Fear is the greatest source , the origin of insecurity and that is what all these felons latch on . It is a social scourge.<br />The irony is that people are falling for it more and they do not for a moment think that if Gods were as varied- parochial and racial as made out why havent each one of them taken care of his folks?Pain and misery is universal and has no boundaries or beliefs.<br /><br />@ Makk<br /><br />Thanks friend. Keep coming on the blog often and not like a stray comet that visits the system in along long long time<br /><br />@ Rudraprayag,<br />Thanks.<br />I have seen such people too. To me it is ridiculous but people claim immunity for their irrational stupid beliefs by saying that faith has no reason and is blind. Miserable!!<br /><br />@ Madhu.N.R<br /><br />Thanks for coming by.<br />Well they do not select people , do they in the present days of communication explosion?<br /><br />@ Usha Menon.<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Yes is it not time that the Government pulled the plug and did something to ban conversion perse?<br /><br />@ Locomonete<br /><br />I do not see any evidence of religion doing good to people. Every benefaction extended by religious order has strings attached a rider.<br /><br />as for rebirths and after life, come on we forget to live this life and run after a mirage of after life. Quixotic isn't it?<br /><br /><br />@ B.K. Chowla,<br /><br />Nonsense indeed and this is what is purveyed and pedalled by Muslims, and Hindu zealots too.<br />So I'm afraid not reacting strongly and being indifferent to such unsolicited evangelism and attempts is something I cannot accept willfully.anilkurup59https://www.blogger.com/profile/07961961217418715354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-80922183898142452822014-11-06T18:52:37.343+05:302014-11-06T18:52:37.343+05:30I would never pay attention to such nonsenseI would never pay attention to such nonsenseBK Chowla,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03869011550287421537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-89579206700872222412014-11-06T15:08:44.046+05:302014-11-06T15:08:44.046+05:30Religion has been interpretted the way people want...Religion has been interpretted the way people want it. Religion is like a law and we should interpret in the same spirit as it was intended. Religion, I believe, was developed to bring people together and also impart the importance of moral lifestyle through tiny stories. These days, however, the same is used in immoral ways.<br /><br />I really dont believe re-birth and hell. But, I do believe that it is important to lead a life that doesnt not hurt others - mentally or physically.<br /><br />And, I am glad that you took the time out and replied back. It might not lead to any changed. May be the Pastor thinks the same way as we do. But, it helps us vet out something that was bothering in minds for a long time. And, he is merely doing this for livelihood.Locomentehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891335111277665181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-4655306928428153332014-11-05T13:16:47.484+05:302014-11-05T13:16:47.484+05:30Very interesting post! These people can go down to...Very interesting post! These people can go down to any extent to convert people to their faith!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06682758228934966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-50770775422392312662014-11-04T21:47:18.200+05:302014-11-04T21:47:18.200+05:30why did the pastor select you Anilkumar? what were...why did the pastor select you Anilkumar? what were the other offers? pay without work?Madhu N Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215131955070249488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-7131418358664240102014-11-02T15:41:14.395+05:302014-11-02T15:41:14.395+05:30First let me appreciate you for digging certain fa...First let me appreciate you for digging certain facts from the deeds of the so-called God-men.You said it and that is very fine.<br /> I quote here an anecdote that happened a couple of years ago.I was distributing rice pudding(payasam) from the temple to the kin present there.Our former maid named Anna( A convert- Annapurna once) had her entry there.Once our former maid, who pays casual visits to us, refused to swallow a temple’s rice-pudding (payasam) given by me. It was much known for its uniqueness. “I have eaten ‘thiruvaththaazham’(holy supper) from the church, so I should not eat consecrated produce of other faith,” with fretful face she confided. She was once Annapurna baptized to Anna(Of course many a time her family converted and reconverted into Hindus and Christians after that incident, based on the fulfillment of their wishes). The main agenda of the so-called god-men are to instill fright and superstition in people to propagate and proliferate their religion. And their wage is not paradise but dollars.<br /><br />Anyway an apt topic in today's era of fanaticism.<br />rudraprayagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775039913655864157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-19562115075742073072014-11-02T13:51:30.919+05:302014-11-02T13:51:30.919+05:30You actually wrote this?
Great going!! :)
You actually wrote this? <br /><br />Great going!! :)<br /><br />Makkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012915183456139011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4448802533825615490.post-91244191084414009362014-11-01T17:44:32.952+05:302014-11-01T17:44:32.952+05:30:-) I am surprised that you took your time and eff...:-) I am surprised that you took your time and efforts to respond to such jokes Anil. You won't hear from the pastor.<br /><br />This is nothing but living by siphoning off others's money; be nurturing them with fear, insecurity. Taking advantage of one's ignorance. <br /><br />You might have sure heard of big names in the field of Evangelism. Its a profitable enterprise; what a MBA degree can't get you. <br /><br />Its shameful that these folks get to such low level. In the last week; a door drop came along with my newspaper. It was an invitation for a prayer meeting..What was on that pamphlet was amusing. <br /><br />It had pictures of Robots, AI and one more thing which I don't recall now as Signs to End of World. <br /><br />It also had a blurry image of a woman sitting on a tiger surrounded by few other tigers and only listed "Revelation 17:3". That image was unmistakably the Hindu Goddess of Durga . And also an image with Revelation 17:6. <br /><br />You may want to check what revelation 17:3 and revelation 17:6 are :-) Its shameful how these folks can demean other religion in the name of glorifying their own Insigniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819054091062923489noreply@blogger.com