“England must have the mask of Christian peaceableness [peacefulness] torn publicly from her face... Our consuls in Turkey and India, agents, etc. must inflame the whole Muslim world to wild revolt against this hateful, lying, conscienceless people of hagglers. For even if we are to be bled to death, at least England shall lose India.” PeopleIfsWorldWholeChristianFacesLyingLosesIndiaEnglandAgentsEtcMaskTornTurkeysHatefulRevoltPeacefulnessMuslim World Author:Wilhelm II
“It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. It is an error which is perhaps the greatest impediment to the world's progress toward peace. ... Why should a Christian want to convert a Hindu to Christianity? Why should he not be satisfied if the Hindu is a good or godly man?” IfsMenWorldWantShouldIdeasTodayChristianChristianityProgressImpossibleStyleGoes OnIndiaErrorsConversionSatisfiedElsewhereGodlyReconcileImpedimentsHindu ReligionGodly Man Book:Christian Missions, Their Place in India Source: Christian Missions, Their Place in India
“The so-called Philosophy of India is even more blowsy and senseless than the metaphysics of the West. It is at war with everything we know of the workings of the human mind, and with every sound idea formulated by mankind. If it prevailed in the whole modern world we'd still be in the Thirteenth Century; nay, we'd be back among the Egyptians of the pyramid age. Its only coherent contribution to Western thought has been theosophy-and theosophy is as idiotic as Christian Science. It has absolutely nothing to offer a civilized white man.” IfsKnowsMenWorldMindHumansHas BeensStillsIdeasWarPhilosophyWholeAgeChristianSoundWhiteModernMankindCenturyOffersIndiaWestWesternContributionCivilizedHuman MindMetaphysicsWhite ManModern WorldPyramidsAbsolutely NothingIdioticChristian Science Author:H. L. Mencken
“It's something that exists on a daily basis on practically every street in India. You have people who are Hindus, Muslims, Christians - not just Catholics, but Protestants, you name it, all kinds of Christians - a hundred other religions, living side by side. And the kind of personal religion that people end up practicing is a bizarre concoction of ritual drawn from each other. So everybody ends up celebrating everyone else's festivals.” PeopleKindEndsChristianNamesSidesStreetsHundredIndiaBasesCatholicAll KindsCelebrateRitualBizarreFestivalsProtestants Author:Anita Rau Badami
“East India Company were a huge multinational that had the added impetus that they felt they were spreading Christian civilization around the world - so they were pretty free to do anything they wanted.” WorldWantedChristianFeltCompanyHugeCivilizationIndiaEastAround The WorldImpetusMultinationals Author:Steven Knight
“We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.” EarthChristianBeliefChristianityDemocracyThirdsIndiaIslamicDependentIndonesia Author:Jimmy Carter
“I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-fifths of the world to hell. I can't imagine that my God would allow some little Hindu kid in India who never interacts with the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity. That's just not part of my religious makeup.” WorldBelieveLittlesI CanHardKidsChristianReligiousChristianityHellFourImagineIndiaEternityIslamMakeupImagine ThatHusseinChristian FaithMind BlowingHard To BelieveChristianity And IslamBlowing ItMuslim Faith Author:Barack Obama
“I left Europe [for India] as a Christian, I discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist without ever having ceased to be a Christian.” ChristianReligionLeftReligiousChristianityReturnDiscoveryEuropeIndiaCeaseBuddhistHinduismPriesthood Author:Raimon Panikkar
“For us in the Pacific, in Asia, in India, and in Africa, Christian unity is not an optional extra. It is an urgent necessity, for our divisions are a real stumbling-block to the proclamation of the Gospel.” RealChristianIndiaUnityBlockExtrasDivisionMissionaryAsiaUrgentPacificStumblingProclamationOptionalStumbling BlocksChristian Unity Author:John Vockler
“It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for.” HomeChristianDiesCommonIndiaJewFlags Book:My Picture of Free India Source: My Picture of Free India