The Hindu Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh wants the death penalty for those who convert Hindus. https://bit.ly/Deathpenaltyforreligiousconversions
He wants evangelists killed because he knows that Hinduism is in danger. In one small Tehsil in his state, where local kings did not permit any mission to build a church, school or hospital during the British Raj, around 40 churches have sprung up between 2014 and 2025. That is, since Hindutva leader Sri Narendra Modi became India’s Prime Minister (PM) and stopped foreign funding for most Christian missions. In PM’s own constituency in Varanasi (UP), on Easter Sunday (April 20, 2025), about 15,000 “Hindus” came together to worship the resurrected Savior in a Roman Catholic ashram. Varanasi is the Hindu heartland.
Some estimate that since 1992, as many as 30,000 churches may have sprung up in Eastern UP, that is, around Varanasi.
Such worship gatherings send a clear message that the Hindu strategy to bribe “Low” caste Indians to remain Hindu is no longer working. Threats, violent persecutions, unjust arrests and imprisonment of evangelists, pastors, healers and new converts have become the Force” driving “low” castes out of the Hindu fold.
The recent Kumbh Mela, held in January-February 2025, demonstrates that the “Power of Myth” is yielding some short-term dividends. However, the ‘Problem with Myth’ is also apparent. It is undermining Hindutva’s hold over Truthseekers. They are quitting Hinduism because they see that myths are sustained by brute FORCE, whereas Truth welcomes challenges and scrutiny.
Mahatma Gandhi was right: less than 20% of “High” caste Hindus can keep their “low” caste victims — about 80% of Hindus — within their fold only by following Christ’s way of Sarvodaya — upliftment of all.
Gandhiji learnt this humane lesson in 1904 when he read John Ruskin’s 1860 book “Unto this Last.” It expounded Christ’s teaching that his followers must serve the least of God’s children.
In 1908, Gandhiji published Ruskin’s book in Gujarati as “Sarvodaya.” Later he succeeded in influencing his “mission school educated” party, the Indian National Congress, to follow Christ’s vision of godliness.
Christ’s teaching required repentance for Hindu Casteism and a change of heart. Sadly, Gandhi’s followers in the Congress transformed “Upliftment of all’ into Social Engineering. They “reserved” some seats in legislatures, civil services and the public sector for lower castes. Without the Bible, they could not know that the true antidote to Casteism is a Spirit that loves your neighbors as themselves.
Later, Gandhiji’s (low-minded) “High” caste Hindus who controlled Congress governments began using the “Reservation System” as bribes to keep their “Low” caste victims within the Hindu fold. They passed Anti-Conversion laws to deny their victims the freedom of conscience to quit an oppressive religious system. Anyone who converted lost the benefits of Reservations.
Hindu politicians and their militias began forcing police officers to register false cases against godly pastors and Truthseekers. The police “Force” surrendered to such pressure because the corruption of administrative and police services has made it a powerless Force without moral backbone. If they don’t obey their corrupt political bosses, they will be punished. A “Problem with Myth” is that it turns India’s national motto, “Satya Mev Jayate” (Truth alone triumphs), into ‘Mithya Mev Jayate’ (falsehood always wins).
The Hindu Religious culture of myth has produced a political, police, judicial, educational and media environment that is putting HINDUISM IN DANGER.
Integrity, truthfulness and justice come from the Spirit of Truth. They build a trustworthy culture. Religious culture of myth and force is making even the judiciary in Hindu India untrustworthy.
Rahul Gandhi, the opposition leader, is attempting to restore trust in the Congress Party. However, he is yet to convince Hinduism’s victims that under his leadership his party will see Upliftment of All as a matter of the Spirit not superficial Social Engineering; that his government will give freedom of conscience to all Indians; and that it will not use the Reservation System as a bribe to keep the oppressed within an oppressive Hindu fold.
PS – Ruth and I are grateful to hundreds of people who loved, served, and hosted us during our month-long tour of India (March 23-April 23) and who organized dozens of meetings to promote my new book, “The Bible and the Making of Modern India.” It includes a chapter on how the Bible can make India a great nation. The revised version of the book is available from www.Triaze.com. Soon the revised version will replace the older version being sold by Amazon.
We are currently in Oxford (UK) (27 April 2025), where I am speaking on Education Revolution this weekend. Below are some pictures from our month-long book tour in India.
