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For Hindus worldwide, yesterday marked the beginning of the New Year. The festival of lights known as Diwali is a time of celebration. Hindus pray to Lakshmi--the goddess of wealth and good luck--with hope that the forthcoming year will be a healthy and prosperous one. Families come together...
Infuriatingly, Diwali is also the occasion on which the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board has chosen to begin a campaign to convert Hindus and make them aware of the "darkness in their hearts that no lamp can dispel." I take serious offense to the idea that the Baptists...
I am not a Hindu. I am disgusted, however, by the timing of the publication of the guide, "Divali: Festival of Lights, Prayer for Hindus." The International Mission Board urges its members not only to pray on behalf of Hindus, but also to use Diwali as an occasion to "lead...
If, for a moment the International Mission Board reflected on its own actions--it might realize the darkness in its heart. Maybe I should visit them on Dec. 25 at their Virginia headquarters to explain it to them.
The waxed wooden floor of lane 49 shines, dividing the darkness of the otherwise empty alley. Sitting in one of three connecting plastic chairs, Professor Robert D. Putnam leans down to lace up his maroon and tan aerosol-sprayed shoes, and smiles: "The only thing that's off the record...