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Is History repeating itself?
Are we heading towards a Christian India?

Mark Twain, (1835-1910) American writer and journalist, also known as Samuel Clemens, one of the most widely loved and celebrated American writers since his first books were released in the late 1860s. He wrote in Mark Twain and the Bible:

"The Bible is a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology." 

"Measured by our Christianity of to-day, bad as it is, hypocritical as it is, empty and hollow as it is, neither the Deity nor His Son is a Christian, nor qualified for that moderately high place. Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt."    

"Christianity was the first creed in history to exterminate its adversaries in the name of love."

Note: "Christianity has virtually destroyed South Korea and Korean Buddhists have become a minority in their own country and gone into hiding. China and India are next on the missionary list of cultures to subsume and conquer."

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Civilizing the Heathens of India by Spreading Christianity is like America spreading Democracy in Iraq

John Fletcher Hurst (1839 - 1903) American missionary visiting British India wrote:

India is now open to missionary work. All the Indian gates are down; the bars are shattered into small fragments; the locks are ground into fine dust. Every stream sings a welcome to the evangelist of peace. The King of Nations is entering”

 

      

John F Hurst and Lord Palmerston of the British Empire.

One of the most significant signs of the Indian times lies in the fact that since the mutiny of 1857 England has learned that the Christian religion is the real, and only, basis of a permanent tenure of the country.

“It is not only our duty, but it is our interest to promote the diffusion of Christianity, as far as possible, through the whole length and breadth of India.”

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One of the most significant signs of the Indian times lies in the fact that since the mutiny of 1857 England has learned that the Christian religion is the real, and only, basis of a permanent tenure of the country. In 1862 Lord Palmerston paid a tribute to the loyalty to the British government of the native Christians of India, and added:

“It is not only our duty, but it is our interest to promote the diffusion of Christianity, as far as possible, through the whole length and breadth of India.”

(source: Indika: The Country and the people of India and Ceylon - By Rev. John F Hurst p. 432 - 444).

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Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America . A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. 

He has observed that:

"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life I absented myself from Christian assemblies."

The Christian God is a being of terrific character -- cruel, vindictive, capricious, and unjust." "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."

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According to a widely circulated invitation on the Internet, a 'massive demonstration rally' will be held on October 4, 2008 in front of the UN office in New York, to protest against a 'small group of misguided fascist ideologues and caste supremacists' who are corrupting Indian civilisation. Perusing the stentorian note of warning about 'possibly the start of genocide,' one is left admiring the Church's ability to successfully annihilate faiths and cultures across countries and continents without introspection or remorse, while projecting themselves as martyrs when resisted by their hapless victims.  

 

Turning Indian religious traditions into Vatican-franchised museums

It costs 145 billion dollars to operate global Christianity, records a book on evangelization. 

 

      

The Vatican and Pope Benedict.

The Christian Church's has successfully annihilate faiths and cultures across countries and continents without introspection or remorse, while projecting themselves as martyrs when resisted by their hapless victims.  

Why are monotheistic traditions (Christianity and Islam) unable to live in peace in pluralist societies?

Converting with Military Precision: India is fully aware that barring France, almost all Western Governments provide generous funding to evangelists; this has a political and not a religious objective.

Despite awareness of the Baptist activity in the North-East, the Indian elite's slavish attitude towards the West inhibits an adequate response to the nature of the threat.  

Refer to Preparing for the harvest ...  - By Tehelka.com and jesusneverexisted.comRefer to Catholic Church sells Tickets to Heaven. Refer to Foreign contributions to India 2006 - 2007 and Christian Institutions Top List of NGOs Operating in India in 2007Refer to Amen - an autobiography of a nun.  Refer to Sex, Priests, and Secret Codes: The Catholic Church’s 2000-year Paper Trail of Sexual Abuse - By Thomas Doyle, AW Richard Sipe & Patrick Wall (LA: Volt Press, 2006).  Refer to A Perception of Christian Missionary Activities – By Suresh Desai

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"Popes maimed & were maimed, killed & were killed... Without question, these pontiffs constitute the most despicable body of leaders, clerical or lay, in history. They were, frankly, barbarians. Ancient Rome had nothing to rival them in rottenness."

                         – Peter de Rosa - Vicars of Christ  p 48.

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The decision of Indian Christians to run for aid to the supreme Christian military power in the world, the United States makes sense when one considers that even during the British Raj it was American evangelists who had greater success in converting natives in South Asia than the Europeans. So overpowering was their intellectual dominance over formally unconverted upper castes that to this day the products of Forman's Christian College, Lahore, solemnly swear that they learnt their moral codes from missionaries.  

 

  

Cotton Mather (1663 - 1728) who is often remembered for the Salem Witch trials and American theocracy. Ever since Cotton Mather took up a collection to convert the Hindus, Americans have felt a great interest in missionary labor in India.

Greed invariably leads to arrogance and arrogance to stupidity. Co-existence not competition has been the hallmark of Indic/Vedic religions. Wars of religion were quite unknown in ancient India before the advent and appearance of Islamic and Christianity.

Saving heathen souls and destroying and tearing up other ancient cultures are a mega business around the world from Iraq to India and China to Hawaii. The concept of respect for other people cherished traditions is of little consequence to them. Columnist Stephen R Welch who writes for Free Inquiry magazine says that: "India is part of the "Unreached Bloc" or the "Last Frontier." In the rural backwaters and isolated tribal hamlets of countries like India, missionaries routinely peddle the fruits of generosity--food and medicine--as "inducements" for conversion to Christianity. When these allurements fail, more aggressive means may be employed, not barring fraud and intimidation. Apparently, in the Unreached Bloc, "harvesting" souls is an end that justifies almost any means."

It is mind boggling to think that one billion people are under the rule of a foreign Italian Catholic woman who is by NO means a towering intellectual and who has NO compassion for the Hindu cause or interest in Hinduism. In conclusion it can be said that we are truly living in the age of The Kali Yuga. The decision of Indian Christians to run for aid to the supreme Christian military power in the world, the United States makes sense when one considers that even during the British Raj it was American evangelists who had greater success in converting natives in South Asia than the Europeans. 

Watch the movie - Indoctrination in Jesus Camp and For The Rise of Christian Nationalism in USA - Refer to Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism - By Michelle Goldberg and Divine Destruction: Dominion Theology and American Environmental Policy - By Stephenie Hendricks. Refer to Rapture or Rupture? and Rapture Ready and Christian Fundamentalism Agenda in USA and Book: Bush told reporter Jews are 'all going to hell' - rawstory.com. Refer to The multi-million dollar business called evangelism - By David Barnett. Refer to Vindicated by Time: The Niyogi Committee Report  On Christian Missionary Activities Introduction - By Sita Ram Goel - voi.org. Refer to Christian Conversions and Attack on Hindu Swami in Orissa - By V Sundaram  indiacause.com). Refer to India Secular and The Rise and fall of Religious Right in USA

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Twenty-first century Hindus, however, are far less diffident in the protection of their faith and civilisational ethos than say, 60 years ago, when the sub-continent was partitioned because even nationalists like Bhagat Singh and Subhash Chandra Bose failed to see the intimate connection between dharma, motherland, and national integrity. The Left under Mr Prakash Karat is making the same mistake; even America 's success in dividing Leftist ranks over the nuclear deal and sharply curtailing Leftist exposure in Indian media thereafter, has not caused a rethink. Without a swim in the sea of Hindu nationalism, the Left is doomed to extinction; Hindu groundswell will give the BJP a lift as a Hindu party in spite of itself. 

 

Conversion Kills India's Unique Cultural Identity

 

Indra - Vedic God from Nepal.

photo courtesy: Dr. Deepak Shimkhada.

(image source: A Tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and Wisdom spanning continents and time about India and her culture - By Sushama Londhe).

Conversion kills Cultural identity - Immeasurable loss of culture, tradition, and multiple levels of religious belief.

Conversion is political conquest, which is why faith and Empire have always gone hand-in-hand. 

Why are the Vatican, Italy and America rushing to interfere in India 's internal affairs?

Refer to chapter on European Imperialism.

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Conversion is political conquest, which is why faith and empire have always gone hand-in-hand. 

Currently, the National Association of Asian Indian Christians in the USA, Inc, Indian Christian Forum and Gujarat Christian Federation have joined hands to invite Western Christian intervention to facilitate conversions in India. Already Pope Benedict XVI, and the Italian and American Governments have expressed themselves against the Hindu reaction to the murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati last month.

Yet surely the violence is a symptom of deep-seated Hindu resentment over missionary conduct. Certainly the growing arc of violence against Christian prayer halls, from Orissa to Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and even isolated incidents in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, supports the contention that unmonitored foreign funds are being used for conversions and that the true extent of Christian population is not reflected in the Census.

What is indefensible here is that the Indian state, despite so much known societal resentment, has done nothing to monitor missionary activity among vulnerable sections of the people. When it is known that evangelists target the chronically ill, hungry, and socially backward, why is there no immediate and statutory inquiry the minute a conversion takes place? If faith is being exchanged like a market commodity, does the missionary have the licence to conduct such a transaction?

And when the Church (and its secular advocates) claims that conversions happen when it renders services Hindu society has failed to provide, doesn't that debunk the myth of 'voluntary' conversion?

India is fully aware that barring France, almost all Western Governments provide generous funding to evangelists; this has a political and not a religious objective. Israel was created by dumping European Jews on Palestine; East Timor was created by almost full-scale conversion of the Muslims in that part of Indonesia. 

Despite awareness of the Baptist activity in the North-East, the Indian elite's slavish attitude towards the West inhibits an adequate response to the nature of the threat. Foreign missionaries visit the country with impunity, and very few are identified and deported; so far no funds of converting agencies have been seized. Henceforth, district authorities must be asked to suo motu investigate any unnatural rise of converts in any area. 

As conversions are often justified on grounds of freedom of religion, it is pertinent to ask whether an individual -- embedded from birth in family, religion, cultural tradition -- can simply cut anchor and roll away. 

The Sanatan Dharma is a religion and a civilisation; conversion to any monotheistic faith involves an immeasurable loss of culture, tradition, and multiple levels of religious belief. One does not merely travel from Krishna to Christ or Kaaba, as is glibly insinuated. One loses a civilisational landscape -- ishta deva (personal deity), kula deva (family deity), grama deva (village god), sthana deva (god of the area) -- and the culture and traditions associated with it.

(source: Conversion kills cultural identity - By Sandhya Jain - dailypioneer.com
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Fighting for the Soul of Bharat Mata
Lord Krishna's message in the Bhagavad Gita

Charles Francois Dupuis (1742 –1809) French scholar, a professor (from 1766) of rhetoric at the Collège de Lisieux, Paris. With anti-clerical fervor typical of the Enlightenment, Dupuis castigated Christianity for its attempt to monopolize universal mythology — that is, to hijack the script for the human species. He argued that pagans were closer to the reality of the world because they saw divinity in the forces of natures and read the book of nature, and particularly the Zodiac, like a divinatory text.

He branded Christianity as a religion of terror, in contrast to simple, beautiful pagan religions.   

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Meanwhile the thinly veiled Christian empires of the West have lent their political muscle along with their treasuries to cower upon a weak-kneed Indian government. The Pope, the Italian, French, European Union and US governments have risen up in unison to demonstrate that the modern Western State is nothing more than the executive arm of the Church. 

Such is their concern over the loss of a few Indian Citizens since their stripes are Christian, as if affiliation to a Church overrides their national and cultural identity of eons. Our minority Prime Minister has done his due diligence by claiming the Hindu"s reaction in Orissa to be a national shame. So are the "nonviolent" Hindus taking recourse to violence? Do Hindus indulge in unprovoked violence? Even if provoked, is "Hindu" violence justifiable? Should Hindus retaliate and be revengeful? What is the Hindu scriptural dictate"?

 

Lord Krishna expounding the Bhagavad Gita to Arjun

During the Mahabharata war, according to the Bhagvat Gita, Lord Krishna revealed himself to Arjun and asked him to wage "dharma-yuddha". Protection of self is a necessity - all civil societies so agree.

It is true that Hindus do not force their religion on "non Hindus". On the other hand, history is witness to the violence and atrocities committed by Muslims or Christians all over the world, past and present, in the name of religion.

Refer to After Haj, it is Christian pilgrimage - crusadewatch.org

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During the
Mahabharata war, according to the Bhagvat Gita, Lord Krishna revealed himself to Arjun and asked him to wage "dharma-yuddha". Protection of self is a necessity - all civil societies so agree. Nobody argues that nonviolence is a desirable quality. It is true that Hindus do not force their religion on "non Hindus". On the other hand, history is witness to the violence and atrocities committed by Muslims or Christians all over the world, past and present, in the name of religion. A malignant self-destructive nonviolence has been subtly allowed to sprout and mushroom in the collective psyche of the Hindus, and "inaction" has been deceptively euphemized as "tolerance" to destroy our righteous will. Our independence struggle has been almost totally credited to this Gandhian philosophy, which is a huge injustice to the large number of leaders and common people who have given up their lives for our freedom.

Have Hindus always been nonviolent? Don"t we believe that the "virtuous Devtas" always fought the "evil doing Asuras"?
Wasn"t it a necessity for Lord Vishnu to incarnate repeatedly in the form of his various "avatars" to save the universe from evil forces? Wasn"t it required of Ram to kill Ravan for a just cause? Didn"t Krishna use his divine power right from childhood to slay the demons and "save the innocents" repeatedly? Our independence struggle has been almost totally credited to this Gandhian philosophy, which is a huge injustice to the large number of leaders and common people who have given up their lives for our freedom. Does that make Hinduism the same as other religion in its approach to the concept of violence? The answer is no. Unlike the scriptural sanction of violence in propagation of some monotheistic faiths, Sanatan Dharma has no such parallel; it merely exhorts one to righteousness, which does not include propagation of one"s faith as the only true faith. This is a foundational difference which must never be lost sight of.

Hinduism does not promote violence when it is not necessary or against the innocent. Even in war we had our ethos and principles.
Harold Wilson (1786-1860), a British Orientalist wrote "The Hindu laws of war are very chivalrous and humane, and prohibit the slaying of the unarmed, of women, of the old, and of the conquered. " Can we say the same about the invaders of Bharatvarsha over the centuries? Even our whitewashed history, as we read today, will not support that. Whole scale massacres, rape and destruction in the name of religion and God were the rule rather than the exception. The Western (read Christian) mission on India was no less barbarous. This was Max Mueller"s comment" " India has been conquered once, but India must be conquered again. the ancient religion of India is doomed, and if Christianity does not step in, whose fault will it be? "

The history of Christianity, despite the deception of fables of love and mercy of the savior, has been a trail of bloodshed and horror wherever it has stepped in the world. It is an unrelenting continuity of persecution of peoples who differed from the Christian doctrine. The "dark ages" of Europe testify to the horror of crusades, slavery, witch hunt and annihilation of the "pagans."

All in the name of the cross!

Bharatvarsha and Hindus have tolerated all this before independence. Are Hindus any better off now? Has their lot changed? Have they revived themselves in any meaningful way? 

We still remain under forces that do not allow us to live our life and practice our religion freely in our own country. Our subjugators prefer the tolerant, docile harmless Gandhian Hindu. We are made to believe that an assertive Hindu is not the "real Hindu"; only the assertive Christian and the assertive Muslim is real - that being their natural state has to be so accepted! It is unfashionable to claim oneself as a Hindu - doing so is equated to "being a fundamentalist". The same "stigma" does not apply to a Muslim or Christian - it is their religious right!

Hindus are being denigrated by their own media and politicians in the name of "secularism" which is equated with anti-Hinduism. In India , most of print and electronic media is controlled by foreign funded, anti-Hindu forces that are more than happy to denounce Hinduism and spread misinformation about Hindu religious icons and scriptures. Irrespective of truth and morality, it is "progressive" thinking to talk about minority rights and politically correct to voice minority concerns. Since Hindus have suffered for 14 centuries, suffering for the Hindu is but natural. Why talk about it?

Every attempt is made to divide Hindu unity, to disrobe Hindu pride, to denigrate Hindu saints and deities. Our religion is portrayed as superstitious, our tradition as old fashioned, our beliefs as non-progressive. Our history is distorted and our achievements are belittled. Our historical exhibitions are forcefully shut down, our processions are diverted, our celebrations are rescheduled and our meetings are disallowed to avoid "minority displeasure" and to promote "peace and communal harmony". Ram is abused as a drunkard and Krishna is vilified as a "characterless womanizer", while an invited Pope openly aspires to change the religion of our land and a resident chief Imam continuously delivers anti-national speech and open threats to the integrity of the country. Sankaracharya is treated worse than an ordinary criminal and not even allowed to cook his own food but Abdul Madani, the "main accused" in the Coimbatore bomb blast case, which left 58 dead, is provided all the facilities, including a regular masseur and Muslim terrorist inmates regularly make phone calls from their cell phone to Pakistan.

It is non-secular and communal to talk about
Vivekananda"s nationalism, to sing Bankim"s Vandematram, to dream of Gandhi"s Ram Rajya, to reclaim our demolished temples of Rama, Krishna and Shiva, but it is perfectly secular and consistent with minority rights to portray Bharatmata and our Gods in nude, to refuse to hoist the tricolor in madrassas, to wave flags of our enemies in our soil and to preach that our religion, the Sanatan Dharma, that Rishi Aurobindo described as the "soul of India", as a dark mythology that guarantees a ride to hell and thus needs to be rescued in the name of the father and the son.

 



 
            

Swami Vivekanada, Vande Matram, Rishi Sri Aurobindo.

It is non-secular and communal to talk about Vivekananda"s nationalism, to sing Bankim"s Vandematram, to dream of Gandhi"s Ram Rajya, to reclaim our demolished temples of Rama, Krishna and Shiva, but it is perfectly secular and consistent with minority rights to portray Bharatmata and our Gods in nude, to refuse to hoist the tricolor in madrassas, to wave flags of our enemies in our soil and to preach that our religion, the Sanatan Dharma, that Rishi Aurobindo described as the "soul of India", as a dark mythology that guarantees a ride to hell and thus needs to be rescued in the name of the father and the son.

Refer to Christian Missionary Atrocities and Victims of Christian Faith and jesusneverexisted.comWatch the movie Deliver us from Evil

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Terrorist groups are sympathized with as "victims of circumstances", their families compensated and taxpayers money is spent for their legal aid, duly endorsed by "secular" ministers; terrorist victims are brushed away as collateral damage and urged to maintain peace and harmony. Police and armed forces, who risk their daily life and safety for our protection, are vigorously scrutinized to detect even the minutest of flaws, by so called "human right sympathizers of terrorism". Hindus have seen their land divided, their people uprooted before and they see again the shadow of infiltration by the same perpetrators, encroaching their country, with the support of their own leaders and government. Hindu religious institutions are being governed by people, including non Hindus, contemptuous of their faith.

And then, as if the "peaceful" Muslim menace is not enough, the Hindus are also being "blessed" by the presence of the other major religious invader, the "God fearing and ever-loving" Christians. Many of us do not realize that Jesus was neither a Christian nor did he start Christianity. Christianity, as we know today, was compiled by his followers over the next few centuries. In close association with "Western Imperialism", Christianity has successfully conquered majority of the world by centuries of violence, causing extinction of "pagan" ancient civilizations of the Greek, the Romans, the Red Indians, the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Australian aborigines and the indigenous African population. Having killed and converted the populations in the name of the cross, they then preach nonviolence, take control of the resources and rule the countries in the name of "democracy", manipulating the leaders and the government to satisfy their need. Aided by the wealth that was accumulated by robbing the conquered people, and military aggression, they lure countries into development in the name of Industrialization, followed soon by Westernization and then Christianization.  

     

Christianity has successfully conquered majority of the world by centuries of violence, causing extinction of "pagan" ancient civilizations of the Greek, the Romans, the Red Indians, the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Australian aborigines and the indigenous African population. Having killed and converted the populations in the name of the cross, they then preach nonviolence, take control of the resources and rule the countries in the name of "democracy", manipulating the leaders and the government to satisfy their need. 

In the 19th century, German historian Bruno Baur alleged that Jesus was the mental invention of a few second-century Christians who were influenced by Græco-Roman philosophy. More recently, an atheist associated with the Freedom From Religion Foundation argued that “the New Testament Jesus is a myth” The views of scholars who entirely rejected Jesus' historicity were summarized in Will Durant's Caesar and Christ, published in 1944. Their rejections were based on a suggested lack of eyewitnesses, a lack of direct archaeological evidence, the failure of ancient works to mention Jesus, and similarities early Christianity shares with then-contemporary religion and mythology.

Refer to Victims of Christian Faith and jesusneverexisted.com and Things they don't tell about Christianity. Watch the movie Deliver us from Evil and Survivors Network of those Abused by Christian Priests. Refer to Christianization of Andhra PradeshRefer to Are Hindus the Village Idiots of  India ?

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The cultural and religious invasion is smooth, well organized, well funded and well executed, amply masqueraded by such "faith based benevolent social services" like establishing Christian educational and healthcare institutions and setting up non-governmental aid and human rights organization that subtly promote western interest and missionary activities. It is hard to blame the innocents who are easily attracted and fall for the glamour and material comfort of "modern" life. Age old indigenous traditions and cultures are thus gradually erased and humane qualities of morality, ethics and values get redefined.

In 1999,
Pope John Paul II, gave a call to evangelize and "conquer" Asia in the third millennium. So far, other than a few smaller countries like Vietnam, Philippines or South Korea, Christianity is yet to set a firm foot on Asia continent, largely because the ancient civilizations of India and China and the faith in the Eastern religions, largely Hinduism and Buddhism. But since the last decade or so, with the active support of fundamental, Christian Governments, dominated by the Bush lead Americans, evangelism has reached a new dimension. Unable and hesitant to effectively manipulate the theocratic Muslim countries or the communist Chinese for fear of retaliation, they have pounced upon India as a major but soft target.

One has to realize that Christianity worldwide has always been and still is an institutionalized, politically motivated, power hungry organization. The good old "father" in a white robe, with a cross, as depicted in our movies, spreading "love" and "mercy", is not necessarily the whole story. The current Pope Benedict, on his trip to Brazil , had described the genocidal destruction of America "s pre-Columbus cultures as a "purifying" act which gave the natives just what they were "longing" for. What a way to officially endorse the mass murder, slavery and military aggression.

(source: Are Hindus violent?  - By Dr. Bandyopadhyay Arindam - indiacause.com). 

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Western Double Standards - Nationalism and Secularism
A flag-wrapped  American Crusade for global domination

American Nationalism is considered a virtue but in Hindu Nationalism or Japanese Nihonjinron is undesirable. It hinders Christian evangelization of India and Japan. Thus BJP is routinely tagged with a derogatory term  'the Hindu Nationalist' party but the same derogatory term is not applied to the Christian Democratic Party of Germany or The British National Front? And Why Not?

In the USA - From the prominent displays of flags and bunting to the ubiquitous lapel pins, the fervor to show patriotic nationalism, both on the part of the regime itself and of citizens caught up in its frenzy, was always obvious. Catchy slogans, pride in the military, and demands for unity were common themes in expressing this nationalism. It was  usually coupled with a suspicion of things foreign that often bordered on xenophobia.

PNAC (Project for a New American Century) - a gift to the world could be wrapped in just the right colorful tissues of  patriotism, freedom, democracy, and Christian values. A flag-wrapped American Crusade for global domination. According to the Catholic Church in The Vatican 'secularism is bad in the West' but Secularism is essential and good in India and Nepal since it facilitates religious conversion. 

Refer to Fascism Anyone? - By Laurence W. Britt and Dark Pearl - By John S. Hatch Watch the movie - Indoctrination in Jesus Camp

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