My first job was with a Company
manufacturing Electronic Instruments. I was working at their Regional Office in
South India. All my colleagues were Hindus. One day, I was sitting with four of
my colleagues at a cafe having some tea. One of them started talking badly
about Christians. He did not realise that I was there. Suddenly, when he
noticed that I was there, he tried to change the way he was speaking. He said ‘I
like Christians; it is the priests that I don’t like. They are converting our
people.’ At that time another colleague said ‘You don’t choose your religion.
If you are born in a Christian family, you would be a Christian. If you are
born in a Hindu family, you would be a Hindu. If you are born in a Muslim
family, you would be Muslim.’ I felt what he said was right. Most people accept
the religion their parents follow. Some may become sceptical as they grow older
but very few people change their religion.
Friday, April 21, 2017
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