Mervyn Lobo wrote: 'I am based in Toronto, Canada. I can assure you that caste is a huge factor in the peculiar type of Christianity as practiced by Goans.
...... caste and Christianity go hand in glove in India.' COMMENT: 1: Request my good friend Mervyn, to please clarify what he means by "huge factor in the peculiar type of Christianity as practiced". Please specify what they allegedly PRACTICE. 2: I believe I have written this. zillion times. 3: Revision aside, the major facet of Casteism is DISCRIMINATION. 4: It is mainly: a COLOR based discrimination. Am still trying to figure out how the Huns became Rajputs, If the Ship wrecked Jews became Chitpawan Brahmins, How Shivaji eventually was able to overcome Brahmin objection before becoming Chatrapati......etc 5: Caste discrimination is incompatible with Christianity. 6: Tomorrow, Mervyn might travel to another island country favoured by Canadians and write about Santeria Catholics. 7: Those Goans who practice discrimination based on their alleged ancestral pre-conversion Hindu caste, have NOT YET converted. They are best classified as individuals who are attending Christian worship services while practicing the Hindu Caste System. One day, they might resolve to shun this Apartheid practice and convert to Christianity. jc
