Monday, January 24, 2005
He came, he duped, he went
The Benny Hinn Show is finally over. The rascal was not just allowed by the Dharam Singh govt to openly dupe people, but the CM and his favorite supporter - HD Deve Gowda - themselves attended the show to witness the miracle.
If the govt desires to ban Praveen Togadia on grounds that his speeches would hurt the sentiments of the minorities and may lead to public unrest, would not the same logic apply to Mr. Hinn's visit too? The different of course is that in this case, it is the sentiments of the majority community that would be hurt, and as I have oft repeated, the Hindu community is so dormant it never wakes up for these threats. Imagine Mr. Hinn addressing a "prayer meeting" in Pakistan??? I'm not saying that the Hindu society must turn militant like the Muslim society, but it definitely needs to awake from the slumber it is currently in.
At the same time, the opposition of the Sangh Parivar, esp the BJP smacks of opportunism. The BJP is taking the Hindu society for a ride by itz agitation. If it were to be really serious about preventing Hinn from holding the show in Bangalore, it should have started itz agitation when the public first became aware of the show, not a week before the schedule. Also, why did not they oppose Hinn's last meeting in Mumbai? And, now that Hinn has promised to return next year to Hyderabad, will the BJP take this as an open threat and ensure that he is prevented from his tour next year? Instead of flogging the non-existant Sonia connection, BJP is better off doing some thing concrete for the Hindu society rather than making empty noises.
Marriage is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
- Lisa Hoffman
The Benny Hinn Show is finally over. The rascal was not just allowed by the Dharam Singh govt to openly dupe people, but the CM and his favorite supporter - HD Deve Gowda - themselves attended the show to witness the miracle.
If the govt desires to ban Praveen Togadia on grounds that his speeches would hurt the sentiments of the minorities and may lead to public unrest, would not the same logic apply to Mr. Hinn's visit too? The different of course is that in this case, it is the sentiments of the majority community that would be hurt, and as I have oft repeated, the Hindu community is so dormant it never wakes up for these threats. Imagine Mr. Hinn addressing a "prayer meeting" in Pakistan??? I'm not saying that the Hindu society must turn militant like the Muslim society, but it definitely needs to awake from the slumber it is currently in.
At the same time, the opposition of the Sangh Parivar, esp the BJP smacks of opportunism. The BJP is taking the Hindu society for a ride by itz agitation. If it were to be really serious about preventing Hinn from holding the show in Bangalore, it should have started itz agitation when the public first became aware of the show, not a week before the schedule. Also, why did not they oppose Hinn's last meeting in Mumbai? And, now that Hinn has promised to return next year to Hyderabad, will the BJP take this as an open threat and ensure that he is prevented from his tour next year? Instead of flogging the non-existant Sonia connection, BJP is better off doing some thing concrete for the Hindu society rather than making empty noises.
Marriage is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
- Lisa Hoffman
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Benny Hinn is a throwback to America's "Medicine Show" days. Sorry that your government allowed your people to suffer such shenanigans.
Agree with you! India has itz own list of miracle curers.....we dont really need a Benny Hinn to add to their tribe. But what pains most is that a Hinn becomes acceptable for one of the two reasons....he'z white, and a Christian.
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