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Afghanistan/South Asia
Hindu mob attacks US missionaries
2005-06-14
BOMBAY: Angry Hindu youths beat three American missionaries and tried to kidnap one as they held a bible studies class in Bombay, police said on Monday. About 30 or 40 men attacked the three, part of a group of eight, on Saturday night because they thought the missionaries were trying to convert Hindus in the Indian financial capital. The three were treated for bruises and cuts at a hospital but were not seriously injured, police said. "While this kind of attack is rare in Bombay, the police must take serious action against those responsible and send a clear message that religious intolerance will not be accepted in India," Bombay Catholic Sabha president Dolphy D'Souza said.
Posted by:Fred

#16  You want what?

Hell yes, got your semi-mystikal monotheism right here. Cheap too. No Saturday are fine. 10 percentum that's all we ask.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-06-14 17:03  

#15  No way LH. Ifn I was of the door-to-door persuasion you be my first target. :) Just for the entertainment value. ;>

Posted by: Shipman   2005-06-14 17:01  

#14  "Evangelism is the exercise of freedom of speech in favor of one's religious beliefs."

solid first amendment view there, no disagreement. "i may find your evangelism annoying, offputting, and putting your church in a bad light, but I'll defend with my life your right to do it"

Id still rather you went and bothered agnostics and left me alone.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2005-06-14 14:11  

#13  Evangelism is the exercise of freedom of speech in favor of one's religious beliefs.
Posted by: Ptah   2005-06-14 14:06  

#12  Angry Hindu youths beat three American missionaries and tried to kidnap one as they held a bible studies class in Bombay, police said on Monday. About 30 or 40 men attacked the three, part of a group of eight, on Saturday night because they thought the missionaries were trying to convert Hindus in the Indian financial capital.

I guess the "angry Hindu youths" can say God told them to do it, but they'd have to specify which one...

I vote the woman with the six arms...

I understand she's a charmer...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-06-14 11:25  

#11  Evangelism a western concept, ya say? I invite you to the nearest Hindu temple for our next Yogi burning and clam bake.
Posted by: ed   2005-06-14 11:05  

#10  geez, that'll turn on the Santeria door-to-doors that I get
Posted by: Frank G   2005-06-14 10:32  

#9  ...but I've somehow managed for the past few decades to control my impulse to form a mob and kill Jehovah's Witnesses

I just answer the door naked, with a headless chicken in one hand, a knife at the other and smeared in its blood. They never come back after that for some reason.....
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-06-14 10:23  

#8  I'm annoyed by the occasional evangelist, but I've somehow managed for the past few decades to control my impulse to form a mob and kill Jehovah's Witnesses. Maybe it's a Western thing...
Posted by: Fred   2005-06-14 10:10  

#7  The problem isnt religion per se but the whole idea of evangelism. It is a purely western concept and is very annoying to central asians, esp hindus. Actually its very annoying period, vain too.
Posted by: bk   2005-06-14 10:00  

#6   Sorry to say that Muslims don't have a patent on religious intolerance. Fools are universal

Of course we have our own homegrown religous bigots too. Heck we even have some homegrown non-religous bigots
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2005-06-14 09:55  

#5  The coveted Franchise of the Year Award is still probably beyond their reach since the paki's and sauooodeez have dominated this sport for years now and have alot of depth from the bench.
Posted by: Tkat   2005-06-14 09:11  

#4  Posted by: Seafarious 2005-06-14 00:29

lol!
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-06-14 00:32  

#3  No patent, but they have mad franchising skillz.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-06-14 00:29  

#2  wat rwv sayd
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-06-14 00:26  

#1  Sorry to say that Muslims don't have a patent on religious intolerance. Fools are universal.
Posted by: RWV   2005-06-14 00:21  

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