Thread by @Hiranyareta

Some tweets on this tendency among Lutyen Liberals, Seculars, Commies etc following Western narrative on Hinduism to link any crime allegedly by a Hindu to Hinduism. 1/n

Because Western narrative on Hinduism is fundamentally a Christian narrative, roots of this tendency lies in early Christianity and interaction between Christians and the Pagans as early Christians were not a separate ethnic community. 2/n

The notion of idolatry played a central role in demarcating the boundaries of the Christian religious community because real question was whether mixing, eating drinking with pagans makes one complicit in idolatry. 3/n

This explains why the biblical passages often established a connection between “food rules, sex rules and the prohibition of idolatry,” as Stephen Barton (2007) finds.

Ref: Idolatry: False Worship in the Bible, Early Judaism and Christianity pp. 141-62 4/n

Such demarcations of the social interactions between Christians and ‘idolaters’ became pertinent in those areas of life concerning food and sexual conduct. 5/n

The Jewish tradition had equated idol worship to fornication and adultery, because the relationship between Israel and God was imagined in terms of a marriage covenant. In Christianity, this connection between idolatry and promiscuity became increasingly important.
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In addition to the worship of images, sexual promiscuity and perversity became one of the defining characteristics for Christians to recognize false religion, identify the idolaters and stay clear from idolatry. 7/n

In the medieval period, this was also considered to be one of the markers of heresy: the religious groups identified as heretics were all too often accused of a variety of grotesque and perverse sexual acts and of losing themselves to worldly pleasures. 8/n

Similarly, when the Europeans explored the world, they not only looked for the idols of the heathens they expected to find, but in addition scrutinized their sexual mores in minute detail. 9/n

One of the popular ways for European Christians to distinguish themselves from the ‘heathens’ of Africa, Asia and America would be to report their bizarre sexual behaviour and general obsession towards worldly pleasures. 10/n

Coming to India and Hindus, this theological connection between idolatry and promiscuity did not falter. The voyeurism that characterizes travel writing bear witness to an almost obsessive preoccupation with India’s sexual mores and the Indian women. 11/n

The promiscuous Hindu women, lecherous crafty Brahmin priest and temples as place of devil worship is the image of Hinduism in the unconscious mind of a westerner and their Indian sepoys. 12/n

Therefore, any propaganda attack on Hinduism and Hindus is centred around this image. Because they believe Hindus are like this and therefore attempt to shame (and thus make them submit) Hindus are built around this core theme. 13/n

For example, loot at this article where "B.N. Pande,working chairman of the Gandhi Darshan Samiti, former Governor of Orissa" justifies demolition of Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
Do you notice Christian theme and why I call Gandhi and Gandhians Christian? 14/n
koenraadelst.bharatvani.org/articles/ayodh…

This whole Gandhi and Nehru legacy is a Christian legacy and therefore, Lutyen Raibahaduri establishment due to its inherent Christian character displays same hostility towards Hindus as Church and missionaries. 15/n

This explains why every Bollywood courtesan was emphasizing on "Devi Sthan" in her protest placards. Because protest theme originates from unconscious image of Hinduism from Christian mind of Lutyen liberals as they are the sheep from padre education kingdom of India. 16/16