Impressively there is a reasonable lot of Orthodox guys
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India has a bigger population of Christians than most Christian nations lol
StockFinish6307 on
Last person in the 9th slide has the wrong description. The description of Johnny Lever is repeated .
Frosty-Land9329 on
If you meet an Indian looking person with a name like Michael, Paul, Thomas, Elsie, Sarah, Hannah, etc. they’re most likely Christians from Kerala and that is in fact their real name.
AleksandrNevsky on
Alright I’m going to ask what the distribution of Orthodox is. Oriental or Eastern Orthodox are two different branches. I know the St Thomas Christians or Nasrani have been there longer than most Euro nations had Christians so most of those will be OOs.
nocyberBS on
Isn’t actor Johnny Abraham Christian too?
sidmarri on
Blud that data’s from 2011
Vampus0815 on
Why are those states next to Bangladesh so high
Zaketo on
Himachal Pradesh ❤️
Silver-Advantage8502 on
I wonder what India was like before the influence of Islamic and Christian morality, before it was colonized for 900 years
JACC_Opi on
Which type of protestant is the most popular?
Pipimer on
Are they protestants from the British or Catholics?
Zastavo2 on
unsubbing tired of India, lmk if it becomes decent again
PrizeExisting4243 on
There was a post here a few days ago about the prevalence of consanguineous marriages in India and Tamil Nadu had one of the highest rates; does it have any correlation with Christians in that region (or other religions) or is it more a cultural thing?
Big-Carpenter7921 on
Unfortunate
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Portuguese surnames appear to be very common among Christian Indians.
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They also have Christams Markets.
So, Indians who want to see a Christams Market.
Go Kerala , then EU.
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The numbers are a lot higher in the Southern states. Many Christians from the government-labeled backward classes declare themselves to be Hindus because of the fear of losing reservations (equivalent to diversity preferences in the US). In many Indian states, Christians are considered to be the upper class despite their social background.
InquisitiveSoul_94 on
The current numbers would be now much higher than this
My state has close to 25 percent Christian population now. The missionary work was rampant for the past few years.
Most of the converts hail from the scheduled castes and tribes . These castes are explicitly recognised by the Indian constitution to be historically backward and are provided reservations in education and jobs by the government ( close to 25 percent) to correct this.
Here is the caveat. Indian government only recognises scheduled castes that are part of Indic religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion , with no inbuilt caste system, so any official change of religion would result in losing of these privileges. Hence most of the converts mark themselves as Hindus on paper even when they practice Christianity.
I also know of families that attend mass and also pray to Hindu temples. Some form of syncretism is socially acceptable and even thrives. Probably, we will all move away from religious based identities in the near future. The trend seems to point in that direction
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Impressively there is a reasonable lot of Orthodox guys
India has a bigger population of Christians than most Christian nations lol
Last person in the 9th slide has the wrong description. The description of Johnny Lever is repeated .
If you meet an Indian looking person with a name like Michael, Paul, Thomas, Elsie, Sarah, Hannah, etc. they’re most likely Christians from Kerala and that is in fact their real name.
Alright I’m going to ask what the distribution of Orthodox is. Oriental or Eastern Orthodox are two different branches. I know the St Thomas Christians or Nasrani have been there longer than most Euro nations had Christians so most of those will be OOs.
Isn’t actor Johnny Abraham Christian too?
Blud that data’s from 2011
Why are those states next to Bangladesh so high
Himachal Pradesh ❤️
I wonder what India was like before the influence of Islamic and Christian morality, before it was colonized for 900 years
Which type of protestant is the most popular?
Are they protestants from the British or Catholics?
unsubbing tired of India, lmk if it becomes decent again
There was a post here a few days ago about the prevalence of consanguineous marriages in India and Tamil Nadu had one of the highest rates; does it have any correlation with Christians in that region (or other religions) or is it more a cultural thing?
Unfortunate
Portuguese surnames appear to be very common among Christian Indians.
They also have Christams Markets.
So, Indians who want to see a Christams Market.
Go Kerala , then EU.
The numbers are a lot higher in the Southern states. Many Christians from the government-labeled backward classes declare themselves to be Hindus because of the fear of losing reservations (equivalent to diversity preferences in the US). In many Indian states, Christians are considered to be the upper class despite their social background.
The current numbers would be now much higher than this
My state has close to 25 percent Christian population now. The missionary work was rampant for the past few years.
Most of the converts hail from the scheduled castes and tribes . These castes are explicitly recognised by the Indian constitution to be historically backward and are provided reservations in education and jobs by the government ( close to 25 percent) to correct this.
Here is the caveat. Indian government only recognises scheduled castes that are part of Indic religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. Christianity is an Abrahamic religion , with no inbuilt caste system, so any official change of religion would result in losing of these privileges. Hence most of the converts mark themselves as Hindus on paper even when they practice Christianity.
I also know of families that attend mass and also pray to Hindu temples. Some form of syncretism is socially acceptable and even thrives. Probably, we will all move away from religious based identities in the near future. The trend seems to point in that direction
Mother Teresa?