ഐഓവ: 2016 ല് നടക്കുന്ന അമേരിക്കന് പ്രസിഡന്റ് തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പില് റിപ്പബ്ലിക്കന് സ്ഥാനാര്ത്ഥിയായി പരിഗണിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഇന്ത്യന്- അമേരിക്കന് വംശംജനും, ലൂയിസിയാനാ ഗവര്ണ്ണറുമായ ബോബി ജിന്ഡാല് ക്രിസ്തുവിനെ കുറിച്ച് പ്രസംഗിക്കാന് എവിടെ പോകാനും തയ്യാറാണെന്ന് പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു.
വൈറ്റ് ഹൗസ് ക്യാംപെയിന്റെ ഭാഗമായി ജനുവരി ആറിന് പ്രാദേശിക പാസ്റ്റര്മാരേയും സുവിശേഷകരേയും കാണുന്നതിനും പിന്തുണ തേടുന്നതിനുമായി അയോവയിലേക്ക് പുറപ്പെടും മുന്പ് പത്രലേഖകരുടെ ചോദ്യത്തിന് മറുപടി പറയുകയായിരുന്നു ജിന്ഡാള്.
സ്പിരിച്ച്വല് റിവൈല്വിനും, പ്രാര്ഥനയ്ക്കും താല്പര്യമുളള ക്രിസ്ത്യന് വിഭാഗത്തില് ഉള്പ്പെടുന്നവരുടെ പിന്തുണ ലഭിക്കുന്നതിന് രാജ്യത്തുടനീളം സഞ്ചരിക്കാനാണ് ജിന്ഡാള് പദ്ധതി തയ്യാറാക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നത്.
ന്യുഹാംഷെയര്, വാഷിംഗ്ടണ്, ഒക്കലഹോമ തുടങ്ങിയ സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളില് ഇതിനകം തന്നെ ബോബി പാസ്റ്റര്മാരേയും ഇവാഞ്ചലിസ്റ്റുകളേയും സന്ദര്ശിച്ചിരുന്നു.
ഹിന്ദു മാതാപിതാക്കളാല് വളര്ത്തപ്പെട്ട കത്തോലിക്കാ വിശ്വാസത്തിലേക്ക് മാറിയ ബോബി ജിന്ഡാള് രണ്ടാം തവണയാണ് ലൂയിസിയാന ഗവര്ണ്ണര് പദവിയില് എത്തി ചേര്ന്നിരിക്കുന്നത്. സ്വവര്ഗ്ഗ വിവാഹത്തിനും ഗര്ഭ ചിദ്രത്തിനുമെതിരെ ശക്തമായ നടപടികളാണ് ബോബി സ്വീകരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. കുടുംബാംഗങ്ങളുടെ പിന്തുണയോടും പ്രാര്ഥനയോടും കൂടെ അടുത്ത ചില മാസങ്ങള്ക്കുളളില് പ്രസിഡന്റ് സ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് മത്സരിക്കണമോ എന്ന തീരുമാനിക്കുമെന്നാണ് ജിന്ഡാള് അഭിപ്രായപ്പെട്ടത്.
In fact Obama proved time and again that he is a follower of Jesus (not Christians) by uplifting the poor, oppressed, and destitute. He is working hard to bring the minimum wages up in many states and improve the life of middle class. Republicans including Tea party, George Bush, Chaney and Rumsfeld took this nation to war in the name WMD in Iraq (a lie) and destroyed the economy of this nation. Millions of people lost their job and struggled to make both end meet. Jindal is a fake Christian like you and Matthulla. All he cares about is securing his power. I know people like you get goose bump when you here the name of Jindal. You guys are living in fool’s paradise and keep on spitting trash on Obama, a guy, who was elected as President of this nation, twice, with more than 60% electoral vote. Does it say something? No; I know it is hard for you guys to swallow because of your color barrier. You wait and watch how 2016 is going to shape up. GOP will never be destroyed by Democrats rather it will be destroyed by its own people. If Jesus comes back today he will be spending time with the poor and oppressed not with rich people who continuously try to oppress the poor. Jindal is a fake Christian and politician good enough to impress you.
Only few Xian-Indians (mostly Malayalees)would vote him because of religious fanaticism. Jindal is not a choice for majority Indians in this country. Indians are very small number and only money little money matters. But most Indians wouldn't give him money. Republicans would have found that fact now. Republicans would find difficult to bring somebody to the stage for the next President because none wants to risk the money.
John Chako.s statement clearly tells more about Christians and it raises more questions? Are they a political party? Do different factions of Christians hate each other? He states that the chance for Jindal to win the presidential election (He is never going to be a GOP candidate is another story- His ambition was undermined by his own party by giving him a chance to respond to President Obama’s first state of the Union address and Jindal screwed it up which GOP wanted to eliminate him from seeking the candidacy of GOP) is remote because he is a Catholic. Then he states that the Southern Bible belt is not going to support him because they hate Catholics which is also clashing with the teaching of Jesus. And, Jesus tells love your enemy. I would like to reiterate to my brothers John Chacko, Christian, and Mathulla that you should take time off from writing nonsense on this page and learn more about Jesus. Jindal is an ambitious politician and he would do anything to be in power. Jesus was not about political power rather he was talking about the spiritual power which has a place for all the people. Christianity excludes many people from their circle including Jesus to cling on to the political power. And, they interpret, distort, and manipulate everything for that. Jesus has nothing to do with Christianity and he is not the author of it. Please don’t try to misguide the readers and make it look like your Christianity is more attractive and make an impression that you own Christ. I am open for any kind of discussion; bring it on.
I used to be a fake Christian like you and now I am out off woods. And, how can you then claim that I am calling you name? Then, it is going to make me an inconsistent person like you. And, why should I talk about Islam when I have my brothers and sisters living in darkness? I was also a fearful person like you when I was a fake Christian and following all the religious rituals. I have stated many times that I am an ardent student of Jesus’ teachings but I believe that he was an ordinary person like you and me concerned about other oppressed and poor. I don’t believe that he falls under the description of God and the Christianity. He was not a detached person from fellow beings. He believed in his own spirit and he wanted others also to believe the spirit dwelling in them. He encouraged people to love each other. His point was to seek the God spirit within us rather than seeking the God outside in someone else including himself. I understand your plight Matthulla that how difficult it is to leave the tradition, rituals, priests, Bishops, prophets and the colorful life to understand Jesus. So, it is easy for many Christians to put a mask of Jesus and follow the old traditions. In order to follow the doctrines and ideology of Jesus first you have to come out of your comfort zone which is Christianity and embrace the world without color barriers. Even you have to unconditionally love me, and that is Anthappan, with veil. I believe Jesus was a human being with a pure spirit in him. Things don’t add up when you tell me that I cannot evoke Jesus’s name. It reveals your ignorance. Don’t keep on saying the same thing you were saying and that is ‘I am calling you name’. Don’t try to get the sympathy of the readers and influence them because we are grown up people. I don’t hate you but I hate your ignorance.