I read an article which highlighted briefly a recent incident in Haryana, India where an inter-caste marriage took place without the consent of the parents. This led to a so-called "honour killing", where the couple were mercilessly hacked to death in full view of the entire village. And no one came forward to save them. No one. Such is the stranglehold of the caste system.
The article also continued to talk about overhauls that are trying to be done to laws and even education to address the issue of caste violence.
Theodore Roosevelt once said that "a man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad." I believe we are all aware that laws, education and the like can only do so much. It only addresses the symptoms, not the cause. What we really need is a change of heart.
I'm not saying that if we all change our hearts, the world will immediately be a better place. With such deep-rooted problems, it will be a process of healing. But only with a change of heart can we BEGIN to address such problems at its roots.
Where else can we bring about such a change other than in Jesus Christ and His gospel, where He explains the need to be "born again"? This is God's desire for the people of India. This is God's desire for all mankind.
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