Raja Ram Mohan Roy and offer to convert Hindus to Chrisitianity

In Feb. 1824, Ram Mohan Roy wrote a letter “Prospects of Christianity” to Harvard’s Henry Ware where he recommended bribing “outcast” Hindus to convert & of his offer to send “as many” Hindus as possible to a Christian neighbor, to convert Hindus with a salary of Rs. 8 per month.

The letter titled “A Letter on the Prospects of Christianity & the means of promoting its reception in India” was a reply to Unitarian Christian preacher Rev. Henry Ware of Harvard who sent him a list of questions to work out a strategy on how Hindus of India could be converted.

Ram Mohan Roy discussed how Hindus were refusing to convert to Christianity & made recommendations to promote it. His suggestion was to establish English schools as a sneaky way to introduce Christian ideas so that the minds of Hindus could be prepared for eventual conversion.

Roy also pointed out that Bengal was the most preferable region in India to propagate Christianity & prepare ground for conversion, because many Bengalis knew English, associated with Europeans & followed the example of wealthy Bengalis who were already Anglicized & colonized.

Ram Mohan Roy’s active help to Christian Missionaries on devising strategies to convert Hindus with bribes & using English schools to brainwash Hindus into converting to Christianity, reveal how insidious his intentions were. His own words expose the truth & cannot be dismissed.

Source:

• A Letter on the Prospects of Christianity & the means of promoting its reception in India
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