A FEW days ago, while buying a year's supply of rice for our boys' English school, from a headman of a Hindu village, I cautiously made the most of the opportunity to open his eyes as to the fallacy of his religion. In the course of our conversation about Hinduism, I asked him the following questions:
“When did your caste system originate? Tell me, is this caste system man-made or God-made?”
“Is there a heaven for low caste men, and one for high caste men?”
“The potter makes the earthen idols, which are then taken to the Brahman, who is supposed to impart life to the same. Ought men to worship a god that is supposed to get life from sinful man? Have you satisfied yourself with evidences whether or not life truly comes to the idol? Is it possible for a man to impart life?”
“What benefit do you derive when you offer eatables to a god that is supposed to partake of your dainties, when at the same time common sense tells you that an inanimate object cannot eat?”
To these questions he replied: “Sir, you know both the Hindu and the Christian religion. How can I discuss such subjects with you? These questions never occurred to me, and they have set me to thinking.”
“How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?” Rom. 10: 14.
Entrance to Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma
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