Blog : The "Untouchables"

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12/14/2018 9:33 am

The "Untouchables"

The Dalit is an Indian term applied to those at the 'bottom of the caste' who do such things as clean toilets, pick up animal feces and bury dead bodies. I am not sure, but it sounds like many are forced to do so. It sounds to me like the upper caste need to do some volunteer work for some updated modern sewers, but what do I know? At any rate, "untouchables" are looked down upon by the rest. Yet Mohandas Gandhi, obviously of the upper caste, once said to a man named Shriman Narayan, "You will get my blessings only when you satisfy me that you are capable of cleaning toilets with the same enthusiasm as changing the economy of the country.”

So it never ceases to astonish me how certain people deem others in this world.
Jesus washed the feet of the disciples as a sign of humiity. What does that make him?

And I will forever ask why, if such conditions are so deplorable in such countries, why people are still repopulatiing? Even a cat will not come into heat if living conditions are not up to par. I guess it be the better of two evils. And for those of you that may accuse me, I myself do NOT have any . . The evils of this world are well sufficient for such withdrawal, even unto the end of my own line.

Abuni_versem7 61M

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12/14/2018 9:49 am

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
-2 Corinthians 8 vs 9.

Note: here the word "rich" means that He was made above the angels, yet was made human (poor) for our benefit and salvation.