Pakka brahmakumar wrote:In Hindu scriptures no diety is crowned at 30 or 35.
18 has always been the accepted as legal age to adulthood. So it was always 18.
This is plainly not true of BK teachings ... but interesting to look at closer. The Majority Act of 1875 which enshrined it as law was, of course, brought in by the British. In Indian-India, you could become a "married wife" at 5 years old.
BKism is exactly about race. Just as I cannot transform into a white man by bleaching my skin or learning their language or culture.
Yes, you can. You can just reincarnate as one.
For all we know, you might be a member of the British Raj in your last life. You must have been for your karma to take you to the West ... your attraction to the English language, Western science etc. If not British Raj, then a servant of the British Raj.
I half hope you were just joking with us ... but, sadly, I am afraid you are not as I know what you are writing is, partly, accurate according to the Brahma Kumaris' Knowledge™ (but only partly) and, partly, an accurate representation of the attitude of many Indian BKs. A true reflection of ridiculous Indian chauvinism within the movement.
Are you interested to break it down to look at it more closely, and
a) Separate what is Shrimat from your own Manmat, and
b) Look a historical facts about both India, and the BK movement?
I am happy to do so ... but I am afraid that you're not even interested in the real history ... the reality of your own religion.
Are you a Dravidian (dark skinned) adivasi Indian, or do you have lighter Caucasian (Aryan) skin that came sweeping down into India from Iran (bringing the Vedas)? As you probably know, the dark skinned Indians are the real Indians and the Aryans were the murderous, thieving invaders in precisely the same was as, say, Europeans were to North America.
Or let's look at what Lekhraj Kirpalani really believed and how, during the Om Mandli period, he was anti-Gandhi, anti-Congress and anti-Indian Independence ...
calling Gandhi a "traitor" and the "dictator" of the "crow race" (Congress) ... and sucked up to the British Robber-Royalty you now criticise as a loyal subject.
Historically speaking, it was only after the British lost India and Destruction did not happen during WWII or 1950, that Lekhraj Kirpalani and the Om Mandli saw the changing of the tide and adopted the garb of Indian Independence ...
specifically the white sari (which was not traditional to the Sindhis but used by Gandhi's followers) ... moved to India, and started appealing to Indian nationalism.
Have you read any of the Om Mandli papers and Divine Decrees?
It rankles Indian nationalists but the source of Indian culture is, historically, seen as ...