Minnesota State Senator Satveer Chaudhary was re-elected recently, one of many South Asians who entered or remained in office. One would think the public would have moved on, but now the email concession from his opponent, Rae Hart Anderson is making news. (WCCO, via Hindu Press International)
Anderson told Chaudhary, a practicing Hindu, that he needed to get to know Jesus.
The race of your life is more important than this one--and it is my sincere wish that you'll get to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. He died for the sins of the world, yours and mine--and especially for those who accept His forgiveness. His kingdom will come and His will be done--on earth as it is in heaven. There's more....I love belonging to the family of God. Jesus is the way, the truth and offers His life to you and each human being. Pay attention...this is very important, Satveer. Have you noticed Jesus for yourself...at some moment in time, yet???
Read the whole email/sermon here.
A few days ago, the Hindu American Foundation criticized Texas Governor Rick Perry for agreeing that non-Christians would go to hell:
According to The Dallas Morning News (November 6, 2006), Gov. Rick Perry, after attending a sermon with nearly 60 Republican candidates on Sunday, November 5, 2006 said that he concurred with the Rev. John Hagee’s comment during the sermon, in which Rev. Hagee said, “If you live your life and don’t confess your sins to God almighty through the authority of Christ and his blood, I’m going to say this very plainly, you’re going straight to hell with a nonstop ticket.” The Governor told reporters that, “In my faith, that’s what it says, and I’m a believer of that.”
