The Christian community in Ahmedabad, India, is outraged that class 9 Hindi language textbooks refer to Jesus Christ as a “demon.” The government has claimed that the adjective ‘hevaan’ or ‘demon,’ used before Jesus’ name in the textbooks published by the Gujarat State School Textbook Board was a mistake, News 18 reported on Thursday, and said that the error will be rectified. The Times of India reports that the Christian community notified the government about the error
over a month ago but no action was taken, until now. Chapter 16 of the textbook in question states “Is sambandh me hevaan Isa ka ek kathan sada smaraniya hai,” which translates as “one statement of demon Jesus is always memorable.” Fr. Vinayak Jhadav, spokesperson for the Catholic Church of Gujarat, said that the error was pointed out by the chairman of the GSSTB back in May. READ MORE
Too many such mistakes in recent years. What would other religions of the world do if Christian organizations of any kinds went after them they some of them go after Christianity and/or Judaism? Especially Muslims, who don’t seem to realize if the West wanted them gone, to paraphrase Captain Picard, be made so.
I doubt Jesus is bothered by this.