The Rise and Fall of the Pagan World Order (THINGS HIDDEN 222)

In this THINGS HIDDEN episode, Shannon Braswell interviews Surit Dasgupta on Christianity in India, the truth behind the caste system, why the ancient world depended on sacrifice, how Jesus removes sacrifice from society, and more.

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Timestamps
0:53 Introduction
2:37 What do Indians think about Christianity?
6:13 What constitutes Hinduism
9:30 Conquest and mythology
14:35 The Bhagavat Gita
16:23 Caste and duty
20:16 The untouchables and the Eucharist
29:05 Pagan holdovers in India's churches
35:00 The reason for persecution
38:20 Abolition
40:34 Did Islam address the caste system?
43:44 Progress during the colonial era
46:25 Why there is a lack of progress in modern India
49:26 Propagation of Hinduism in the West
52:54 Girard and the Eucharist
54:57 Prasadam and the Eucharist
58:27 Christ redeems the pagans
1:01:42 Escaping the transactional mindset
1:05:53 Baptism in the Ganges
1:14:16 Summary and closing