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His discovery is this. He had never heard of anyone converting to Hinduism. Most Hindus are born into the religion. Anyone outside the fold of Sanathana Dharma is cordially accepted into the Hindu's house of worship and cordially partakes in their festivities and rituals with open arms. There is nothing like a ritual to permit others to enter the fold. Unlike the modus operandi of Hotel California, everyone can check out or leave at any time.
The learned man went on to say that if one were to accept the teachings of most Abrahamic religions, one would need to undergo a baptism of fire or water. They are required to be converted, i.e., from one faith to another. "So what does that mean?" he asked. By default, everyone is born a Hindu, the factory setting. Only when one wants to change the operating system does one need to make changes to the operations. Smart alec, I thought.
A few months later, while scrolling the reels on social media, as is the commonest pastime these days, the infamous convert around town was giving an insider account of how to clandestinely convert underage students in schools. An interesting phrase that he used while referring to conversion was 'revert'. In his mind, people are merely returning to the fold of the one true religion after being misled for so long. When someone embraces Islam, they just revert to what they were supposed to be. We assume that babies are born pure, like a white sheet of cloth. Life taints them. By embracing Islam, one is given a clean slate, given the opportunity to revert to that pristine state of white fabric. Actually, coloured cloths can be clean too. (That is another story about the fixation of Man of the colour white!)
My question is, since there is no concept of rebirth in the Abrahamic faith, when was the setting made? Was the factory setting in error, necessitating reversion?
Everybody is convinced that their own belief system is the one and only true faith, like they were a personalised audience with the Maker himself. The rest of us just grope in the dark and try to make sense of the silky texture here and the stony, hard surface there, to create a composite picture in our minds of what is actually happening around us and where we are heading.
The only instance I am aware of is when the bank replies to me that 'they would revert to me after perusing my documents' and when the blood biochemical and tumour markers return to normal. And conversion when there is seroconversion of IgM and IgG antibodies.
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