India Missions Trip 2009. What a ride.
This sign was on a window post on the outside of a church that we ministered at. So you may be wondering what this sign means. If you are born in India, where their social structure is based on a “caste” system, your life is pretty much determined from the get go. At least from birth. The Caste system means you are born into a specific class. Here is a good explanation of it from www.indianchild.com:
“Castes systems in India and caste like groups–those quintessential groups with which almost all Indians are associated–are ranked. Within most villages or towns, everyone knows the relative rankings of each locally represented caste, and people’s behavior toward one another is constantly shaped by this knowledge. Between the extremes of the very high and very low castes, however, there is sometimes disagreement on the exact relative ranking of castes clustered in the middle.
Castes system in India are primarily associated with Hinduism but also exist among other Indian religious groups. Muslims sometimes expressly deny that they have castes–they state that all Muslims are brothers under God–but observation of Muslim life in various parts of India reveals the existence of castelike groups and clear concern with social hierarchy. Among Indian Christians, too, differences in caste are acknowledged and maintained.”
So what does this sign mean then? If you have any thoughts on this, please share in the comments section below 