This talk leverages cutting-edge scholarly researches in textual criticism and cognitive sciences to arrive at a reasonable understanding of Christian beliefs. The findings will reveal a hitherto unknown face of Christianity to the rational Hindu.

About the Speaker:
Kalavai Venkat is a Silicon Valley-based writer, an atheist, a practicing orthodox Hindu, and author of the book "What Every Hindu should know about Christianity."

Sub-Topics:
0:00 Why Kalavai Venkat wrote the book "What Every Hindu Should Know About Christianity"
1:40 How Christianity destroyed the pagan religions around the world
11:30 Portugese inquisition of Goa and Saint Xavier
13:57 Truth of the Origins of Christianity
19:00 Life of Jesus
22:35 No historical evidence of existence of Jesus
25:00 Alan Dundes' write up 'The Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus' analysis
29:40 4th CE is when Christian beliefs became canonized and 'Original Sin' concept in Christianity
31:40 Second coming of Jesus will unleash hell on earth on Non-Believers
34:20 Sermon on the Mount that is glorified by Gandhi and other people who have never understood the purport and meaning of it
35:45 Spiritual differences between Christianity and Sanatan Dharma
42:10 'Waking Up' by Sam Harris is a good write up on Christianity Vs Hinduism
43:15 Saint Thomas coming to India controversy
46:00 Zeal and fanaticism of a neo-convert to Christianity
Q&A
49:30 Evidence of Jesus in ancient Jewish Talmud which were all burnt by the Vatican after the Disputation of Paris in 1240 CE?
57:20 Howcome the Blacks still remain Christian despite knowing what the Bible says about black skin?
1:07:00 Christianity before Paul and after Paul?
1:12:00 'Psychology of Prophetism' cites Jesus as historical? What about beyond the Nicene Creed developments like Eckhart Tolle, etc?

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