Caste in Christianity

Introduction: * Caste system is a social hierarchy designed by schemers of a particular age for the sole purpose of ruling the entire society. * It is on this motive, i.e polity, people was stratified and made to do their assigned works, alone. * Caste system by itself, especially in India, has various theories in it. And each of them were made out for political ruling of the society, and maintain law and order. * On which, caste was based on; - By birth (Manusmriti - Brahmin, Vysya, sutra) - Varna (physical colour) - Priestly system (priests were made rulers) - Occupation - Ethnicity (aryans & dravidians) * Therefore, in order to understand caste system, we need a multi dimensional approach, rather than a singular one, but finally arriving at the teachings of bible and Jesus Christ.

Explanation: * At creation - God created Adam and then eve from Adam, and created humans and differentiated them based on 'gender'. He DIFFERENTIATED but didn't DISCRIMINATED based on gender. * During propagation phase, that is, after Adam and Eve, their children started to inbreed among themselves, and God allowed it for a particular period, because there was a need for population increase. Afterwhich, God advised not to inbreed or propagate among same blood, due to health reasons. Distinguishing them from 'relatives' and wanted them to be individual/family. Here also, God DIFFERENTIATED but not DISCRIMINATED. * Then God separated the entire humans to various part of the world, and each of them started to be termed as their own 'clan'. This time, it was based on 'locations'. Humans were spread to every nook and corner of globe to populate the world. So, they formed a 'clan' based on 'location'. Here also, God DIFFERENTIATED others from Jewish people, but didn't DISCRIMINATE anyone. * Then, people were living acc to their geographic location. Geography decides wind & it's directions, wind decides rain, rain decides climate, climate decides cultivation, cultivation decides food habits, food habits decides the nature of a clan or community. That is why, "Rivers produce civilisations, and food decide their occupation, occupation classifies them as particular clans" . But, here also God allowed it, to DIFFERENTIATE but not DISCRIMINATE people. * During phase of prophets and Kings, God DIFFERENTIATED people based on 'Prophets, Kings and common people', but it was not to DISCRIMINATE them, because God was on the side of common people and had mercy to forgive them eventhough they were disobedient always. * After all kings and prophets, God finally decided that, a civilisation should be brought up, based on LOVE and love alone, not on RULING, OPPRESSION and VIOLENCE. (as Moses said to Joshua and handed over the people to him). * Afterwhich everything started to change, based on LOVE. Then came in forgiveness and sacrifice. It was after Jesus Christ, people have been taught great lessons of Forgiveness, Sacrifice, Equality, Social justice which all are a form of LOVE. * Jesus, vehemently broke all the above differentiation, present before like gender, relatives, family, caste and locations, exactly in order to prove that, he has come to the world, for oppressed and sinners.(Galatians 3:28). Paul also tells us to break all these barriers of social, cultural, location and gender based discriminations.(1 Corinth 12:13,27). Jesus accepted everyone equally and wanted everyone of us to be equal and treat everyone equal, because we are all inside Jesus Christ. Those who are inside Jesus Christ and his words, will never discriminate other based on gender, relatives, family, caste and locations and will support those who are in need like poor, oppressed people and sinners. * The source of caste feeling in a human, is 'pride'. When a person is proud of something which he did, or he have or how he is, or what he own, that pride, makes himself to be the owner of his blessings. Pride makes a person think he is the authority of his life. If that is the case, God hates such a tendency. We have nothing to be proud of ourselves. We are filthy human beings, sinners, weak in front of God. We are zero, nothing do we have to feel proud of. And if in case we have something to be proud of, that have been gifted by God, and we should surrender ourselves to Jesus, and thank him for such a blessing, and not be proud of ourselves for anything. (Galatians 6:14)

Conclusion: * There are accounts of caste/clan in the bible, but there is no account of discrimination based on caste. * If we ask, do we have caste in christianity, yes! If yes, who created it? Clearly God didn't create caste or promote them. If God didn't create, then clearly caste is man made hierarchy for ruling purpose. If ruling the world and inheriting wealth here is the aim, then we are not children of God. Children of God, have nothing to do with caste, if they do so, they are not children of God.