The communities with whom Jews had a fight in Old Testament were polytheistic. Judaism which is the root of Christianity proclaims monotheism. Christianity also in practical life propagates that its essence is monotheistic.
All the Indian communities who got converted to Christianity were definitely polytheistic in nature. So the conversion of Marathi Protestant Christians was the conversion from Polytheism to Monotheism.
Officially one may get converted or one may be forced to get converted but on subtle levels the process of conversion doesn’t take place at once. It’s a continuous process…probably the process goes on over for more than a generation. I think in a society where Marathi Protestant Christians is a minority, slowly, silently, a day by day but never completely a person keeps on converting. Thorough conversion is never possible for minority.
Minority is like a chameleon in a jungle who keeps on changing and matching his colors to the surroundings. Its nothing but his survival. Constant change which matches to the surroundings is the way of living of minorities.
