How They Came to the West: Sunita Selvaraj Interview - The Becket Cook Show Ep. 179

[@BecketCook]

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[@missthunderstormable]

Happy birthday Becket! Sending love and blessings!

[@BecketCook]

Thank you! God Bless

[@bettycarmella1127]

Happy birthday!!🎉

[@hkroth12091229]

Excellent guest! She is obviously brilliant, but, unlike Jordan Peterson, she is down-to-earth , relatable, and has a great sense of humor. She is also a strong voice for the truth. Hope you have her back.

[@Lilly2Gbtg]

What a great interview. Please have her back. She’s brilliant and winsome at the same time. 🙏🏻❤️✝️

[@ptlinatl3]

Happy birthday Beckett so thankful for you and celebrate your life today! 🎉how you use your channel and all that you’re learning to glorify God and encourage, exhort and challenge us! I actually just got back Saturday from a mission trip in Indonesia and witnessed all of this firsthand, especially in Bali where it is majority Hinduism. I had an interesting conversation with our cab driver who was Hindu. He was telling us about the daily sacrifices they make-you see them everywhere in front of the stores and buildings. And I told the cab driver “That’s the difference between Christianity & Hinduism- it’s interesting in your religion, you have to keep making sacrifices to your gods every day all the time. In my religion, our God made one final sacrifice for us!”

[@annlawrie4833]

Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship.

[@classicstorm]

I used to believe the same but it’s definitely a religion…

[@Morning.Coffee]

@@annlawrie4833 , It's both. One is much deeper than the other though. 💕🤗

[@ektran4205]

buddhism is philosophy

[@diversityhobbit]

It's the True Religion. Nothing wrong with the word religion.

[@sharroon7574]

I was told this same thing in the 90's along with unconditional love, both are completely false.

[@GinnyNorton-r6d]

I believe it is Doreen Virtue who says people who have been traumatized are drawn to new age- I thought about this when your guest spoke about the West being intrigued with Eastern religions

[@r.m5883]

Ppl who are traumatized are drawn to Jesus too because Jesus heals…

[@GinnyNorton-r6d]

Amen❤

[@Faithhopelove1702]

Lovely person Sunita. I'll love to listen to her again. We will learn a lot maybe by narrowing down the topic. Looking forward to it. Thanks Becket and happy birthday.

[@Isaac-47517]

Ahhh, Happy Birthday Becket!!!

[@benaiahwright937]

Dang, that was really good 👍🏾 definitely bring her back

[@niritzagofsky7473]

Greetings from Israel, Becket and Sunita. My husband and I worked for three months in Kolkata late 2017/early 2018 to establish a small factory for producing digital audio players with audio Bibles and other types of Christian messages on them. We had an opportunity one day to attend a tent gathering of invited Hindus to hear the gospel. The preacher was native, dressed all in white garb as many of the attendees were, and there were flowers all around. He was teaching from the First Century Writings in a cultural context. It was a beautiful and enlightening experience for me, having myself come to faith on Atlantic Beach in NY via a lifeguard!

[@gregshell8570]

This was so interesting, I could listen to her all day. I love her personality, so happy. Great show. I'll probably listen again.

[@jayakare]

Such fun and interesting conversation! Being an Indian Christian myself i agree with this info 100% Would love to hear from Sunita about Swamy Vivekanada and his influence on the west

[@eunicecal4422]

Happy Birthday Becket! Love You❤🎉

[@RHB7]

Happy Birthday Becket!🎉 God bless you always brother.

[@HeavenwardForever]

Oh goodness. Sunita is adorable and I love learning from her!

[@AB-mo9ku]

Hello Becket please have this lady on again. She has a wealth of knowledge that is necessary for the church in the West to understand. 🙏🏾

[@mikewilkes-h9p]

Thank you Becket. I thank our Father for your channel and how you graciously speak the truth to Christians.

[@LondonCalling12]

Great video as always - happy birthday! 🥳

[@BecketCook]

Thank you! God Bless

[@Marilynschannel]

Feliz Cumpleanos y muchas bendiciones, brother Becket!

[@priscillahagan9215]

Happy birthday Beckett. You're a blessing.

[@Morning.Coffee]

The term she presented, Cultural Intelligence, was very helpful for me, as a Christian.

[@Runner8617]

Your channel keeps getting more interesting!! Interesting guests, very good topics. God bless you and your work!! 🙏

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@lt7378]

Thank you for this, Becket. The West is definitely embracing Eastern spirituality en masse. We all need to pray for a true Christian revival. May God have mercy on us .

[@CathySymak]

Awesome interview of your lovely guest👍

[@elania8332]

Thank you so much for Interviewing such a knowledge woman of God!🙏 It's eye opening and hope you'll bring her back for more information🙏

[@yimeicheong4967]

I've been following your channel for some time, and it's so nice to see a fellow Malaysian interviewed

[@mottgirl13]

KL! Malaysia! That’s where I was from! Wow! Thank you for this!

[@nancybaumgartner6774]

Great topic ! Beckett gets the best guests and is in a class by himself as a host.

[@heavencanwait421]

Fascinating show. I’m going to have to listen again. Thank you. Has she written books? Her accent is so hard to understand at times.

[@Babster22]

You can always turn captions on.

[@rebekahtemple250]

Wonderful!!! Learned so much. Thank you for having this guest. 😊

[@MJ-hs3jn]

Thoroughly enjoyed this interview. Pls bring her back😊

[@heavencanwait421]

Before the nineties was the 60’s and 70’s and the Beatles. Who could forget George Harrison’s album, All things Must Pass.

[@demep488]

Great video Beckett and Sunita. Thank you

[@JanSutton-j8t]

Happy Birthday Beckett! I enjoy your videos so much, you are awesome!

[@Roufus55]

One thing I wish she'd have gone into is the claim that these are the 'oldest religions '. There's a Christian convert from the Brahmin caste that says that for all the evidence, Hinduism doesn't go back farther than 200-300BC, so the claim is simply spurious on it's face

[@Carmen-wz3rc]

I love hearing the historical aspects this talk. I also love how she explains that we need to look at different religions internally ie their roots, the nature of the beliefs and not just cherry pick the bits we like.

[@juliademmin99]

Hey! Happy Birthday, Becket! God bless you!🎉❤

[@Isaac-47517]

Beware of intermediaries. The intermediator between God and man is God Himself ; Jesus claimed, and demonstrated evidence that, He is God.

[@leenieledejo6849]

Why do you misquote Scripture? Here's what Paul actually wrote: "There is one God and one mediator between God and men: the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5) You are to get your theology *from* Scripture. Not fit your theology into Scripture by CHANGING WHAT IT SAYS!

[@Isaac-47517]

@leenieledejo6849 Jesus is identified as God a5 least 7 times in Scripture. Read all of it before you comment. TY.

[@Isaac-47517]

Jesus is identified as God a5 least 7 times in Scripture.

[@El.savedbyJesus]

Definitely have her back again!

[@htukram]

Thank you so much for this one. Sooo helpful! And happy birthday blessings.

[@toksabuka3723]

Happy Birthday, Becket! Very informative discussion. Thanks for sharing.

[@LaneSims]

Happy birthday, Becket! What a blessing you are to the world! Also, what an awesome interview this was.

[@Elijah24553]

I haven’t watched the video yet because I’m watching something with my sister, but people are saying it’s your birthday, so happy birthday becket!!! 🥳🎊🎉

[@sarahjones79]

BRILLIANT TOPIC!!!! Exposing the sinking of the West 🙏🏻 Happy Birthday ❤️

[@paularandolph7253]

Wishing you a Very Happy & Blessed Birthday Becket!🎉🎂❤️🕊🙏

[@alicelowder1050]

Happy birthday Becket. Loved this show, gotta listen twice. SO MUCH INFO. and it's baseline to this lady.

[@mottgirl13]

It was a great conversation.. and I have had many failed conversations with my Malaysian friends (Muslim, Bahai, taoists, Buddhists) and would love to know how to better approach it.. I know abit of each.. but if they were already so entrenched in their own religion, what would entice them to consider God’s grace?

[@saritakujur9506]

Please go deeper on the subjects discussed in the interview. Sunita is vastly knowledgeable. Being an Indian Christian myself I think I'm gonna vouch for that. Have her back again please.

[@MiguelDLewis]

Judeochristianity is an Eastern religion. ✝

[@rileyra2009]

The amount of excitement I get when Beckett has a new guest on his show is astounding

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@godsloverevealed5003]

More, More, More....Sunitra is fabulous, genuine and fun, I want more. I love the perspective that Christianity as well as Judaism are Eastern "religions", because they originated in the Middle East. I kept thinking of Romans 1:18-23 throughout. Please have her back: More on The Partition, migration of Buddhism, how Christianity took root--just everything :) Thank you Beckett! Happy Birthday!!!

[@dianaphilip3600]

Thanks Beckett for this topic and guest. A deeper dive into eastern religions would be helpful.Hi Sunita... fellow Malaysian here. Where do you worship?

[@anthonecoetzee9902]

Belated happy birthday wishes for you Becket, from Botswana🇧🇼 I enjoyed your guess, could listen to her for a long time. Knowledge is power.

[@BecketCook]

Thank you! God Bless

[@siliaandresen2353]

Thank you for this conversation. It was so rich. I learned a lot. I would love to hear more!

[@maureenwm]

Fantastic interview. As a Christian who has Hindu friends this was very eye opening. The only question I'd ask is how to evangelize to them especially since New Age has validated a lot of Hindu beliefs so they really feel that they are on the right path.

[@aericabison23]

@@maureenwm I think a good starting point is to address the issue of sin and moral perfection.

[@janeann3331]

This episode was so good please have Sunita Selvaraj back on

[@Runner8617]

32:57 - I recently watched a short film on China's churches and they interviewed a pastor from underground church and another pastor from a more "official public" church and they both said the government does not allow them to speak about End Times or anything on book of Revelations😳🤔 which I found very interesting. That is why the pastors from underground churches decide to stay underground, so they CAN teach and preach the entire Bible, including end times.

[@Runner8617]

I wish I remembered which channel posted this eye opening interview on China's churches.

[@bettycarmella1127]

This was such a great interview thank you both🙏🏽❤️

[@Diligent-dp7gi]

THIS was so interesting and informative. THANK YOU, Sunita Selvaraj : )

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@christofferraby4712]

Thank you Sunita!

[@andrew5680]

Hey Becket. I think it would be cool to consider having Ross Johnston on as a guest. Love your content

[@andrew5680]

Ross Johnston grew up with 2 moms and became a believer, he’s on fire for God. He seems very down to earth and I think he’s in CA still

[@micheletisdale7467]

He interviewed him 9 months ago.

[@andrew5680]

@@micheletisdale7467 oh I missed it. Thank you.

[@micheletisdale7467]

@andrew5680 You're welcome. Allie Beth Stuckey also interviewed him 👍

[@bcnotpc659]

this was so interesting! I want to listen to her moreeeee

[@truthwatch2858]

Happy Birthday Becket, Blessings ✝️

[@thankfulmama1001]

Please have her on again! I would like to know more about the workdview differences.

[@cristidormiendo5743]

Happy Birthday Beckett!! God Bless you brother!

[@caidenyama2422]

Becket, you continue to inspire me. Love you my brother in Christ.

[@lysa6377]

Happy birthday Becket. I really like your channel, great guests. Sunita was a delightful, and knowledgeable guest. Great overview of a very big topic.

[@maryellensherman2720]

Thank you so much, Becket! Great talking points for my yoga friends. Happy Birthday to you! You are such an inspiration to me, and those I have driven to you, re our children with SSA. You give us hope! Praying more and more.

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@Otic1913]

I grew up in a very small village about 80 homes in Burma. And there was a man who practiced witchcraft and we were told he has a Palm, and we were told he feeds the Palm with blood but we have never seen it. I knew the whole family and friends with their children. One day, the man’s relative has wedding in other town and he went to the wedding and stayed there like two weeks or something. He left his two daughters home to watch the house. And one day, the two daughters were taking bath near the house because we didn’t have showers in the house. They have water reservoir and that’s how they were taking bath. And the elder sister finished her bath and went up into the house and she noticed the door was kinda crack opened she asked the younger sister if she closed the door when went out and the younger sister told her she did close the door. So when she tried to push to open the door she saw a palm and that thing tried to catch her and she screamed and jumped out of the house. The whole village heard and came and asked her. And she said she saw a palm. Later we heard that the man sold the palm ✋ to someone else. One of the man’s sons later became Pator and he contacted my mom, requested that we would pray for his father because he is still practicing the old stuffs. I remembered the whole villagers were Christians except that man. I mean I never saw he went to church.

[@coachconnie64]

RE: inner barbarians & outer barbarians. I worked with a nurse who was from Korea. She said she was not offended by the term "Oriental", that was a true way to describe her. She said that China, Korea and Japan are eastern and that Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese value fair skin. She also told me certain other Asian cultures were NOT Eastern, even saying they were 'darker skinned' in a less than positive way. That was the 1st time I ever saw prejudice from within an Asian viewpoint. I'm guessing this is an example of the inner versus outer barbarian view.

[@User_Happy35]

Happy birthday Beckett 🎉

[@smileysnubz]

Happy Birthday Becket! Grateful to God for your life and obedience. Have a wonderful day! 🎉

[@susanbalensky3233]

Great discussion

[@abel7519]

Happy birthday brother in Christ!!!✊️🥳🎂🍨🎉🎊🎇

[@jamsangel5619]

May the Lord bless you with abundant joy and love. Happy Birthday, Becket! 😊

[@ivonned5372]

Happy Birthday, Becket🎉.

[@debras3806]

Fascinating

[@iindahammermueller9865]

Kudos Becket for bringing up Jordon and exodus teaching. Right.. no room for secular and sacred

[@jimshaw4942]

Watch the video with subtitles to help understand what she is saying. She has a heavy accent.

[@katdunn7934]

I slowed playback speed to 75. It's way better.

[@TexasLyoness]

Press the CC button on the video to have the dialog in text form.

[@ji8044]

That one was interesting.

[@demirobertson8435]

💖thanks Sunita and Becket. Perhaps you could do an episode on common eastern practices that have infiltrated the west and that Christians should be aware of and have nothing to do with. More practices are becoming accepted as normal in the west and more Christians are getting blindly drawn in. Especially when they claim to have medical/health benefits. Sunita I love 💕 you. It would be great if you could try and slow down a little bit for my brain to process your accent. Thanks and love 💕 to you both. God bless you guys 💖💖💖

[@Devotionalpoet]

Great episode! She had some really great insights. Good warnings to stay away. Jesus is all we need 🙏🏻❤️✝️

[@annewells2306]

Happy birthday Becket!

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@lloyannehurd]

Khun Chavoret Januboon, in his book about himself “The Last Executioner of Thailand” writes that he consulted with a Buddhist priest concerning the death penalties that he carried out. The Buddhist priest told him that it was best that the convicts died before they could sin further and therefore be reincarnated at a lower level than they would be if they died at this point. The death penalty was reinstated in Thailand after a temporary halt.

[@christopherhahn6728]

Confuscious say: man who talk with cow on wall is like train without wheels - get nowhere fast. Name that movie! Great show as always, Becket, and a happy birthday to you. Your health, sir!

[@svenknutsen8937]

I think authors like Jack Kerouac - the beat poets - were important in the process of popularising buddhism in the West, even though Kerouac was a Catholic at heart.

[@lanipark2207]

Happy birthday, becket 🎻🎺🌠 sending love and blessings ( Daniel 12: 3 )

[@lanaritter9410]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

[@silvamaney8897]

Greetings from Malaysia

[@BecketCook]

God Bless

[@dlillianb1368]

I’ve been working out using Tony Hortons beach body discs. There’s a lot of ‘yoga moves’ incorporated in the workouts. Any suggestions to alternatives or thoughts?

[@TexasLyoness]

Try Pilates.

[@DallasLemieux]

Yoga is not Christian

[@JH-hc5dv]

If you ask the Japanese about the diference between Shinto and Budaism, they say the first is to be practiced for the living on earth, here and now, and Budaism is for the future, the after life.

[@hephep7426]

Birthday blessings!

[@hesterpieterse6737]

Thanks for the interview Becket! Can you, Sunita or anyone else tell me if there is any relation between Yoga and Pilates exercises please? I have zero knowledge or experience of Yoga. Never were interested in participating. (I'm in my late 60's and being born again for almost 50 years) However, I have started attending Pilates classes, with a Christian lady in the lead lately. Can't find anything off at this stage, but have been warned by someone that it is only 'glorified Yoga'... 🤔

[@deannesanv8931]

There are two quotes I thought of during this interview. “It was the best of religions; it was the worst of religions. It brought life, love, and compassion to a dark and cruel world. It also brought torture, repression, ignorance, slavery, and death to an innocent world. It burned with Light and Truth. It also burned the Bible and those who believed it. “Those who adhered to it built universities, hospitals, and orphanages. They also justified poverty, exploitation, war, and conquest. They brought food to the hungry, medicine to the sick, work to the destitute, and hope to the hopeless. They filled the earth with contempt for man, contempt for God's creation, and contempt for God. “What is this thing called ‘Christianity’? The Bible does not tell us. The Bible talks about something else.” The Separation of Church and Faith: Copernicus and the Jews (page 186) by Daniel Gruber The other one is from a book called Rabbi Akiba’s Messiah by the same author. I searched and searched for my copy and I can’t find it. I had it out recently, and that’s what I get for not putting it away. I will keep looking.

[@deannesanv8931]

Okay, I found my book and here is the second quote. :) “In the first and second centuries in Judea, people did not view religion and politics as separate, much less antagonistic, spheres. In the modern Western world, it does not seem difficult to distinguish between Church (or Synagogue) and State, even though their activities sometimes overlap. After all, they have a different polity, structure, and purpose. To some extent, these Western distinctions are misleading. ‘Religion’ and ‘politics’ are different names for essentially the same thing. They cover the same territory: the determination of values and standards, permitted and prohibited behavior, justice and injustice, individual and community welfare, the proper and improper use of authority and power, the rights and responsibilities of wealth and property, and the proper training of future generations. In sum, they are about the correct purpose and course of human society.(2) For ancient Romans, Jews, and Christians, religion and politics were inseparable.” Rabbi Akiba’s Messiah: The Origins of Rabbinic Authority page 4 (by Daniel Gruber)

[@kamidsjournee]

Books or resources that delve more deeply into?

[@rileyra2009]

Also does Sunita have a channel?? Does anyone know

[@TexasLyoness]

Sunita is a delightful lady. I would’ve been interested in hearing her personal story of how she came to Christ. If she’s on your show again maybe you could ask her about that. Becket - I wished you happy birthday 🎂 in advance last week. I hope you had a grand old time celebrating your 57th trip around the sun.☀️ I watched a video on Lila Rose’s You tube channel. It’s a recent one titled, “The Cause of Same-Sex Attraction w/Michael Gasparro.” I thought you might find it interesting.

[@demirobertson8435]

💗💗💗

[@Elijah24553]

First! ❤