An old controversy caught up with Vivek Ramaswamy as he went to meet the pastors in Ohio as part of his governor election campaign in the state. The former co-chief of the Department of Government Efficiency posted a photo of praying along with the pastors and social media users asked whether he has converted to Christianity.
“Who are you praying to, Vivek?” one asked.
“What god we praying to here. I’m confused,” another wrote.
A supporting comment read: “Vivek is not Christian, he is loyal to his people, he sees America as a piggy bank, nothing more.”
“Did you convert?” one asked.
“Wait, now you’re pretending to be a Christian?” one said.
“You’re not Christian. You worship a Hindu deity,” one comment read.
“Every religion has “Praying”, they’re not all praying to the same god. Vivek is not Christian, therefore he’s praying to a false god. Nice to see most people getting it,” one user wrote.
“This may help people understand Hinduism and Hindus better. As an Indian American Hindu like Vivek, I grew up attending Christian schools from kindergarten through high school, just as a lot of Hindus do in India and the US We respect Jesus Christ and celebrated Christmas every year in school. Hinduism does not forbid respect for great figures from other religions, so it’s not uncommon for many Hindu families to have a cross or a picture of Jesus Christ displayed respectfully alongside other deities in a prayer area,” one wrote.
What Vivek Ramaswamy said earlier about his religion
This is not the first time that Vivek is facing questions over his faith. He said he is a Hindu and the core of his gfath is that God resides in each of us. “May faith is what gives me my freedom. My faith is what led me to this presidential campaign…I am a Hindu. I believe there is one true God. I believe god put each of us here for a purpose. My faith teaches us that we have a duty, a moral duty to realise that purpose. Those are God’s instruments that work through us in different ways, but we are still equal because God resides in each of us. That’s the core of my faith,” Ramaswamy said in 2023.