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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jul 12, 2015, 01:04 AM Jul 2015

Gov. Bobby Jindal puts his religious faith front, center; not many know how he became a Christian

It was summer 1987, and Bobby Jindal was struggling with a fundamental question.

He had been raised by his Indian parents as a Hindu but was now weighing whether to convert to Catholicism as he entered his senior year at Baton Rouge Magnet High School.

One night, Jindal accepted his best friend’s invitation to attend a Christian musical at LSU’s Chapel on the Campus. There, during the performance, he would write years later, he was overcome by the spiritual music and film images depicting Christ’s crucifixion. There, he wrote, “God chose that moment to reveal Himself to me.”

In time, Jindal accepted Christ as his savior and was baptized as a Catholic.

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He also secreted himself in his closet with a flashlight to read a Bible given to him by Shih.

Read more: http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/12814064-93/gov-bobby-jindals-religious-journey

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Gov. Bobby Jindal puts his religious faith front, center; not many know how he became a Christian (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2015 OP
It's simple RandySF Jul 2015 #1
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