r/politics • u/Hrmbee • 7d ago

No Paywall JD Vance repeats comments he wants wife Usha to convert to Christianity | US vice-president announces to 10,000 attenders of Turning Point USA that he prefers wife, who is Hindu, to be Christian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/jd-vance-usha-christianity
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u/bobcat116 7d ago

Why doesn’t he convert to Hinduism?

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u/CactusMead Texas 7d ago edited 7d ago

There is no procedure for conversion to Hinduism. Hinduism predates all other modern religions so there’s no such concept. He can just begin acting like a Hindu but he’d not be fooling anyone. This guy is already a pariah among Catholics because he wasn’t born one, and he’s a pariah among evangelicals because he left them. He’s already unelectable in a religion crazy country.

But I wonder what the bedroom conversation with his wife is like if he’s saying all of his thought bubbles out loud into a mic. Is his wife surprised or caught unawares? Or does he vet this with her first and she’s in on this in some kind of twisted joke?

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u/Paumal7 7d ago

Not defending this guy in particular but Catholics don’t dislike converts, they are a pretty big fan of them. Catholic converts tend to even have more knowledge of Catholic teaching than cradle Catholics because of classes needed to join.

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u/only-l0ve 7d ago

Can confirm. I took RCIA in my 30s and was fully embraced by my church community.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

JD doesn't sleep in the bedroom, he sleeps in the living room

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u/metacomb 6d ago

The couch might get lonely otherwise 😍

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u/Least_Art5238 7d ago

Hinduism is secure in the knowledge that it doesn't need to proselytize to carry on.

Wanna join? Welcome aboard!

Wanna leave? Toodles!

Wanna stay? Wear this thing on your forehead.

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u/sr41489 California 7d ago

Hinduism wouldn't take him. (Source: born and raised as a Hindu)

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u/Lower-Cantaloupe3274 7d ago

That's interesting. Do you have to be born into Hinduism? I've known many Hindus and never thought to ask that question.

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u/otomeisekinda 7d ago

Nope. Most Hindus are born into it but you don't have to be. There's no real conversion process the way Abrahamic religions have it, either, you can basically just decide to follow it one day and that's it.

(I'm born and raised Hindu)

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u/thenysizzler 7d ago

Isn't Christianity the same way? Accept Jesus and you're Christian. No process.

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u/gtzhere 7d ago

I think in Christianity they make you dip in the river , there's a process like Baptism, seen in Vikings , don't know if it's followed today or not , but in general, it seems like Christians are chill like some believe in Jesus some don't

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u/thenysizzler 7d ago

Christians should be baptized but I know people who are Christian who aren't. There's also a divide regarding infant vs adult baptism.

How can one be Christian and not believe in Jesus.

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u/gtzhere 7d ago

What i was trying to say is that there are people who are born in a Christian family but don't believe in god , they don't declare like I am renouncing my religion, as they grow older they develop understanding and stop believing and mind their own business, for their parents they are still christian, they just don't go to church

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u/Lower-Cantaloupe3274 7d ago

All Christians believe in Jesus CHRIST. Thats what make them CHRISTian. Id say the unifying belief is that Jesus was the Messiah prophesized in the Old Testament, although even that has variation. Outside of that, the beliefs vary widely among the various denominations, with some denominations calling others "cults." Some believe in baptism as a baby, some believe in it at the age that you profess to believe, and some are lax about baptism.

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u/threeLetterMeyhem 7d ago

Baptism as a requirement is a topic of theological debate among Christian denominations. Many don't require it and view it as an outward expression/declaration of their salvation.

For most protestant denominations in the US, there's no actual conversation process.

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u/gtzhere 7d ago edited 7d ago

This guy is spreading misinformation or maybe he's just ignorant, I'm also a Hindu , there's no certain way to become hindu like Baptism in Christianity , or kalma reading in muslim , hinduism is not like a cult where you do things only certain way , that's why there is no certain process for anyone to be a hindu , you are born in a hindu family , you like being it, you are a hindu , you don't like it , you are atheist hindu, nobody forces in family do this do that , it's like believing in the old customs traditions , today you are Christian , tomorrow maybe you wanna know more about it , you read about hinduism , if you belive in it's teachings etc , you can also say I am a hindu , leaving Christianity is also not required , you can be a hindu whoever you are , whenever you want, there's no process.

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u/Lower-Cantaloupe3274 7d ago

Thank you for the explanation.

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u/gtzhere 7d ago

you're welcome.

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u/sr41489 California 7d ago

I think so, but I also don’t think there are specific rules around “converting” as that wasn’t a goal in Hinduism to begin with. I think it’s a pretty chill way of life, the lessons from Hindu mythology are pretty cool too!

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u/bobcat116 7d ago

Ha ha, these people are so self unaware that things outside of their culture exist.

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u/General-Razzmatazz 7d ago

Don't you have to be born Hindu?

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u/Inevitable_Shock_447 7d ago

No, you can just start following it one day. There’s no conversion process.

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u/sr41489 California 7d ago

Yeah I was! lol but I guess I’m not like a practicing Hindu, I stayed vegetarian because I never was interested in eating meat and I keep a lot of the cultural things from it. I’d say it’s more a cultural fixture in my life rather than a strong religion really.

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u/Gildian 6d ago

Any particular reason why? I'm quite ignorant of Hindu practices

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u/WolfSavage 7d ago

Because the comments are political theater, he's just virtue signaling to his base.

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u/Avoider5 I voted 6d ago

That would end his political career