I have given this a good rating only because the Graham Staines story desperately needed to be told, and this is the only film trying to tell it. It is important to remember three things: 1) Whenever Christians are attacked by Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists or Communists in Third World countries, the first thing the authorities do is arrest the Christian victims and refuse to release them until they drop all charges against their attackers. Gladys Staines' rush to "forgive" these criminals may have been in order to spare Indian Christians, who have lived in India for 2000 years, from arrest and further attacks.
2) Christians make a terrible mistake in rushing to forgive murder, & assault without any sign of repentance from the criminal, because as Jesus taught us clearly in Luke 17:3 "Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and IF HE REPENT, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I REPENT; thou shalt forgive him."
3) The oddly-chosen Indian director of this film, whose previous film was about the Kama Sutra sex manual, seemingly tried to "justify" this horrific crime, by distracting attention away from the true motive for the attack: the devout Christian father and his two young sons were offered as a ritual human fire sacrifice to Kali, the Moon Goddess of Death, "Mother Goddess of All India", who is also worshipped using the Sanskrit name "Allah". That is why they were burnt alive. Human sacrifice of children to Kali is still a big problem in India today, though little known in the West.
2) Christians make a terrible mistake in rushing to forgive murder, & assault without any sign of repentance from the criminal, because as Jesus taught us clearly in Luke 17:3 "Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and IF HE REPENT, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I REPENT; thou shalt forgive him."
3) The oddly-chosen Indian director of this film, whose previous film was about the Kama Sutra sex manual, seemingly tried to "justify" this horrific crime, by distracting attention away from the true motive for the attack: the devout Christian father and his two young sons were offered as a ritual human fire sacrifice to Kali, the Moon Goddess of Death, "Mother Goddess of All India", who is also worshipped using the Sanskrit name "Allah". That is why they were burnt alive. Human sacrifice of children to Kali is still a big problem in India today, though little known in the West.