Gandhi and Religion

Gandhi says earlier in the novel how he was raised to be tolerant of other religions. However, he found that "Christianity was at the time an exception." He didn't like the missionaries abusing Hindu gods and so it makes sense that he would dislike Christianity. It must be noted though that Gandhi did say "at the time." We say that later in the novel, Gandhi becomes more tolerant of the religion and actually begins to compare the teachings of the "Gita" to the New Testament's Sermon on the Mount. This shows that Gandhi was interested in learning about other religions and achieving tolerance for other beliefs. This is one more admirable quality that can be added to Gandhi's nature. To me, it seemed like Gandhi wasn't so much against the essential teachings of Christianity (belief in Jesus, One God, etc), but more against some of its practices like "eating beef and drinking liquor." However, after meeting "good" Christians in England, he is willing to reform the opinion that Christianity is bad. Gandhi finds similarities between a verse from the New Testament “But I say unto you, that ye not resist evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also” and Shamal Bhatt’s “For a bowl of water, give a goodly meal.” He finds that these two teachings have commonalities so he is not completely against mixing some Christian beliefs with Indian teachings.