Hi Rosemary,

You wrote: "Nivedita was throwing off all vestiges of her identification with Christianity"

Why would anyone wish to throw that away?

Isn't it like throwing the baby out with the bath water?

One may cherish the noble ideals and teachings of Christianity, without belonging to any Christian sect or religion.

Tom, I don't know why. This is how the movie portrayed the situation. It may be erroneous like some other of the other over-simplified scenarios.
However, although I'm finding some of the "facts" to be incorrect in the movie it seems that most of the "thread" of the story is correct. Other than that, I don't know. Funny that I just used that expression about "baby and bathwater" just yesterday!

Respectfully,
Rosemary

Location: North Carolina