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NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services'
With Foreword by Gen SF Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM, ADC (retd)
former Chief of Indian Army Staff
and Governor, Punjab & Administrator, Chandigarh UT
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New Goan Identity
The good news we're told is that God chose to have his son born in a
stable.
That's what I read on Goanet a few days ago. Why doesn't God's
representative choose to live in a stable if it is so wonderful I wonder?
Why does the Head of the Roman Catholic Church choose to live in a palace?
Maybe, this is a problem of theology for some, for me it is pure hypocrisy!
No stable for the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Goa either. It is
unstable. What fun!
While the Church would like us to give to the poor, the Vanxem Roman
Catholic Church has sold land to a builder from outside Goa. Development? Is
this the way to peace within or in Goan society? Last year was indeed a very
merry merry year for the Roman Catholic Church. What hypocrisy!
The sheep of the Roman Catholic Church see what the Holy Roman Catholic
Church does, and naturally, they do the same! What is good enough for the
Church is good enough for me is no doubt a popular refrain. Better than
Sunburn, eh?
Hypocrisy is a dangerous thing! It destroys our authenticity and makes us
psychologically unsound. It turns our life into a battlefield, a conflict
zone, making it a living hell! No harmony withih, no peace of mind.
Now, what can we do about it? Unless the sheep learn to vote with their
feet, there is no hope.
Our young people have started to move away from the hypocrisy of the Church.
They want to own their own lives, to regain their own consciousness. As I
see it, there is no hope for the older generation. The young people are our
hope, they have found a way out, an exit. Good news!
For the New Goan to be born the Old Goan has to die. We have to realize the
Church is not the solution; it is the problem. Either we do so or learn to
live in a divided psychological state until death sets us free. Cheers!
A Happy New Year!
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NEW BOOK: 'PATRIOTISM IN ACTION: Goans in Indias Defence Services'
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