I thought Tariq's "summary" was quite witty. I see no reason for demonizing the other parties by use of descriptors such as "tirade" and "coaltion of peace-breakers". Happy debating. Marlon
--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What a cleverly concocted summary. Now, isn�t the > audience intelligent > enough to summarize the debate and draw his/her own > conclusion. Or do we > need an emissary of our earlier debater to summarize > on his behalf? Where > one group member ceases his tirade, another emerges, > from a coalition of > peace-breakers. > > Now, in the entire earlier discussions I have never > said that �peace� is for > the believer only. God�s peace is available to ALL, > and it is up to > man/woman to live in peace and harmony, and thus > promote peace amongst > fellow humans. God makes the sun rise, and the > rains fall on the good and > the bad, the just and unjust, the believer and the > unbeliever alike. In > essence, the post stated that peace is God given > gift (to be shared by and > amongst humankind). > > T.Siddiqui wrote: > �Santosh Helekar can get no peace when Joe Vaz gets > peace by denying > Santosh peace by limiting peace to believers even > though Santosh gets > peace by not being a believer and believes that > believers are denying > peace to non-believers.� > ----- > > Since the above twisted and concocted �summary� > betrays the purpose of my > recent debates, let me set this straight, one > finally time: > > > 1. To begin with, I did NOT start the �peace� > debate, it was at least 6 > (six) rounds/threads later, that I joined in. > > 2. The basic point I was making was that Santosh > has no right to ridicule > religious or spiritual beliefs. In this context, I > specifically pointed to > the biblical scriptures and �Jesus raising the dead > man Lazarus to Life� and > Santosh�s mockery and insensitive remarks in > reference to the above, -- > stating these were �games� and �The above miracles > are an appeal to > Ignorance....� The point is these are neither > �games� nor �an appeal to > ignorance� but are historical facts. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
