Prof. George Pinto:
With due respect to you sir, there is NO NEED to discuss whether Jesus existed or not. Christianity is firmly founded and rooted in Christ�s existence.
To many readers, your post �Did Jesus Exist?� appeared as if another controversy was in the offing, -- based on recent spate of debates. It also appeared as though you were asking the above question, and I wonder how many would even access your advertised site/link that carried such a seemingly (controversial) title. I certainly did not access your e- link.
Pardon me for asking, but who is your target audience for such links/post?
It appears that you conveniently avoided my original questions and now going on a tangent to support some outrageous past posts. Vivek Araujo makes some vitally valid comments, and he is justified in saying what he said.
People should be prudent in exercising judgment in what they post, and take into consideration the sentiments of others and importantly act responsibly. As Mr. Araujo said in his post, it�s a delicate issue and should be treated as such.
As for Rahul/Rohit, I know not who he is, but I do know who Santosh is. Now if Santosh can do a Pandurang post on Rahul, what makes you take offence to Rahul doing a Rohit post? Besides, there are people who use different screen IDs aside from their actual name/s, and you know that very well. This situation is apparently not new.
Joe Vaz
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George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>writes:
[It is clear people do not take time to visit a website but prefer to air their prejudices first
and stand by silently why good people like Santosh are maligned by Rohit (or was it Rahul). The
website I referenced actually has a number of articles IN FAVOR of Jesus's existence, many of
which are scholarly articles, far more scholarly than some of the personal attacks we have seen
recently by people who obviously have not visited the website. For those who wish to have another
resource in their knowledge quest, it is a possible resource. For the others, hit the DELETE
button regardless of how controversial the web domain name may seem. I am not personally
interested in discussing this matter on this forum or in private by email (hence my initial
comment "forwarding without comment'). For those who are insecure in their religious beliefs and
feel the need justify "evil is the absence of God" (a direct insult to atheists I might point out
-but hey what do Christians have to worry about how an atheist may feel as long as they can feel
good emoting in public), may I suggest they find someone with more time to engage with. I have
made it a point not to engage in conversation with people who are not interested in reasonable
discourse.
George] ---------------
--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Dear Mr. Araujo:
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> Thank you for your post, and I respect the many who stood by their faith and
> conviction that posts like the referenced email are nothing but insulting to
> both believer and religion.
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> What I implicitly said in my post, you have explicitly stated in a simple
> yet straightforward manner. We have not heard from Mr Pinto since, but only
> hope he (and others) will appreciate what you have succulently elucidated in
> your post below.
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> Best wishes,
>
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From: vivek araujo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri Aug 8, 2003 2:43pm Subject: Re: [Goanet]Did Jesus Exist?
[It is a great pleasure to read about messages/articles be it political,cultural, economical, social etc. At times these messages enlighten's us and our knowledge to a great extent, and I am thankful to all those who introduced such websites .
What has really taken me aback is the issue Did Jesus Exist. What a topic , if anyone has a doubt about such delicate religious issues they should not let it ventilate through such mails as many others would like to add fuel to fire or an insult to injury and we catholics would end up just like the other religious groups and we are not prepared for it now or never. I am sure many would agree with me that such topics like Does Jesus exist, how would one justify that there is heaven,or some funny questions are the confusing works of satan who would not like us to believe that God exist and thereby shows us all the glitter which makes a person follow satan's commandments not 10 but 100 or more.
Hence my request to both these gentlemen Mr. Vaz as well as Mr. Pinto is rather than commenting on such topics of releigion which will take people no where, it is better to pray for each other and for everyone and enjoy the marvels of the god almighty.
Dev borem Korum
Vivek araujo
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