I am free in my belief, within the limits of my human nature prescribed by the ultimate Cause, but cannot call "saints" all those who excelled in art and science. Saint is the Man who lives an honest, good life by developing high quality of love. St.Francis Xavier is a Saint, not only because he lived well, but also because the Catholic Church canonized him.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Santosh Helekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa's Patron Saint > Miguel Braganza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >For the Protestants, all persons who live--and die-- according to His > >Will are saints. We are eligible for that honour without any > >'process'. I do not know the equivalent of this for the agnostics. > > > > For at least some of them, it is all great scientists, artists, > musicians, craftsmen, thinkers, writers, poets, social reformers, > statesmen and teachers. > > Cheers, > > Santosh > > > ########################################################################## > # 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 # > ########################################################################## ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
