Dear Joe, There has been recent interest in Galileo, on TV and in book form. Do read the beautiful new book of letters of Galileo's daughter, a nun, that throws light on this period of history and the great religious debate around this very topic of Galileo's discovery that the earth moved around the sun. I'm sure you can find other relevant information on this topic on google. Whether Mother Teresa or Joseph Vaz wanted to be made a saint is not material to the point under discussion, namely whether there should be fair recognition of our Goan saints under the existing system - if we work and support the system as Goan Catholics have faithfully done for 5 centuries, we deserve recognition of our saints as much as anyone else. Filomena
--- Joe Vaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Filomena Giese [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > [If they had their way, we would still be > teaching our children that the sun goes around the > earth as the Church and the Bible said and we'd be > sending Galileo to hell!] > > > Incredible thoughts, but even more incredible is the > notion �. �that the sun > goes around the earth as the Church and the Bible > said...� > > Was this a part of the Bible at any time? > > As the renowned Ken Blanchard notes, in one of his > speeches: �After the > [chess] game is over -- the King and the pawns go > into the same box.� > > Whether saint or sinner all eventually go into the > �box� or return to dust � > only their deeds remain. > > Why don�t we respect the fact that people like Bl > Mother Teresa and Bl > Joseph Vaz are known for their work and (good) deeds > on earth? Would they > really crave or compete for a place on a pedestal > for world acclamation? > > Joe Vaz > > _________________________________________________________________ > Nutrition is in! Junk food is out! > http://server1.msn.co.in/features/fabmall/ Be a part > of the microwave > revolution. > > > ########################################################################## > # 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 # > ########################################################################## __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
