Cornel, I'm quoting two of your statements from two different posts:
<<< Sainthood is not a concept and cause about which I personally can get excited about. >>> <<<As an aside and as a challenge, I was hoping there would be some informed take on "do we need saints and what for?". I therefore would dearly welcome some knowledgeable comment on this aspect of my question at least, and on the specific concept of sainthood as distinguishable from saints Cornel >>> While religion is, for the most part deeply embedded in the Goan psyche (in my limited experience), discussion of religious issues like Sainthood in a public forum where there are Catholics, evangelicals, agnostics, atheists all participating, is bound to get responses that will stir some very strong feelings. Hear me out. I am not saying that religion should not be discussed at all. As long as the ground rules are clearly established and enforced and opinions are not summarily dismissed and motives are not judged, it is quite possible to have a civil discourse on the above topic but for this to happen, the moderators of the forum need to step in when tempers get heated and accusations start being levelled and names start being called. Even though I am evangelical and do not subscribe to the practice of praying to the Saints, I try to follow this thread because it gives me some understanding about how people feel. Daniel ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
