Santosh wrote: <The Catholic Church had nothing to do with forcible conversions. Actually, there <were no forcible conversions. Those who got converted did so willingly by <undergoing a change in their minds and hearts. That is why destruction of temples, <which was only done by one horrible Portuguese captain, was counterproductive to <the cause of conversion by gentle persuasion. Those who don't believe this have <less than two cells in their brains. So please shut up and listen to him.
Not one single soul on this earth is able to prove the above statements! And if you my dear mr. Santosh and my dear mr. Lawrence can only call names and be abusive and tell people to shut up, shows us how narrow-minded both of you really are. When you talk about facts (yes my dear mr's FACTS that is) from the 1550's and later, you got to include in your thinking the spirit of the age and that was in 1643 completely different than in 2004. But, if you have some real proof that there were no, and i mean NO, forcible conversions, just show me and I will be tempted to believe you, but on the other hand you and your pals never will change opinion, will you? So, in other words my greatgreatgreatgreatgrandfather had a change in his heart and mind and therefor was converted??? Now we are speaking of narrowmindedness! Adios, Martin Duarte Van Camp ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
