Miguel Braganza: Come to Mapusa 16 days after Easter in any year, visit the Church dedicated to St. Jerome in which the Milagris Saibinn is venerated above all the other deities one can think of and see the miracle of inter-religious harmony for yourself. I am not talking about civil engineering; I am talking about social and religious change.
My grandfather is long dead. He was not a historian. He knew what he was writing. He wrote what he believed to be true as one would find in the good book.....nothing glossed over...as it is. The Truth is the truth, even if nobody accepts it; A Lie is a lie, even if everyone swears by it. Gilbert responds: Thanks Miguel for your post and the clarification. I believe all that you have written and said and all that your esteemed grand-father has said (AND NOT SAID). Your grandfather did a tremendous service to Goa and Goans by documenting in the early 1900's Goa's oral history as he heard / learnt and was orally 'handed-down' from his forebears. You rightly suggest in your post that we cannot prove a negative. And the Mapuca church at least has no facts to prove the positive as was claimed by some. For me this issue is closed to my satisfaction. I would think the same would apply to all who closely followed this thread of the history of Goa's churches. As you say what matters, is what those who live in the local area believe in. Who are we to defile their viewpoints. As in the case of Babri - Masjid we certainly do not want a 'post mortem' to prove the right diagnosis. :=)) ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
