-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Were nuns consulted in the process? Or was it a male only decision process?
Ans. Do nuns take all the decisions of the church and the parish or only the priests? or are they consulted about the running of the parish ? think about this answer first and then you will get your answer to your quetion. 2. Were lay Catholics consulted? Or was it a religious directive from people who have not spent time in the challenges of marriage? Ans: Maybe they have contacted the lay catholics. but lay people too have different opinions just like you and me. even they keep on contacting lay people they will never be able to make a decision cause there are millions of lay people who some may agree and some dont. 3. Does the policy reflect an underlying intolerance of and superiority over other religions? Btw, other religions are restrictive too when it comes to marriage. Ans. Its not an underlying intolerance of superiority but on the contrary it is the diminishing number of catholic girls who marry in the church with other faiths as a fashion and land up following the other religion. (although some girls stick to catholism) To make the catholic faith stronger there should be some rules set up by the church which we should abide by it. 4. Are more Catholics going to marry Catholics under the policy or move away from the church - and marriage? only time will tell. but the point is with this policy the priests are trying to do what is in their capacity to avoid the catholic girls specially marrying into other religions. I will tell you an incident where a catholic girl got married into the other religion thru the church and although she was a catholic she stopped going to the church due to her husbands family policy. at the end when she died her own family wanted to bury her by catholic rites. but her husbands family did not allow saying that she is in his religion and the final rites had to be done in his religion. this is one of the many cases which happens I hope this satisfies your questions. --- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Herman > > Your emotive comments do not answer the questions I > asked! I wrote nothing about respecting > priests or the sacrifices they make (btw, I respect > lay people and the sacrifices they make too). > > Kindly re-read my questions. > > Regards, > George > > > --- Herman D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > first of all you should respect the priests as > they are sacrificing their full lives for God. > > > > if you have seen other religions you will > understand why they have come to such decisions. > >
