Dear Sir, The article, "No Return to Inquisition", by Maria Aurora Couto (Outlook, May 29), is well written and makes several good points. It nicely highlights as to how, many of us, Christians, while reacting to that "tissue of specious arguments", i.e., the "Da Vinci Code", we, unwittingly, might have ended up overreacting. In the process, we might have even portrayed ourselves as an intolerant community and, that is a sad thing to have happened! But to write, as she chose to do, "The spectacle...harks back to the days... of the horrors of the Inquisition", is in bad taste, to say the least. Those of us, who know what the Inquisition was all about, and the framework within which its powers were exercised, should refrain from making such comparisons. In Goa, as anywhere else, the Catholic Church, conscious of its bad legacy has evinced a revival. Even, recently it has acted so very maturely by showing tolerance and forgiveness in the face of umpteen attempts to unsettle it, time and again, even in the face of grave provocations.
Unfortunately, here in Goa, we do have own Dan Browns, who writing a blend of history and fiction, continue to harp on Inquisition, every now and then, unwittingly lending ammunition to one's own enemies. Thanking you, Dr. Francisco Colaco, MD, FICA 151 Mons. G. Rebelo Rd. Margao. Goa, 403 601 Tel. 0832 2732318 Cell; 9823190318 --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > No Return To Inquisition > > Brown isn't exactly Nabokov. Yet, faith must trust > its own resilience. > > MARIA AURORA COUTO > > > The spectacle on TV and in print, over the last few > days, of protesters > calling for a ban on the film The Da Vinci Code > harks back to the days of the > Black List and the horrors of the Inquisition. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)