The author of the following post "agrees" with me. Yet there is little in the first paragraph of the post with which I agree. That makes a bulletin board interesting. The fact that any institution or government or country last for a long time suggest that it was / is valuable, useful, productive, efficient and had some solid foundation. Any business built on spin and hype, (or government support and military might or intrigue or "feel good" topic d' jour) would exists ONLY (for less than) 1-2 centuries.
So I do NOT agree that in the main the Church is into spin and marketing. When it has, the endeavor has not lasted long - at the most a few centuries. And in the end it has invariably backfired. I do NOT agree that the church is a "feel good" organization. If anyone believes so, perhaps the individual has to rethink their concepts of the Catholic Church and Jesus Christ. To use my simile again, the religion and the Church is like the medical field. Medicine had, has and will continue to have false theories from time to time on various medical subjects. There are some corrupt physicians and many hospitals are run like a business. Yet, shenanigans do not last for long. No one makes the point that medicine did not and does not have a valid role in society over the centuries. Anyone who recommends to others or does not see a medical doctor for a serious illness because of past errors in medicine, badly needs to see a doctor, if nothing for more, at least to "have their head examined".:=)) Kind Regards, GL Marlon Menezes I agree with Gilbert. There should not be any bans on conversions in India or anywhere. Religion (as Gilbert correctly described with his example of Christianity in France), like any business, is all about spin and marketing. It does not have to be based on facts, but is focused on making the "customer" feel good. Whether Jesus was god, human, illegitmate, married etc does not matter. The fact is that the Christian church has been able to maintain a large base of very happy customers over the millenia. In fact the church has been so successful, there are so many versions of it today, each with its own brand of christianity and Jesus Christ. The catholic church for its part, is fundamentally a very successful 2000 year old business, and is a testament to the vision of its founder father (no pun intended) and its CEOs that followed Jesus. Amen. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
