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Bosco,
It looks like you only disagreed with the tone of my
message, and not my actual message. I used the word
"fiction" while you used "myths" to refer to aspects
of the bible. Fundamentally, we agree that much of
the content in the Bible is non factual, cannot be
verified or cannot be explained by any known laws of
nature.
While I understand your need to factor in the
sensitivies of christians who may be offended by my
frank statements, I feel it is unfair to compare my
views to the extremely hostile views expressed by some
fundamentalist christians against hindus and muslims
on this forum. Given the predominence of Catholic
Goans on this list, there is a large bank of people
who will mount a vigorous defence of their religion if
it is attacked. Unfortunately, when individuals make
insensitive and bigoted comments against hindus and
muslims on this forum, one is often met with silence.
My desire is to defend the under-represented on this
forum.
My views are definately not hostile to Christianity.
People should be free to worship or believe in any
thing they wish, and I have strongly defended the
right of christians in India to prostelize without
any restrictions or government inteference.
The rather extreme and narrow minded response by so
many Indian Christians to this movie is quite
stunning. I'm sure people have received all kinds of
christian spam from their older friends and relatives
urging them to fight/boycott this "evil" movie. Pretty
humorous, but also pretty sad. To me it is not just a
religious issue, but also highlights a clear
generation gap.
Marlon
--- Bosco D'Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Cornel / Marlon,
>
> This is a belated response.
>
> My position was against the dismissive stance Marlon
> took, of The Holy Book,
> due to the sensitivies of fellow Goanetters.
>
> Marlon's position was the other end of the spectrum
> as compared to Nasci who
> has positioned himself like a Chistian supremacist
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