On Sat Jul 1 08:58:57 PDT 2006 Mario Goveia said: > You should have figured out by now that the cogent > arguments on this topic are being ably made by Gilbert > Lawrence, for whom Goan history is more than just a > hobby. I have nothing to add to that.
On Wed Jun 21 11:06:03 PDT 2006 Jose Colaco said: > If ONLY we had realised that Men of ALL religions have destroyed in > the name of THEIR God. RESPONSE: For two very vocal Goanetters, your messages on this thread are muted. With Mario directing all traffic to Gilbert who has valiantly in vain tried to defend his point of view, Jose has tried to mislead us with a critique of all religions and about biased historians. The bottom line is were Hindu temples destroyed to build churches? A simple yes or no would have sufficed to take a stand. Instead what we see is a copout! The optics just don't look right when we are unable to accept our own history and then have the audacity to make unflattering comments about Sati, etc. Panning the Crusades and the Inquisition just does not cut it. We are all shaped by our history. And what is this insinuation about biased historians ? Are we next going to make insinuations against scientists and archaelogists (and timidly call them biased) who are shredding the myths about Catholicism one by one. Are we subsequently going to make similar inferences to other professionals - sociologists, doctors, et al and use them to lean on when we can't face the facts? Are we going to continue to wear our religion on our sleeves and lead a literal life instead of exploring our spiritual well-being and our place in the cosmos and society ? - Bosco T-dot! _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
