Could we be told who AF is please? Thanks Cornel DaCosta ----- Original Message ----- From: "AF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] *** Goanet Reader: Uncoding the politics of Christianfundamentalismpost-Da Vinci
> no, no. no.... a catholic is a member of the catholic church; if one does > not or refuses to adhere to all its teachings and requisites, then, I say > that one cannot and should not call oneself a catholic. simple!. one can > call oneself a follower of some other religion that practices what one > beleieves is acceptable to ones's person. > > I go to church and I wish I could call myself a fervent catholic, but it > is > tough being a complete catholic. However, I admire those that practice > more > catholicism than I do. You are free to degrade and belittle some of the > catholic teachings but this religion has been the scorn of "learned" > people > for centuries, yet it survives. your views and opionions will mostly be > wasted on those that are born and bred catholics. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Goanet Reader" > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:30 PM > Subject: *** Goanet Reader: Uncoding the politics of Christian > fundamentalismpost-Da Vinci > > >> Uncoding the politics of Christian fundamentalism post-Da Vinci >> >> George Menezes >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> I write this knowing fully well that I'm going to raise the >> hackles of fundamentalists. It will not be a new experience. >> I have been at the receiving end of venom both from Christian >> fundamentalists when I became a member of the National >> Executive of the BJP in the 80s and subsequently from the >> Sangh Parivar when I quit the BJP and spent a good part of my >> retirement writing about the BJP's communal politics in the >> country and its Fascism in Gujarat. >> >> I never imagined that I would live to write and strongly >> condemned the fundamentalism of Christian lay >> organisations and self-appointed lay leaders who >> represent nobody but themselves. >> >> I believe, I am, a fairly devout Catholic, a practising >> Catholic in most of the things I do or refuse to do. I'm also >> a Catholic who reserves the right to disagree or dissent in a >> Jesus-driven way. >> > _______________________________________________ > Goanet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
