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Dear Santosh,
To be honest, I am always fearful when I voice an
opinion. Sometimes, it is taken as an affront on
someone's deeply held beliefs. Sometimes, it is
regarded as absurd and ridiculed.
When I was more "Catholic", I would bring to mind the
words of Charlotte Bronte's Mr Rochester, "I know my
God approves of what I do, for the world's opinion, I
care not". Now that I am more secular, I remember
Desmond Tutu's words in a documentary about Thomas
Mann, there is no black and white in life. One must
believe by the skin of one's teeth that what they are
doing is right and then do it.
That is how I generally operate, by the skin of my
teeth and to damnation with my detractors. I enjoy
your posts on religion. To me they are just your
personal hypotheses and not a reflection and assault
on anyone's faith. If, we as Christians in our
Quixotian desire to defend our religion, see you as a
Christian basher, we really are tilting at windmills.
If you want my opinion, write what you have to. Don't
bother defending your views. Let the chips fall where
they may. For every one person, you offend, there will
be two that you will educate and perhaps convince to
your point of view. We are all adult enough to discern
for ourselves exactly what we want to believe. All
this "defending the faith" by self-appointed
crusaders, is self-serving aggrandisment at best.
Selma
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--- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the advent of Aristo, Selma, Francis,
> Roland,
> Jerry and Kevin, and the re-emergence of Sunith has
> been great for Goanet. Their arguments have been
> extremely cogent, mature, well-articulated and
> beautiful. Nobody has been able to refute them. I am
> very confident that these good people will continue
> to
> express their views without fear, and I hope that
> many
> more like them become active on Goanet.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Santosh
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