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* * * 2006 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * *
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WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa
WHEN: December 21, 2006 @ 4:00pm
More info:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-December/051747.html
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Secularism rejects religious chauvinism of all types.
In a secular democracy Abrahamic religions are no
better than the Hindu culture of our ancestors nor the
Muslim cultural practices that evolved in the Middle
East. All religious and non-religious beliefs are
equally good or bad.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> In my opinion, the positive social and behavioral
> values of the Abrahamic religions stems from their
> religious teachings, our antisocial and unethical
> behavior is individual to each person and stems from
> our personal weaknesses and cultural influences. No
> mainstream religion encourages antisocial or
> unethical behavior. For example, the diabolical
Goan
> Christian practice of caste stems from the Hindu
>culture of our ancestors. The demeaning Muslim
>restrictions on women stems from cultural practices
>that evolved in the middle-east centuries ago.
>
