ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL Today is the feast of Apostles PETER and PAUL THE former most trusted apostles of Jesus even though he denied christ thrice as foretold by jesus before cock crows.He repented and was forgiven He is called the rock of faith upon which Christianity is built On the other hand Paul was the fierce prosecutor of Christians and was also an apostle after the death of christ.On the streets of Damascus he was temporarily blinded, Jesus asking him why he is the prosecutor ? It opened his eyes and became the most enlightened to propagate faith He was familiar with Greek and Roman cultures which enabled him to be great preacher and writer Why they are linked together is possibly because both of them meet very closely in their faith and propagation The phrase was in existence about 6000 years and appears to be in use on 1540 and may also have been in use in 13 century The dynamics between finances of cathedral of Peter and cathedral of Paul are the most likely reasons why their honoured together The phrase means to borrow from Peter to pay the debts of Paul In other words to settle one debt immediately by creating another and getting relief Fortunately the phrase cannot be reversed to rob Paul to pay Peter There is no religious connections in the use of this phrase It has been widely applied in religious significance thereby meaning to say that act of defrauding the rich to pay the poor is not acceptable in the principles of faith even though it is a good act and will not be condoned The Govt of the day is doing exactly the same and taking credit for develooment and progress. There is no equity between fairness and justice or equilibrium between doing good by hurting another.Such acts and behaviour are not praise worthy no matter the magnitude of goodness done and has to be condemned as wrong per se. Konkani baxen oxi ek munim Assa....meza voilem kennem kaddun sagvadd korinaka It is wrong and will not be forgiven or accepted if our acts of charity are as the result of hurting other to win the admiration of the deprived or destitute It has to be a win win win situation The popularity of this phrase in common parlance has been greatly enhanced by association with these greatest , most revered saints of catholic church.It has nothing to do with paying debt disrobbing ,diverting ill-gotten wealth to do charity and thus gain fame popularity and is mostly applied to politicians and filthy rich using wealth created by deceit cheating ,squeezing the rights of the downtrodden Nelson lopes
