My Response: If Joao Barros - Pereira wants to debate 'Jesus and the Jews' the right place is Jerusalem. By the way, Jesus was not politician (Jews were waiting for earthly king to deliver them from Romans) and never played political drama with Jews. So keep your rotten theory to yourself and keep Jesus out of this.
Agnelo Pinheiro Message: 5 Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 19:30:22 +0900 From: Joao Barros-Pereira <[email protected]> To: goanet <[email protected]> Subject: [Goanet] I am ... Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 We Goans have a lot in common with Jesus and the Jews. When Goa gained independence in 1961? as a child I'd often hear people say, 'Those Indians ...' Looking back at it all, as we were a separate political entity at the time, it is not really surprising ...! But fifty years on, this attitude of being 'special' is, I believe, still with us. The Jews are the same: We are special, we are the Chosen people! Then Jesus comes along and plays a leading role in this drama. He wasn't very successful. There were others, to be sure, who also claimed to be the Messiah/Savior. The Jews, as we know, have been waiting and waiting for a long time for their Savior and are still waiting, as are the Christians who are waiting for their Savior. They are special too. But, besides them, people of other countries can also be added to the list of 'specials'. Obviously, being special is too commonplace! Is there anyone who genuinely accepts s/he is just an ordinary gal or guy. If you know of anyone, please send me their email address or telephone number. Cheers!
