Mervyn, What about non-believers who think they are somehow superior, and also sneer at the beliefs of others? Sometimes they are tinged by what Santosh described (in another context) as "self-loathing", and at other times, by a willingness to critique someone else's faith!
"Secularists" and non-believers also come across as feeling somehow superior. I get the feeling reading your post below. Can't we just let people accept what they want to, without offending their views and their faith, however "illogical" it appears to us? FN On 21 August 2010 06:39, Mervyn Lobo > George, > Someone got it exactly right the other day when he sent a quote here > that suggested: > "When you convert from one religion to another, all you are doing is > exchanging one cage for another." > > Every religious person here is convinced that his/her religion is the > truth and the way. The more religious the person, the more convinced > s/he is in that everything in his/her religious book is the absolute truth. > > For the non-believers, these religious arguments are an endless source of > amusement....... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ISSUES BEING DEBATED: In East Africa, despite colonialism, the British afforded the Goan a sliver of a socio-political voice. Read *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Soon to be available in Toronto. Pp 290. Via mail-order from [email protected] http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
