From: "Gabe Menezes" <[email protected]>
U. G. Barad <[email protected]> wrote:
Gabe Menezes question (refer: Message: 2, Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010): Does
it
mean that to bring about a complete reversal, Catholics will have to
revert
to Hindu names and also renounce their Religion?
My response:
Let me rephrase your question: Does it mean that to bring about a
complete
reversal, Hindus have to convert to catholic! And, what are catholics in
Goa? Nothing less than Hindu converts! So what is preventing you from
coming back to original fold?
**Thanks for your invitation, Barad! We do not need Hindu religion,
"original fold",
which our ancestors have left, knowing what they were doing! It is the
greatest gift brought to us
by missionaries, not only Portuguese, but all those unknown harbingers of
Christian Faith.
Do you know that Catholic Church has shaped the world history of
civilization?
That you have imbibed a lot of Christian values and Western-Portuguese
ideals?
That the Christian missionaries have prepared the place where you are
living?
What are the Freedom Fighters doing for today's Goa? Are they struggling for
human rights?
Or are you still showing signs of "schizophrenia"? I wish you a change!
Regards.
Fr.Ivo
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RESPONSE: I am quite happy to be where I am, I love eating Beef, can't
keep
an abstinence Friday; wouldn't be able to be a vegetarian for 3/4 days in
a
week and couldn't bring myself down to your level; i.e. be a Hindu and
nothing else and expect everyone who lives in India to be the same.!
