I would like to correct the falsehoods being spread in the following post regarding what I have said about the so-called Catholic-Christian Secular Forum (CSF). I have stated that the said forum is not a secular forum at all, and have told you why this is the case. I have also affirmed that the said forum is a medieval religious chauvinistic organization just like the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti in the following respects:
1. It has issued a threat and launched a hate propaganda campaign against an author who has written a fictional novel that it finds objectionable from its own parochial religious point of view. 2. It has issued a threat, launched a hate propaganda campaign and filed criminal charges under an outdated blasphemy law against a private citizen who exposed a fake miracle, and outspokenly expressed his constitutionally protected opinion on TV in a secular democracy. 3. It has persistently carried out inwardly focused religious propaganda campaigns creating the false impression that there is widespread persecution of its religion and religious institution in India under a website named "persecutedchurch.info". Regarding the fate of Edamaruku, it is clear that the CSF is engaged in persecution of a private individual for merely expressing his opinion in public, by inciting public outrage and hatred against him through mass emails to members of its religious community, and by demanding criminal prosecution under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code of 1860. The accusatory mass email forwarded in the post below also shows a blatant emotional appeal to visceral religious outrage against one private citizen of India, as well as a confused promotion of a miraculous explanation by resorting to an absurd denial of the well known physical phenomenon of capillary action, and the existence of a closed sewage water drainage gutter. Cheers, Santosh ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> > To: goanet <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:58 AM > Subject: [Goanet] Reason under fire in India > > Santosh’s postings on this subject have now become very predictable and > boring. He will pick on a minor issue, distort it, and then mislead, > misrepresent and obfuscate the whole matter. > > ** ** > > I have gone through the newspaper report as well as the CSF newsletter and > I have the following observations / comments:**** > > **1. **Santosh’s comparison of the CSF with the HJS is both odious and > dubious. The HJS has been allegedly engaged in terrorist activities and is > under the scrutiny of the National Security Forces. A ban on the > organisation has been recommended by the NIA as well as the Maharashtra > Govt and is awaiting Central government approval. The CSF in comparison is > a reputed organisation and enjoys the respect of leaders of the nation like > the President and Vice President of India, the PM and his cabinet > colleagues besides state governments and other bodies like the Minorities > Commission, Human Rights Commission etc. Santosh apparently believes like > Goebbels that if he repeats a falsehood a hundred times, soon people will > start believing it as the truth. >
