All I ever seem to achieve when I attempt to generate intelligent conversation is to awaken the arch-creationists and their editor-in-chief. Modi's clean-up campaign we hope will help the village. But his election was not to be applauded. Were he to be successful in his endeavour to improve infrastructure and control corruption, the village will benefit directly... but we were directed to take that conversation elsewhere. How petty!
I take no blame for the suspended animation of the site; as many have said, we need to broaden the boundaries of conversation. And when we publish loudly made statements that irritate every fibre of logical thinking such as 'God gave us clean air', our arch-creationists and their very silent editor should expect a little feedback. Here it is: 1. when earth was first formed its atmosphere was not conducive to life. Do our children know this? Do they know just how 'polluted' the atmosphere was when single-cell organisms first appeared? 2. Creationists must surely believe God created pollution too...plastic bags, toxic fumes and all. Or is there some arbitary allocation process at work that only creationists understand? Are our children thought to question things in these ways or do we think a Enid Blyton and book of prayer library will suffice? No dear editor. My selection of books is not bait but necessity. It is loudly proclaimed creationist noises that make it important to broaden the boundaries of this group, and to introduce books of science into the library which would otherwise only consist of Enid Blyton and a couple of bibles. And having just read Pope Francis' speech to Catholic exorcists - yes, exorcists- in Rome, I personally wont waste my time reading him any more, even though he was recommended by our controller. Catholic exorcists still 'treat' schizophrenia in Goa and Brazil by exorcising spirits. They'd be gaoled if they tried those nasty tricks in secular scientific societies nowadays. More balance and a less prescriptive editorship, please. --- Original Message --- From: "Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا" <[email protected]> Sent: 28 October 2014 17:31 To: "saligaonet" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] BOOKS Hi Dilip, Just a few suggestions. Hope you find these as polite as your mail... Saligao-Net is dependent for its posts on all its members. That includes you. So if you take a dig at inactivity and obituaries, then it means we are all (including you) are not doing enough. Please step on the gas! Just btw, Saligao-Net is also active on Facebook. I guess younger, Facebook-prone members find that a more convenient place to cyber-meetup. Are you there? Any books are food for thought. But four books are far from sufficient to build a library. And a priority before the SI (apart from gaining more members), is to get an active library going. Agreed, this is a tough job. As for your offer (bait?) of Dawkins and Hitchens, I must concede I'm not great fan of them. They come across as teenagers who have just discovered the impact of their disbelief. A Pope Francis, a Leonard Boff, a Tissa Balasuriya or even a Fidel and Frei Betto in discussion, do more for me to raise questions about the role of religion and society. Agreed, this is a matter of personal taste. FN On 27 October 2014 12:52, dilip dacruz <[email protected]> wrote: > I see Saligaonet has lapsed into suspended animation once more, pending > the next obituary. Thought I'd ignite things a bit by seeking suggestions > for books I can donate to the Club Library. I shall be in town shortly and > have 4 books that I think young village minds (and some elderly ones too) > will gain much reward by studying. They are by Dawkins and Hitchens, and I > am sure will be displayed in places of great prominence and received with > much gratitude. > > Any other suggestions? Please keep it polite. > > -- > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Saligao-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Latest from Goa,1556: http://goa1556.in/book/goa-in-sepia-tinted-postcards/ -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
