Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Who gets the land is not the religion but the one with the bayonet, gun, etc. In Africa (like else where) who got the land were not the missionaries but the soldiers and their sponsored relatives who immigrated to the new lands and perhaps produced more soldiers.
Gilbert, How we get from from Christ kicking out the merchants in the temple 2000 years ago to the Church worth billions today (possibly more) with properties in its name, art collections worth at least a billion (Sistine Chapel/Vatican Museum)? Of course, the Catholic Church does not hold a patent in these matters. Btw, in the Goan context, I am curious what are the assets of the Catholic Church in Goa. Does anyone know? George __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
