########################################################################## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
Frederick, Thanks for the sermon, similar to what we hear every Sunday. However, what do you think specifically about castes among Catholics and the effects in today's society. "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ########################################################################## # If Goanet stops reaching you, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Want to check the archives? http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ########################################################################## It's very easy to poke fun about the beliefs of *others* and to advice *them* on how *they* should be changing. This is what the holier-than-thou far-Right Hindutva elements have been doing with the minorities in India. (Muslims should treat their women better; they need to reform their religion; Christians should treat other religions as equals -- never mind if that means giving up monotheism.) This is also what some Goanetters have been doing, preaching to those who come from a different religious background and happen to be on Goanet. We tend to see the world from our own perspectives. To us, *everything* that *we* do looks right and correct. Conversely, the faith, belief and practice of others looks wonky and upside down. What was it that the Bible was saying about the speck and/or log in one's own eye? Instead of preaching to others, let's start by criticising and reforming ourselves. Our own religions, cultures, belief-systems could do with a lot of mending. Reform, like charity, best begins at home. FN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks http://fn.swiki.net http://www.ryze.com/go/fredericknoronha http://fn-floss.notlong.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difficulties to send email across? Write to fredericknoronha at vsnl.net ============================================================================ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
