---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: William Karra <william.ka...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:14 AM
keith and dale. i love the critical response you have given to sir julio ribeiro's article. on a very blunt note, i think it is only the non-catholics and informal christians who are preaching about christ, outside the vicinity of the physical church compound, and it is only they who are actually getting persecuted, hounded, tortured, arrested etc. i do not think any catholic-christian is preaching any message of Christ, anywhere in the world, now, for reasons best explained by sir ribeiro as being 'mass conversions'. which is why, pope francis also had to remind the catholic brethren that unless they go out and preach, and make more disciples of Christ (give birth to more children), the church would become a babysitter and not a mother. coming to the current political turmoil over conversions, i think it is none of the governments business to interfere in, who an individual prays to, and what he eats. it simply does not have the authority to interfere in this. any interference in this, is a violation of a basic/fundamental human right. and no government shall interfere in basic human rights. I WANT TO TELL THIS LOUDLY AND CLEARLY, TO OUR GOVERNMENT, AND TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN POWER!!! thank you. william karra. On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Goanet Reader <goanetrea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/standpoint-part-1-julio-ribeiro-and-the-choices-before-indian-christians-2072444 > > Part 1: Julio Ribeiro and the choices before Indian Christians > > Jason Keith Fernandes > jason.k.fernan...@gmail.com > > Dale Luis Menezes > dale_mene...@rediffmail.com > > Rather than compromise with > Hindu nationalism, the present > moment should be used as a > moment to deepen the experience > of Indian citizenship. > > Julio Ribeiro's interventions in various national newspapers > over the last few months have consistently made a case about > the predicament of the Christian communities in India. > However, no other article seems to have grabbed the attention > of the national media than the one in which he asserted that > he felt like a foreigner in his own country. Ribeiro's > assertion followed the increase in violent attacks against > Christians, and their churches and saints across India.
