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CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD
Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at:
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"Frederick \"FN\" Noronha"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's wrong if Orlando believes in what he wants
> to? Why should we try to convince him otherwise?
> I hope his beliefs make him a better person...
> that's all that matters. I wouldn't want anyone
> judging the rightness (or wrongness) of my own
> beliefs... as long as it doesn't harm them in any
> way.
FN,
There are beliefs and then there is knowledge. Here in
Canada there are people who refuse to accept blood
transfusions because of their religious beliefs. I
have no problems with such people who, essentially,
remove themselves from the gene pool because of their
beliefs. However, the same person becomes a problem to
society when he also insists that his infant child
should not receive a blood transfusion, one that would
save the infants life.
I think you will agree with me that this is an example
of when knowledge has to trump beliefs.
Mervyn3.0
"All truth passes through three stages. First it is
ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it
is accepted as being self-evident."
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