Dear Fr. Ivo, I am equally critical (and supportive) of all religious faiths. I believe there is a place for religion in society and if people wish to believe in something, they should be free to do so. I also support the right of people to proselytize, which includes christian prosetylization in India.
You claim below that you are not a fundamentalist, but then state "we know what we claim". You seem to be overly cocky in the undeniable superiority of your religious faith over others - christian uber alles. It seems that your religious beliefs allows for no give and take with other faiths. There is one absolute and it is the christian way. Sorry, but this IS fundamentalism. Marlon --- On Sat, 2/7/09, Fr. Ivo C da Souza <icso...@bsnl.in> wrote: I am for dialogue. It does not mean that we do not use our reason to discern what is right and wrong. A father, who is living in drunkardness, will certainly advise his children to avoid it. The members of the Church are sinners, but it does not mean that the Church proclaims evil. They need salvation, which only God can give. The Church is rooted in God's Revelation. This is basic to all discussion. We are not fundamentalist, we do not "spout venom against hindus and muslims", we know what we proclaim. Marlon may have a bias against religion and religious people, but then this is not a rational attitude. This is "a-theistic fundamentalism" to the core... If atheism is rational, theism is also rational. Regards. Fr.Ivo
