Hey Marlon,
I have been wanting to rebuke you long ago; but I did not want U to cancel
your invitation to me, to come visit you when in California. U had it coming.
Does your invite to me still stand? I am not a Fundamentalist or Terrorist, of
course!
U have it well and good now! U have been showing your 'ignorance' for long now;
as and whenever U opened your mouth to post on goanet.
I hope U have now been enlightened by Fr. Ivo. Please do not think U know
everything about your Faith. If in doubt, go your local counsellor Priest in
Mountain View, California, OK???
Be a good Man; learn more before U open your mouth with 'foul words', that U
yourself do not properly understand. OK?? please Do Learn first.
Love and regards to all;
Nascy Caldeira
Down Under.
--- On Tue, 10/2/09, Fr. Ivo C da Souza <icso...@bsnl.in> wrote:
Received: Tuesday, 10 February, 2009, 5:59 AM
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***I am glad that your are critical and supportive of all religious faiths,
that you give a space for religion in the human society and in human existence,
that you support the right of people to "proselytize" (I would prefer the word:
"proclaim" what we believe, in words and in deeds, in works of education and
care of the needy and abandoned children of God). I should add that religion is
a structural dimension of human existence, that all have the right of
expression, but it should be in charity and love, in dialogue with others.
Listening to others and reacting to them with politeness is certainly the right
behaviour. Proclamation is part and parcel of Christianity. It is rooted in
God's revelation. This should not lead us to despise others with superiority
complex but to dialogue with others. All religions are ways to God, they are
salvific means. But all religions cannot be equally good. They can also be
"distorted". We are left with a choice. All
ways to a goal are not equally good, we choose the best one. When there are
several remedies of different trade marks and medical companies, we choose the
best ones. The physician is careful to give what he thinks is the best product
for the patients. It is not the religions that save, but God saves us through
religions, cultures and even atheistic beliefs. I hope you know the teaching of
the Catholic Church, when you are criticising it...
***Knowing one's own religion, which we are professing, is necessary.
Therefore, I said that "we know what we proclaim" (not as you wrote: "we know
what we claim"). We do not profess superiority, but our conviction that
salvation comes from God, revealed by Jesus of Nazareth. We are in dialogue, by
listening and being critical and rational about what we believe, as you are
"critical (and equally supportive) of all religious faiths". But sorry, this
is not "fundamentalism". We call "fundamentalism" the conservative
intepretation of Bible which does not take into account the historico-critical
exegesis. Creationism would be "fundamentalism".
But the biblical concept of Creation is not "fundamentalism", it does not
exclude the theories of Evolution. Interpreting wrongly the Bible and thinking
it is the only way is "fundamentalism"... Bible and Science should be in
dialogue. Religion and Science cannot be at odds... Faith and Reason cannot be
in conflict...
Regards.
Fr.Ivo
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