> Gilbert Lawrence wrote... > .....likely Linschoten knew the Goa Inquisition was a paper-tiger; > despite what Richard Zimmer and his cohorts say about the Goa > Inquisition.
Gilbert is right, there was no Goa inquisition. Please do not shoot the messenger (moi) for pointing this out but Gilbert is correct to imply the Portuguese were the first native inhabitants of Goa and Goan Hindus invaded the place. The first thing they did was build temples on existing churches. Subsequently, Catholics "architecturally modified" the temples by constructing churches over temples but this was purely for aesthetic reasons. I mean, who can be against a little aesthetic change, like the Afghan Taliban did to Buddhist statues a few years ago. The only incident we have on record regarding the Goa Inquisition is one Catholic stole some milk sometime between Oct 4 to Oct 14, 1582 but Pope Gregory XIII changed the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar to remove those 10 days and wipe out the Goa inquisition. Of course atheist medical doctors paid by BIG Pharma drug companies have said that the Pope changed the calendar to bring it back in line with the solstices. We know how deceptive scientists can be, especially when some blamed Catholics for irregularities in the Vatican Bank about 35 years ago, when everyone knows that Parsis, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, atheists, agnostics, and Martians were responsible. Can you imagine blaming Catholics for the Vatican Bank troubles! I hope everyone thanks Gilbert for his defense of Catholics. George
