augusto pinto wrote: > There's a heated debate going on in the Moira-net mailing list between Dr.
> Silvestre Nazare, nuclear scientist based in Germany, and me. Dr Nazare is > the maternal uncle of Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao and was born in his > house in Attafondem, Moira. This may interest readers of Goanet and also > Goa Research Net including Dr Teotonio De Souza whom I quote extensively. I > reproduce the exchange here. -snip- > By Augusto Pinto > The Church does not believe in democracy but in hierarchy. Everyone down to > the smallest functionary is appointed. Therefore each functionary needs be > accountable > only to the one above him. ----------------------------------------------------------- Folks, I hate to comment on any material that has been cross-posted as, inevitably, one does not get the entire picture. I will say this though, it seems (to me) that only a fool will accept membership in an organisation that asks for money on condition that the donor has no say in where the money is spent. Mervyn
