I am not sure whether the purpose of this attempt at historical revisionism is purely political in order to counteract against the Hindu zealots or it is some new form of religious or colonial apologism concocted by the latest breed of theologians.
Cheers, Santosh ----- Original Message ----- From: Mayabhushan <mayabhus...@gmail.com> > * > http://www.firstpost.com/india/there-were-no-hindus-in-goa-before-portuguese-landed-church-thinker-953727.html > * > > *There were no Hindus in Goa before Portuguese landed: Church thinker > * > > *By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar* > > *Panaji:* In BJP-ruled Goa, a leading Christian theologist from the > influential Roman Catholic Church has claimed that ‘Hindus’ did not exist > in region during the pre-Portuguese era. > > Fr. Victor Ferrao, a dean at the state’s most renowned Rachol Roman > Catholic seminary, which trains and grooms budding priests has also said in > his research paper that the scores of temples demolished by the Portuguese > colonists from 15th century onwards were not Hindu temples, but instead > belonged to different “independent cults and religions which were often at > war with each other”. >
