Mario replies:
Many things that are well known are based on
rumors
and don't have the slightest evidence.
Obviously Mario has not bothered to read the threads
from 2004.
Once he is done reading those threads, he should read:
Flight of the Deities: Hindu Resistance in Portuguese
Goa, by Paul Axelrod, Michelle A. Fuerch
Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 30, No. 2 (May, 1996).
If he is still interested, I can provide him with
references to additional books that I have read that
have more details with pictoral evidence of Hindu
structures within existing churches.
Mario replies:
Since when did Marlon, who doesn't lose an
opportunity
to bash Christians, Catholics and religion, become
an
expert on this subject?
And when did Mario become a friend of the catholics?
Mario's vile comments comparing the Pope and the
Vatican to the islamic terrorists, just because they
opposed the Iraq war, leaves a lot to be desired!
Mario should not throw stones in glass houses.
My questioning of christian beliefs does not equate to
me being anti christian. All it does is that it
exposes certain people's insecurities about their own
religion. The record clearly shows that I have
supported the rights of christians (and all religions
for that matter) and have provided material support
for Goan Catholic organizations.
Mario replies:
And how about when pagan temples were built on the
ruins of Christian churches, mosques were built on
the
ruins of Hindu temples, and Hindu temples built on
the
ruins of mosques? What cross was involved in these
cases?
Wherever this kind of thing did happen it was the
ultimate symbol of religious supremacy, hatred and
intolerance.
---
You need to show consistency to all forms of
intolerance. If all of the above was unaccetable, then
why is it that you continue to ignore the issue of
churches being built over destroyed temples?
I am not asking that the church provide restitution
for events that took place 500 years ago. What I am
asking for is that people acknowledge that such events
took place, as it serves as the best deterrent against
extremism from the other side. It is quite natural for
some like Gilbert to fear the truth for it may provide
ammunition for the enemies of the church to attack it.
My approach looks to marginalize the Hindu extremists
by appealing to the quest for the truth and common
sense shared by the moderate majority from all the
sides.
Marlon
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