[TheForge] Unbelievable...

[Lincoln Farish]

Bruce,

  If this were an actual case of Catholics beating up on some poor Joe to
hide a money making scheme I'd be outraged. But what you quoted was an
article from Slate (not noted for their pro-Catholic leanings) that was a
partial reprint of an interview given by Edamaruku to the* *NewScientist
(not noted for their pro-religious leanings) that was missing a few key
facts. Like the law the Edamaruku is being charged with is from 1860, that
the Catholics are upset with him because he accused them of idolatry, and
of defrauding pilgrims, misrepresenting what was going on there, and more
importantly it is not the Catholic Church that is prosecuting Edamaruku it
is the Indian Government.
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/05/15/religion-journal-christ-statue-in-mumbai-prompts-blasphemy-spat/
What is sad is that someone with such an "open" mind would be so easily
duped.

Lincoln
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 11:32 AM, CGRAF <adveniam at att.net> wrote:

> Bruce, I'd be the first to admit that we RCs have done some pretty
> stupid things in our history. (An accomplishment in which we are not
> unique I might add.)
> The charges reflect much more on the misapplication of a poorly written
> Indian law that had intentions that were good.
>
>   Just for the record I discovered a similar leak in a supply water pipe
> in our convent a few years back.
> Tongue in cheek I suggested to our pastor that we set it up as a grotto
> and charge by the bottle. Poor man didn't have much of a sense of humor
> on the matter.
> He just said "what plumber should I call".
>
> At any rate. it is good for us to laugh at ourselves on a regular basis.
>
> Having done similar things,I fully accept your explanation.
>
> Keep cool if you can.
>
> Mike Graf
> On 7/8/2012 9:54 AM, Bruce . wrote:
> > Sorry about that.  I have absolutely no idea how this got sent to
> > theForge!  I very specifically sent this to a few friends ONLY, not to
> > the list.  I can only presume that Gmail somehow substituted theForge
> > for that "to" list, but I have no idea how that happened.
> >
> > I realize that some of what I stated in that email might be offensive
> > to some people.  I do not intentionally post such things to this list
> > for that very reason.  I treasure that we can have largely divergent
> > views about the world and still relate in a civil manner, and exchange
> > useful information on this list.
> >
>
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