Christian Missionary Role In India - 6

[Guest]

<!--QuoteBegin-k.ram+Jul 23 2006, 01:21 AM-->QUOTE(k.ram @ Jul 23 2006, 01:21 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Paul, thanks for prompting me to google.  <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Here is what I found, and very much in line with the books I earlier mentioned.

<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Historian deSouza on the Goa Inquisition </b>
Dr. T. R. de Souza

"At least from [b]1540 onwards, and in the island of Goa before that year, all the Hindu idols had been annihilated or had disappeared, all the temples had been destroyed and their sites and building material was in most cases utilized to erect 
............................
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[right][snapback]54361[/snapback][/right]
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

The article gives an account of Portugese Christian atrocity on Hindus. It does not say that Inquisition was for punishing Hindus or any other religious believers. Inquisition was set up to punish the beleivers, not non believers. This was first formed in Spain. At that time Spain was 100 percent Christian and believers who erred were punished by the Church. In Goa also the same thing happened. It is seperate from anti HIndu deeds of invaders. Not only Portugese, but many other invaders also did many atrocities.