[CS-FSLUG] Yama big life project

[Fred A. Miller]

Yama Ploskonka wrote:
> Sorry I had not gone to see the list a while -busy!
> 
> OK, to answer your question:
> The government is in a roll to revive "ancestral traditions".  That
> includes paganism.  Nowadays all official functions have a small or
> large sacrifice, "ch'alla", which in its simple form is to offer beer to
> Mother earth, Pachamama, and can get more complex as the event is more
> important - the Presidents inauguration was spent at a mighty gathering
> of shamans and such in Tiwanaku.
> a ggogle on  Evo Morales Tiwanaku gave me this as first link (I
> personally didn't follow the link to the pictures - nothing encouraging
> found in watching pagans doing their thing):
> http://mrchebas.blogspot.com/2006/01/evo-morales-in-tiwanaku.html
> 
> Bolivia is a confessional state, that is, it recognizes the Catholic
> faith as the religion of the State.  The new proposed constitution (a
> shoo in in the January referendun) eliminates that.  Well, that must not
> be so bad, yes?  well, if replacing Catholicism by paganism is any
> improvement...  Not in the words, but that is the actual cause and result.
> 
> Many in the political oposition are evangelicals.  Very few, if any in
> the government show that affiliation.
> 
> Bottom line: to introduce oneself as an evangelical can be a handicap if
> one, as in my case, is forced to coordinate with the government.
> 
> 
> Fred A. Miller wrote:
>> Ed Hurst wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:18:23 -0500, Yama Ploskonka <yama at netoso.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Things right now are a bit stuck.  To get the educational project
>>>> running, I need the official support of the current authorities in
>>>> Bolivia, who have taken clear stands against anything American or
>>>> Christian.  Of course we are not going to lie our way in, so prayers
>>>> are in order, please, for this will not succeed just out of a logical
>>>> sequence of events.
>>> Wow. The whole thing sounds like such a great adventure. I'm standing
>>> with you, brother.
>>
>> Me also! I'm interested to know why the Gov't insists that it not be
>> Christian?

Thanks for the info.....was not aware of all has gone on there.

Fred

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