Claudia Stanny asks:
Has Western society really evolved that much from religious barbarism?
I note that the examples Claudia provides come from the United States,
which is hardly the sole representative of Western society (for
starters, it is totally unrepresentative as far as the importance of
Dear diary, it's May 25th, my word for the day all this day was
enthused. Interesting, because up popped those questions again that says
more about the questioners than about me: Why don't you retire? When are you
going to retire? You've been there how long? How old are you? To the
Hi Jim: Thanks for the feedback, but the attachment didn't make it thru.
Please resend. Gerry
--- On Sun, 9/12/10, Jim Matiya jmat...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Jim Matiya jmat...@hotmail.com
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following blindly its edicts. It would be interesting to
know historically over what time period changes occurred in
attitudes toward religion and its components (e.g., bible).
When, for example, did people first start entertaining
seriously the idea that the bible could be viewed as a
I do think, however, that across the US, even in places like southern
california, we have numerous similar examples. Hers are not unique. So the idea
that this is a pervasive subtext running through our American society has
received little argument. On the other hand, I suppose it is true that
JC.
Your question assumes that the default position has been to read the
bible literally. However, the 'dogmatic literalist' view is a
distortion of modern times. So, the short answer to your question
'when did people seriously consider the bible from a non-literalist
view' is: Always. From the
Marc Carter wrote: As late as my youth I can tell you that (at least in the
Catholic Church) it was taught that biblical stories required interpretation,
and as late as my mom's youth, Catholics were not encouraged to read the bible
without a priest handy to help you understand what it was
I like Michael's comments on basic human fear and how this perhaps
underlying, unspoken affect finds expression in protest action and can
be exploited by those who sense its presence and want publicity. Just
think in the last few months about the protests in and about
Arizona-treatment of not
Dr. Bob Wildblood wrote:
Marc Carter wrote: As late as my youth I can tell you that (at least in the
Catholic Church) it was taught that biblical stories required interpretation,
and as late as my mom's youth, Catholics were not encouraged to read the
bible without a priest handy to help
