On 9/28/03 9:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sociologist Karl Manheim wrote of the tension between ideology (the > false consciousness of the oppressed and the class consciousness of > the oppressor) and utopia (the class consciousness of the > oppressed). Literalism more often buttresses the interests of the former > than the latter. It is fundamentally text as prison. Freedom from > literalism allows utopia, i.e., "a vision of what might be."
Which is part of the reason why it is difficult to discuss things like world peace with some evangelical fundamentalists. Man being intrinsicly flawed thru' the original sin, peace is impossible. Man continue to descend into more profound sinfullness; and eventually God will get fed up and destroy creation. (or at least the earth.) Very depressing perspective when you can not see yourself as one of the 144,000 who will be saved. Don C - - - - - He who believes himself spiritual proves he is not. ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
