On 12/04/2006, at 4:18 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
If one is Christian, then the Incarnate Word of God (Jesus) has the
greatest
authority.
Precisely what I was taught.
I never met someone who was really a literalist
concerning the whole of scriptures.....they just don't count their
non-literal reading as non-literal.
Precisely why I abhor "literalists".
The implication that fundamentalism is the only "complete" form of a
religion is a perfectly reasonable assertion
But, with Christianity, then one would have to argue that it was
incomplete
for most of its existence. Fundamentalism is really rather new.
Really? What was the Inquistion all about then? Enforcing the
Doctrine of the Faith, and burning heretics to the faith. Or the
Mohammedan jihads? Fundamentalism is a new name for something that
has been inherent in religion (and politics and tribalism) for as
long as there have been people - inflexible adherence to whatever
standard has been chosen, and beating up those that disagree...
Charlie
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