Also, according to Scott Peck, one of the most meaningful forms of "love" is to confront a person when he is wrong or doing wrong things.
Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Jan 24, 2017 3:22 PM, "Gary Schiltz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless you are a masochist, of course :-) > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think the central tenet of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, >> Christianity, and Islam, in chronological order) is expressed in >> Christianity as "love thy neighbor as thyself". >> >> Frank >> >> Frank Wimberly >> Phone (505) 670-9918 >> >> On Jan 24, 2017 2:50 PM, "glen ☣" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 01/24/2017 02:01 PM, Pamela McCorduck wrote: >>> > I’d need to know which part of Biblical morality we’re talking about. >>> >>> I agree. I like the Jefferson Bible, wherein TJ tried to extract Jesus' >>> teachings from the rest of the hooha in the Bible. I think those teachings >>> _might_ cohere as a standalone work. But most of the Christians I have >>> experience with don't really focus on Jesus. They tend to like the Psalms, >>> Revelations, etc. So, it's unclear how/if we can pull out the stuff they >>> find attractive and have it cohere. >>> >>> > On 01/24/2017 10:52 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >>> >> Can the yummy parts arise as a result of a small set of principles >>> consistent with empirical facts? If so, they could be presented in the >>> usual prescriptive ways for this kind of audience, and then maybe life >>> could go on without unpleasant extinction events and that sort of thing. >>> >>> My favorite mathematician Raymond Smullyan has written a few books on >>> religion that talk quite a bit about Christianity. He seemed to suggest >>> that it's overall a decent system _if_ you get rid of the concept of Hell. >>> And I think Hitchens used to identify Hell as the most abhorrent thing >>> about it. >>> >>> -- >>> ☣ glen >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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