Hi Bodvar, Your words sparked a thought. Having never been a religious person, I stand outside the window looking in at all the goings-on. I've certainly been invited to the party, but don't feel comfortable attending.
[Bo] the new light the MOQ throws on Jesus' "attack" on the Mosaic tradition. then this. [Bo] Christendom has moved away from its Semitic roots and become more and more "intellectual" Once again I find myself having to look things up. Mosaic Tradition: the laws (beginning with the Ten Commandments) that God gave to the Israelites through Moses; it includes many rules of religious observance given in the first five books of the Old Testament. Well, hmmm. That dashes my thought, but I will soldier on with it anyway. The word "mosaic" sparked in my mind the idea of multiple gods. Now I realize this is not at all what you meant, but consider this. The Intellectual Level would not exist were it not for Monotheism. My idea is that when there were many gods, each with their own area of specialty, and each requiring appeasement and worship to get things to go your way, it was impossible to 'think outside the god box' and give basic cause and effect it's due. If you've got 100 gods all acting on a whim in your life, you do not have free will. If you do not have free will, you cannot believe that anything much you do to affect your situation is going to matter in the end. If you do not believe you can affect anything, you will not look for answers. If you do not look for answers, you will not view things as an intellectual problem to be solved. If you do not do that, you are not operating at the intellectual level. You are stuck. Was the Intellectual Level born in the Garden of Eden - of a woman? (he he) Couldn't resist that. Best wishes, Mary The most important thing you will ever make is a realization. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
