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Ha, what a great statement! β In any case, my religious tradition does not call itself "Lutheran" because of the man's politics.β In like manner, we should ask ourselves, For what reasons do we call ourselves Peirceans? βMan is essentially a social animal: but to be social is one thing, to be gregarious another: I decline to serve as bellwether.β Best, Jerry R On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Jon Alan Schmidt <jonalanschm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Frederik, List: > > FS: Luther was anti-reason, anti-liberty, anti-tolerance, anti-science > and founded theocracies in the emerging Lutheran states. > > > Like most caricatures, there are elements of truth in this, along with a > considerable amount of overstatement. > > FS: His theology, narrowly conceived, may possess valuable stuff if kept > apart from his politics, I do not know. > > > I obviously think that it does. In any case, my religious tradition does > not call itself "Lutheran" because of the man's politics. > > Regards, > > Jon Alan Schmidt - Olathe, Kansas, USA > Professional Engineer, Amateur Philosopher, Lutheran Layman > www.LinkedIn.com/in/JonAlanSchmidt - twitter.com/JonAlanSchmidt > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Frederik Stjernfelt <stj...@hum.aau.dk> > wrote: > >> As to Luther, I only judge him for his political beliefs, actions, and >> effects, which are deplorable. >> >> >> >> His theology, narrowly conceived, may possess valuable stuff if kept >> apart from his politics, I do not know. >> >> >> >> Best >> >> F >> >> >> >> *From: *"Stephen C. Rose" <stever...@gmail.com> >> *Date: *Friday 30 December 2016 at 18:48 >> *To: *Frederik Stjernfelt <stj...@hum.aau.dk> >> *Cc: *John Sowa <s...@bestweb.net>, "peirce-l@list.iupui.edu" < >> peirce-l@list.iupui.edu> >> *Subject: *Re: Aw: Re: [PEIRCE-L] Theism and Peircean Cosmology >> >> >> >> Luther also favored the princes over the peasants. And I have why >> Wittgenstein (who I see as Peirce in different clothing) would not have >> merited a Nobel over Russell. I have not weighed in on this theological >> conversation as I am in the midst of a consideration which harks back to >> Tillich's famous god beyond god remark. I am seeing a Word that is rather >> independent of the force that is the moving and still evolving cosmos which >> is what it is. In effect we play a part perhaps in inventing God due to our >> dialogic nature. Well this is not clear but it is why I have not weighed >> in. >> >> >> Books http://buff.ly/15GfdqU >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Frederik Stjernfelt <stj...@hum.aau.dk> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Peircers - >> >> Luther is an interesting case. He is much too well-regarded. >> >> I just wrote a pamphlet (in Danish) in order to raise a countervoice to >> the emerging celebrations of the "Luther Year" of 2017. Luther was >> anti-reason, anti-liberty, anti-tolerance, anti-science and founded >> theocracies in the emerging Lutheran states. >> >> Happy new year! >> Frederik >> >> > > ----------------------------- > PEIRCE-L subscribers: Click on "Reply List" or "Reply All" to REPLY ON > PEIRCE-L to this message. PEIRCE-L posts should go to > peirce-L@list.iupui.edu . To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message not to PEIRCE-L > but to l...@list.iupui.edu with the line "UNSubscribe PEIRCE-L" in the > BODY of the message. More at http://www.cspeirce.com/peirce-l/peirce-l.htm > . > > > > > >
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