tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post182743171541978820..comments2024-03-29T09:09:24.834+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Eutopia, Westfall And AmericaKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-34389476513263624742016-02-09T08:41:45.827+00:002016-02-09T08:41:45.827+00:00Kaor, Paul!
And I see NOTHING wrong in the Church...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />And I see NOTHING wrong in the Church defining, guided by our Lord the Spirit, what is true and false in matters of faith and morals. After all, Christ promised He would always be with the Church, which has to logically meaning as well preventing her from teaching error.<br /><br />And I certainly agree it's wrong to use the coercive powers of the state to exile or otherwise penalize theological or philosophical opponents (the Athenian condemnation of Socrates comes to mind).<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-29808538401374606632016-02-08T16:47:58.005+00:002016-02-08T16:47:58.005+00:00Sean,
Two issues, though. Imposition of uniform be...Sean,<br />Two issues, though. Imposition of uniform belief, whether good or bad, started then, if not earlier. 2nd, how were heretics treated? Arius was exiled.<br />Paul. Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-35099199418721011842016-02-08T16:31:49.335+00:002016-02-08T16:31:49.335+00:00Kaor, Paul!
I am a Catholic, I believe God REVEAL...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I am a Catholic, I believe God REVEALED many things to us in both the OT and NT and the Tradition of the Church. And that God prevents the Church from teaching errors in matters of faith and morals. I fail to see why uniformity or certainty of belief in what has been divinely revealed is somehow supposed to be bad. <br /><br />Sean<br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-28003474663680131002016-02-08T12:19:19.201+00:002016-02-08T12:19:19.201+00:00Sean,
I think that uniformity of belief began at l...Sean,<br />I think that uniformity of belief began at least with the Council of Nicaea?<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-28041205385753680122016-02-08T02:38:47.554+00:002016-02-08T02:38:47.554+00:00Kaor, Paul!
Needless to say, I say Iason Philippo...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Needless to say, I say Iason Philippou is biased and one sided! A few thoughts comes to mind.<br /><br />I deny Christianity arose and spread because men had despaired of life. That totally ignores the positive reaons why so many became Christians.<br /><br />And I see NOTHING holy in mere trees and idols of false, non existent gods. And exactly WHO were those "free men" martyred by Christians?<br /><br />And it was BECAUSE of Christianity that a true science eventually arose on our Earth. See my quote from "Delenda est" in the combox of your "Relearning History" piece.<br /><br />And the origins of totalitarian "conformity of belief" has its origins in MARXISM, or if you like, the fanatical Jacobins of the French Revolution, not Christianity.<br /><br />Iason is certainly right to criticize our Earth for being so often filthy, wasteful, ugly, restricted, hypocritical and insane. No argument there! BUT, at the very end of "Eutopia" the mask is stripped away and we see how those those things can be found in his "Good Place." One ugly thing being institutionalized child abuse.<br /><br />In fact, Anderson obviously meant "Eutopia," meaning "good place," to be an ironic play on St. Thomas Mores "Utopia," meaning "no place." Meaning the "good place" did not exist!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com