Way too much "playing tennis without a net" going on for this thread to remotely be a philosophical, let alone historical, discussion. — 180 Proof
How do we think of religious experience in connection to political correctness. Part of this would be about accepting everyone's views, but how would this come into play in the subjective interpretations, especially in the interpretations of the Bible? — Jack Cummins
Religion and philosophy should inform politics, not the other way round. — Apollodorus
Not necessarily. They may have had access to evidence, e.g., miracles, visions, etc. that we can no longer access except if we start from an attitude of faith. If I understand Christianity correctly, Jesus reveals himself to those who have faith in him. — Apollodorus
,Of course, Jesus was known to be part God — 3017amen
Is that another Einsteinian emotional response, or are you a player without a racket? Surely you're not throwing in the towel again in yet another match :razz:
You may want to start an angry atheist thread and see who wins :joke: — 3017amen
it is not a thing that can be known. That's the distinction I'm making. — tim wood
Imagine practicing religion or philosophy according to one set of political guidelines for four years, and according to another set for the next four years, and so on. Totally ludicrous IMHO :grin: — Apollodorus
By investigating the ultimate composition of matter, science in a way is attempting to do the same thing. — Apollodorus
And none so far as I know affirm the mere existence of any God. The Greeks are understood to have understood their Gods as personifications of human characteristics. It all comes back to God as an idea. First as an account of the unexplained. The as a source of man's better thoughts.But the strange thing is that seemingly intelligent and educated philosophers like Socrates, Plato and their followers have spent many centuries talking and writing about God or things connected with the divine. — Apollodorus
A Catholic did become president.Likewise imagine a Catholic becoming president and how Protestants, Calvinists, Lutheran's, Baptists, ad nauseam might react (?). — 3017amen
This is just stupidly ignorant.in Christianity I wonder if Jesus supported Catholicism :razz: — 3017amen
You're wrong.Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that was Aristotle's definition. — 3017amen
Well, to be quite honest, I think to make Bible interpretation subject to political correctness would amount to knowingly sabotaging your own effort. Religion and philosophy should inform politics, not the other way round. — Apollodorus
The as a source of man's better thoughts. — tim wood
Religion should inform politics? About what? — jorndoe
Belief or matter of fact? If the latter, evidence?But still a divine or suprahuman, not a human one. — Apollodorus
About ethics, what is right and what is wrong. — Apollodorus
[religion and morality] are to be defined differently and have no definitional connections with each other. Conceptually and in principle, morality and a religious value system are two distinct kinds of value systems or action guides. — The Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics
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