I am listing to a professor's lectures on the Renaissance and Reformation, times of big changes. I think we come to another period of big changes. Is there anything from the past that might help us today? — Athena
Fantasies are helpful in creating the future. What would have happened if there was no Renaissance? What if Martin Luther had not caused the loss of Catholic authority and a new way of seeing the Bible? — Athena
The Renaissance was a long process that came about because of curiosity and the unwillingness of people to keep on blaming god for everything, not because of peoples fantasies.
If Martin Luther had not caused the loss of Catholic authority someone else would have, the situation was ripe for the things that happened. And there were already different ways of seeing the bible, the Jews and the Orthodox amongst others church disagreed with the Catholics on many things. — Sir2u
And if a being could only make the perfect choice, would there ever be any option or choice to make? Wouldn’t that mean such beings had no reason to ever choose, as each “choice” was really just a seeking of the knowing the one way to act?
And if you didn’t already know the right way to act, knowing the perfect choice (as when you pause to consider options), how can you say you are all-knowing?
But that said, people are so damn intolerant, willing to act unreasonably, self-centered, and just plain hurtful, it’s worth thinking about how to change this without losing the real circumstances that beg us to tolerate differences, to be patient enough to find reasonableness, to consider others before ourselves and seek to help others instead of hurt them.
I wouldn’t change the world. If I could change myself, and we all could, this world could be good enough. — Fire Ologist
That's great. You probably have a local humanist organisation depending on which country you live in. Try Googling for it. — Truth Seeker
Did that plague lead to the weakening of the Catholic church and the rise of Protestantism? — Athena
The anarchy following the weakening of Catholic power and control is a lesson for us, isn't it? — Athena
I think, I would like to devote myself to bringing Jerusalem under international control and an international historic site. And how about moving on to creating Athens as an international historic site, and what other places should be added to the international historic sites? — Athena
The only ones that really behaved themselves while the church had power were the poor peasants. And even they got to the point where enough was enough and revolted against the church. — Sir2u
Scholasticism is the term given to a medieval philosophical movement that combined Catholic theology with the philosophies of more ancient writers such as Augustine and Aristotle. During what is called the Carolingian Renaissance, Charlemagne set up schools in every church throughout the Holy Roman Empire. The monks began to study and learn in these schools, and the schools attracted learners from all over Europe. The word scholasticism comes from the word for “school” because the movement began in Charlemagne’s schools.
Plato’s and Aristotle’s ideas and traditional Catholic dogma were influences on Scholasticism. Scholars sought to apply logic and reason to theology and to create a “web” of distinct truths that, when compared to one another, show truth to be an internally consistent whole. The same process can be seen in many academic systematic theologies today. https://www.gotquestions.org/Scholasticism.html
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I think the whole world should be one egalitarian country. — Truth Seeker
It should be democratic and there should be a separation between the government and religions. Policies should promote environmental sustainability, the elimination of pollution and promote the equal rights of all sentient beings. Everyone should receive according to their needs and contribute according to their abilities. Everyone should have equal social status from conception to death. We should all be vegans. Everyone should have equal standards of living. Money should be banned. All means of production should be owned by everyone equally. — Truth Seeker
Have you watched "Star Trek: The Next Generation"? They don't have any money. Look at the world and its history. It's full of suffering, inequality, injustice, and death. The system I proposed will minimise suffering, inequality, injustice, and death. We will share everything instead of the divisive system we now have. Look what non-vegans do to sentient animals every second: — Truth Seeker
Why does anyone do anything? How do individuals gain the ability to do anything? What values do they learn and how do they learn them? What motivates them to do anything? — Athena
Who started the peasants' rebellion? Might the trouble have begun with people with a degree of wealth and education who riled up the peasants? — Athena
Might that rebellion have begun with Scholasticism? — Athena
Is transubstantiated bread and wine real? :chin: — Athena
What has that got to do with the price of Polish cod? But I have no idea and I doubt you do either. — Sir2u
I think the whole world should be one egalitarian country. — Truth Seeker
Heck, many wives can't even get their husbands to help with housework and child care. I do not see egalitarianism coming any time soon. Also, I work a lot and I don't others willing to do that. I don't think a free ride brings out the best in people. A better society means every child is well cared for and has the advantages that enable him/her to be the best s/he can be. I am willing to focus on that, but that is not making people equal. — Athena
I love your post. I strongly disagree with you about the importance of Scholasticism, but everything else is moving in the right direction. Something that is not well known is HOW we think is as important as WHAT we think and Scholasticism taught people to think critically. — Athena
What is important here is before Schalisticism people were not critical thinkers AND — Athena
Through Scholasticism, people learned HOW to think. — Athena
For the modestly rich knight class, yes, they had the most to lose. — Athena
Changes in the technology of war put them out of business so they depended on their land for an income — Athena
and it was rumored the Catholics shouldn't even own land. Certainly not the lying Church. — Athena
This was an opportunity for them to get more land and return to the higher standard of living they wanted. — Athena
These educated people used their education for a war that would increase their wealth and no one would benefit more from the change in social order than the peasants. — Athena
In that case, how do we solve the problems of suffering, inequality, injustice, and death? — Truth Seeker
We don't have an implementable solution to the problems of suffering, inequality, injustice, and death. — Truth Seeker
Those who have, do not want to share with those who do not have. So sad — Truth Seeker
I see your point. In that case, how do we solve the problems of suffering, inequality, injustice, and death? — Truth Seeker
Those who have, do not want to share with those who do not have. So sad — Truth Seeker
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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. ...
Steve and Connie Ballmer.
Actually a lot of suffering and death could be avoided, except that no one really wants to foot the bill for it. There are mas reserves of vital grains and other food stocks around the world, but it costs a lot of money that the tax payers would bitch about to take it where it is needed. — Sir2u
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The other problems of suffering. inequality and injustice, are a matter of technology and education. — Athena
Here are the billionaires who give away the most money, according to Forbes
Warren Buffett. Warren Buffett has a lifetime giving of $56.7 billion. ...
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. ...
George Soros. ...
Michael Bloomberg. ...
MacKenzie Scott. ...
Jim and Marilyn Simons. ...
Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. ...
Steve and Connie Ballmer.
We are biologically programmed to care about others. That comes with being a social animal. — Athena
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