From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Sun Dec 07 2003 - 14:44:54 GMT
Dear Joe, Jim, David M and forum,
The question has been raised, 'Is there an impassable gulf between Buddhism
and Christianity'?
Buddhists are radical renounces - they adhere to reason rather than faith.
Christians adhere to faith.
It seems to me that Christian enquiry is self limiting - at the end of the
day, Individuals are the herd of God.
Buddhist enquiry is free to search for release from static conditioning, and
find exceptional coherence between patterns and DQ; at this exceptional point,
there is no self as such.
We may wish to regard Christianity thought being more static than Buddhist
thought, and it is that very static nature of Christian thinking which will not
allow it to accept the MoQ.
Then why does a Christian enquire? And when a Christian enquires, does he/she
flavour 'rationality' to his/her own preconditioned world view?
I would answer that a Christian must enquire, because it is the nature of a
coherent Intelligence to evolve towards ever greater coherence and beauty. The
MoQ indicates this to be so.
To the second point, i would answer that reason is an intellectual aesthetic
sense, and as such is a creative artistic process. As we may agree, art can be
placed subservient to almost any static patterning; but in doing so, the
Christian prostitutes art. The Christian will therefore prostitute the MoQ into
the service of static containment - at complete variance with DQ.
The liturgical music of Pallestrina is some of the most powerful and
beautiful music i have ever heard, and i feel it was written in response to DQ, as
expressed through the mediating static patterning of the Christian faith. So,
Christianity is not so limiting after all in the field of art? Liturgical music
is a testament to the Dynamic nature of being alive and responsive to beauty.
And if reason is given its free expression, it too will burst out of the
confining nature of static Christian thought. You cannot stop it, because Christian
thought was created by Quality in the first place, and it can be swept aside
in the fullness of time.
All the best,
Mark
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