Re: Definition: Religion [was Re: MD quality religion]

From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun Mar 21 2004 - 17:06:36 GMT

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    Hi Sam

    Agreed, I rather like Aquinas myself,
    my comment is about the overall tendency,
    there are contra examples both ways.
    Catholicism in fact lost much of its openness
    in response to the Protestant return to the word of God
    I believe, despite the benefit of Protestantism's
    new individualism, via the Renaissance, of course.

    regards
    David M

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Sam Norton" <elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 3:59 PM
    Subject: Re: Definition: Religion [was Re: MD quality religion]

    > Hi David M,
    >
    > A while back you suggested: "In the past have religions often worshipped a
    god of SQ in the west, a
    > god of law, where as the east has more often seen a god of DQ?"
    >
    > How do you reconcile that with this quote from St Paul: "Therefore, there
    is now no condemnation for
    > those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus, the law of
    the Spirit of Life set me
    > free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:1-2)
    >
    > This isn't me wanting to bring in the Bible as an authority. This is me
    saying that Paul's whole
    > understanding of faith was geared around rejecting the God of law in
    favour of the 'spirit' - which
    > I treat as being DQ. This is at least *prima facie* evidence of a non
    law-based western religion,
    > wouldn't you agree?
    >
    > Sam
    >
    >
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