From: MarshaV (marshalz@charter.net)
Date: Fri Aug 26 2005 - 00:16:00 BST
Erin,
I appreciate hearing your perspective.
Marsha
At 08:28 AM 8/25/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Marsha,
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>I find this dichotomoy not as clear cut as you. Your posts remind me of
>me when I first joined this group. I was DQ worshipper, chummy with
>worshippers (who turn on you as soon as you disagree with them), etc. etc.
>etc. but the dissenters of this group questioned what I "know" which in
>turn made me question what I "know".
>Philosophy is a love of wisdom and part of the love is being honest about
>what you know and what you don't know.
>I said in the past that Sam didn't remind me of the priest that I know and
>the problem is some of the DQ worshippers do....which is why this
>dichotomy doesn't work for me. Sam is making me question of what I
>"know" about Christianity. Some people talking about DQ sound like
>religious nutcases to me and frankly scare me at times.
>
>At one time I would have agreed with this irrational Christianity vs
>rational philosophy but the line isn't so clear to me now.
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>Erin
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>MarshaV <marshalz@charter.net> wrote:
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>>Christianity started as a of superstitions. It gained political
>>power, wiped out its opposition and became a powerful , and
>>proclaimed itself to be the only true philosophy for many hundreds of
>>years. The word 'philosophy' originally meant the 'love of wisdom'. Now
>>that the word is being reclaimed, Christianity wants to denigrate its
>>opposition with the word 'cult'. Baloney!!!!
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>>Marsha
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