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Posts: 6823 04/16/08 09:08:35 |
NannyG123 wrote: I don't think you're spiritually blind for that. I just think you're spiritually blind for being a hateful person, and perhaps a little silly for wanting a guy to give a lecture on Greek philosophy in the middle of a guy's eulogy, so that you don't have to like Muslims. Religion encysts past mythologies: guesses, hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, pronouncements made in search of personal power, all mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always an unspoken commandment: Thou shalt not question! We break that commandment daily in the harnessing of human imagination to our deepest creativity. -Chapterhouse: Dune ***NOTE: All references to any God, gods, or other metaphysical concepts are hypothetical in nature and do not imply belief in said deities unless specifically indicated. These statements do not represent the opinion of the poster, his family, friends, other posters, EZboard, or the dark satanic masters that possess him and are secretly pulling his strings. All information copyright 2008 Big Faceless Corp. |
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Posts: 413 04/16/08 10:36:51 |
Malkut wrote: I wasn't expecting a ''lecture on Greek philosophy,'' Malkut. Simply that such an authority on the Bible (as many people claim Rev. Wright is) should personally know which Greek word was used when Jesus referred to "loving one's brother," versus another Greek word used when he, himself , spoke about loving ''brothers' who he might not agree with philosophically. I honestly doubt he did know. Somehow I think he's a victim of resume enhancement and not the scholar he's held up by so many to be. As such, he has
no other ammunition for his lower, lesser love except to bluster loudly about some supposed hypocrisy of those who have not sunk to his lower levels. How can I
look up to such a man? Don't tell me you do?
And, before you go painting me as a ''bigot,'' with your broad brush, have you examined who the Muslims I do look up to are? I had listed
some of them at SAB. But it is so easy to simply call people names here or to do the hasty generalization fallacy, isn't it? I bet you didn't have a
clue who those Muslims are that I named, do you?
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Posts: 6825 04/16/08 12:35:23 |
NannyG123 wrote: No, I imagine you were hoping for him to screw up, so you have a response to the accusation that the Right is hateful, bigoted, and evil. We both know you wouldn't give a shit if someone got them mixed up at a pro-Israel and pro-taking-money-from-unwed-mothers-because-they-are-whores rally. Plus, it's not a sliding scale. Plato says that you can agape baseball, and philia your spouse, but Jesus said it, which means Christians have to find some way of interpreting it outside of the vain wisdom of the philosophers that Paul hated so much. Never mind that explained it first, and best. NannyG123 wrote: A bigot doesn't have to be bigoted against another viewpoint in particular. They can be bigoted against all viewpoints that aren't their own. The fact that you toss the Republican party's collective salad in every single post you make kind of points me in that direction. Besides, a list of Muslims you "admire" because you agree with them doesn't mean anything. Black separatists and white separatists agree on just about everything, because their views are perfectly comparable on all but one point. Doesn't mean they aren't racists. Religion encysts past mythologies: guesses, hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, pronouncements made in search of personal power, all mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always an unspoken commandment: Thou shalt not question! We break that commandment daily in the harnessing of human imagination to our deepest creativity. -Chapterhouse: Dune ***NOTE: All references to any God, gods, or other metaphysical concepts are hypothetical in nature and do not imply belief in said deities unless specifically indicated. These statements do not represent the opinion of the poster, his family, friends, other posters, EZboard, or the dark satanic masters that possess him and are secretly pulling his strings. All information copyright 2008 Big Faceless Corp. |
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