medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Good day, all, eh?
To demonstrate the durable density of my
skull, I still cannot read a defense of neo-
conservatism or, for that matter, of Know-
Nothingism, Nazism, Peronism, socialism,
or Soviet Communism into Dennis's post.
What I did read is that dogma does make
a difference. I, being a dogmatician, think
that to be a true statement. I shall readily
admit that the vast majority of people in
general disagree. That is why I and a large
number of dogmaticians remain unemployed.
I have argued, do now argue, and will
continue to argue that one needs to
understand the dogma of the Roman church
in the eary 16th century as well as the dogma
of Luther, of Zwingli, and of Müntzer to
understand the reformation of the sixteenth
century and to build a foundation for an
understanding of today's western Christianity.
In my senile dementia, I take Dennis's
argument to be similar, namely if we do
not have a handle on the dogma of Islam
at its founding as well as that of Christianity
then and the history of the events when one
impinged upon the other, we may not entirely
understand what is going on now.
Assuming I understand Dennis correctly,
I rejoice, for, as longtime list members know,
Dennis and I see many things amicably but
very differently.
Is Dennis's procedure of going to the roots of
the matter legitimate? Obviously, I think so.
It's what I've been doing for the last 35 years.
In matters of religion, especially matters of
present day religion, we must all remember
that there are folks on this list who have deep
emotional attachments to one view or another.
I, myself, fall into that category. This does
not mean we cannot tell the truth. It does
mean, however, we should say the truth as
winningly and non-combatively as we know
how. This is a fact I, too, often forget in the
heat of the moment. For that I ask the list's
forgiveness and indulgence.
Regards to all!
Frank
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