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- From: webb@vault.tsd.itg.ti.com (Rosemary Webb)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan,talk.religion.misc
- Subject: Re: Critical Thought
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 21:28:07 GMT
- Organization: Texas Instruments, Austin, Tx.
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- > (as another person raised catholic)... a lack of critical examination seems
- >to be the rule rather than the exception for most religions. In regards to
- >Catholicism/Christianity, it is easy to see why a careful examination of ritual
- >cannibalism/diabolism is not easily faced (turning a death cult into a life
- >cult entails paradox).
- >
- > Allegory & metaphor (never mind that the priesthood are too thick too get it)
- >Always recall (if you wish to follow Jesus(tm)) that his primary method of
- >instruction was the parable.
- Note that, for the laity, preaching in parable gets the point across well.
- A well-told tale is also more memorable for non-literate populations.
- Keep in mind, though, that even (especially?) for educated believers,
- an important dictum during the middle ages was "I believe _because_ it
- is absurd." Once I encountered this, I stopped trying to make sense
- of Catholic doctrine and started looking for another spirituality. A creator
- that alien (or one who creates me with such limited comprehension) gets
- no support from *me*.
-
- Rosemary Webb
- (I used to be Catholic, but I'm more discriminating now.)
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