hm… I am afraid I am quite unclear at this point about what you are suggesting (and its relation to our discussion of church/state). E.g. why could not a person have a correct interpretation (please note I avoid the discussion of “truth” altogether) in, say, being a fruitful farmer and not having any, i.e. agnostic, relation to the Creator? On the other hand, if a person/community has an appropriate relation to the Creator, does that NECESSARILY help in other areas – the example of inappropriate behavior by Catholic priests (or any other clery for that matter) is illustrative of the point I am making. Could you clarify this?
I do think we are still on the topic; however, this may be another area of disagreement. I suspect that given Keith’s position so far, he would perhaps argue along the lines of epistemological privileging of the believers. I may be wrong abou this of course. Can’t wait to be disabused of my suspicions! :-))
sgassanov
Nov 12 2002
09:30 am
hm… I am afraid I am quite unclear at this point about what you are suggesting (and its relation to our discussion of church/state). E.g. why could not a person have a correct interpretation (please note I avoid the discussion of “truth” altogether) in, say, being a fruitful farmer and not having any, i.e. agnostic, relation to the Creator? On the other hand, if a person/community has an appropriate relation to the Creator, does that NECESSARILY help in other areas – the example of inappropriate behavior by Catholic priests (or any other clery for that matter) is illustrative of the point I am making. Could you clarify this?
I do think we are still on the topic; however, this may be another area of disagreement. I suspect that given Keith’s position so far, he would perhaps argue along the lines of epistemological privileging of the believers. I may be wrong abou this of course. Can’t wait to be disabused of my suspicions! :-))