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matthew wrote:The answer to your question is that Christianity was founded by a man who claimed to be God. He was able to back this statement up and it is well documented. That is what makes it different from other faiths.
matthew wrote:
The answer to your question is that Christianity was founded by a man who claimed to be God. He was able to back this statement up and it is well documented. That is what makes it different from other faiths. Furthermore, I don't think it is even accurate to posit faith in Christ as a "belief-system". The person of Christ, being both Almighty God and man, is infinitely more than a teacher of truth. He IS Truth, and he told his disciples as much in no uncertain langauge......you'll notice that Christ never minces words in the gospel....he illustrates with parables but when He makes a point he doesn't dance around. Unlike say Socrates or Confucius or Mohammed or Buddha, Christ explicitly said to look to Him not simply because He SPEAKS the truth, but because He IS Truth.
The point is that the person of Jesus Christ, particularly in the Mass, is the center, the focus, the hub whathaveyou of faith.......not morals and dogmas and institutional persons and rubrics. Those serve their purpose, but only as much as they have their source in Him.
Growing in faith in Jesus Christ through the church He founded is simply a process of slowly opening ones eyes to the real shape of things in the world rather than subscribing to some "belief-system". It's a lifelong process though and not without pitfalls. That too is what makes it different and in fact OTHER than a mere "belief system".
Andrew L. wrote:matthew wrote:
I have no weltanschauung to speak of
This, you of course cannot possibly realize, is the ideological position, par excellence.
matthew wrote:The answer to your question is that Christianity was founded by a man who claimed to be God. He was able to back this statement up and it is well documented.
Marsupialized wrote:Thank you so much for the pounding, it came in handy.
matthew wrote:I have no weltanschauung to speak of
sunlore wrote:matthew wrote:I have no weltanschauung to speak of
Did this guy really say "weltanschauung"?
I cringe, Mattheus!
Gramsci wrote:I think one of the most interesting things about the Christian religion is the cyclical nature of the believe system and the ability of the believer to perform some serious mental gymnastics to overcome the massive contradictions and historical inconstancies of the text. Bizarre as it seems to the rest of us, the more we try and convince Matty that he is living in a dream world the more this will reaffirm his beliefs. From a psychological point-of-view this is very interesting and something I’m sure that would be worth and has been studied.
Gramsci wrote:sunlore wrote:matthew wrote:
I have no weltanschauung to speak of
Did this guy really say "weltanschauung"?
I cringe, Mattheus!
He sure did, and I'm not in the least bit surprised... and you were?
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