Comments on: Christianity, Reason and the Rise of the West http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/12/17/christianity-reason-and-the-rise-of-the-west/ Bill Muehlenberg's commentary on issues of the day... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:37:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Muehlenberg http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/12/17/christianity-reason-and-the-rise-of-the-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2623 Bill Muehlenberg Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:01:23 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/12/17/christianity-reason-and-the-rise-of-the-west/#comment-2623 Thanks George You raise some very important issues here. So important in fact that they warrant a full-length article. Stay tuned, and in a day or two that new article covering your concerns shall appear on this website. Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch Thanks George
You raise some very important issues here. So important in fact that they warrant a full-length article. Stay tuned, and in a day or two that new article covering your concerns shall appear on this website.

Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch

]]> By: George Bezerra http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/12/17/christianity-reason-and-the-rise-of-the-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2620 George Bezerra Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:31:03 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/12/17/christianity-reason-and-the-rise-of-the-west/#comment-2620 The only thing I find misleading is to think christianism would be a better religion than the others because it brings development. First because this development does't mean improvement in the moral sense. We can think about all the violence and uneveness that had to happen and still happens in order to the western's development to take place. Second, because any other religion in the world has contributed and contributes to development, simply because it makes people united toward an objective, and this cooperative force makes great enterprises. Thouthands years before christ, the Pharaos in Egypt evolved a huge developed society by means of their religious social structure. Without this development there would be no christianity. In america, also before christ, there were developed religious societies, that grown based on a different religion than christianism. Development and religion are tied together. Religion represents a cultural organization, a way of thinking of people, their informal commitment on how to interact with each other, and, indirectly, on how development should take place. Best, George Bezerra The only thing I find misleading is to think christianism would be a better religion than the others because it brings development. First because this development does’t mean improvement in the moral sense. We can think about all the violence and uneveness that had to happen and still happens in order to the western’s development to take place. Second, because any other religion in the world has contributed and contributes to development, simply because it makes people united toward an objective, and this cooperative force makes great enterprises. Thouthands years before christ, the Pharaos in Egypt evolved a huge developed society by means of their religious social structure. Without this development there would be no christianity. In america, also before christ, there were developed religious societies, that grown based on a different religion than christianism. Development and religion are tied together. Religion represents a cultural organization, a way of thinking of people, their informal commitment on how to interact with each other, and, indirectly, on how development should take place.

Best, George Bezerra

]]> By: Mike Roviano http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/12/17/christianity-reason-and-the-rise-of-the-west/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 Mike Roviano Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:28:11 +0000 http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/12/17/christianity-reason-and-the-rise-of-the-west/#comment-2617 Few modern people read John Locke so his reputation is in the hands of myth makers. Modern academics have converted Locke into a puppet to state their opinions. In reality, Locke’s notion of tolerance is a specific legal notion about what can be endured. Locke is not a modern multiculturalist. He states it is not possible to tolerate citizens who give their loyalty to another different state or power such as "the mufti of Constantinople". Locke rejects tolerance of atheists because their word cannot make a contract nor be accepted as evidence. He sees trust as a cornerstone of morality and civil society. Mike Roviano Few modern people read John Locke so his reputation is in the hands of myth makers. Modern academics have converted Locke into a puppet to state their opinions.
In reality, Locke’s notion of tolerance is a specific legal notion about what can be endured. Locke is not a modern multiculturalist. He states it is not possible to tolerate citizens who give their loyalty to another different state or power such as “the mufti of Constantinople”. Locke rejects tolerance of atheists because their word cannot make a contract nor be accepted as evidence. He sees trust as a cornerstone of morality and civil society.

Mike Roviano

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