> Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema wrote:
> >
> > Christianity expresses a
> > chronic, unresolved ambivalence about domination and submission.
>
> This, like most psychological "explanations," simply won't do. It is
> just a disguised form of the Christian Myth of original sin. Where
did
> that ambivalence come from?
>
> I think Chip is right to object to this. As he points out, there are
> tremendous differences within Christianity. That is, two groups of
> people can cite nominally the same set of general principles and
derive
> totally contradictory practices from them. Mao's question, "Where Do
> Correct Ideas Come From?" can be broadened to "Where do any kind of
> ideas come from?" and an answer to that in terms of human psychology
is
> tautological -- and an empty tautology. People think that way
because
> people think that way. Gee Whiz!
>
> Carrol
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And just what way is "that way"? Is "there" a "where else" that human
ideas come from that you're not telling us about? :-)
Ian