[lbo-talk] Can Liberal Faiths Compete with Conservative Faiths? (An Appeal to Ignorance)

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Wed Jun 15 19:24:53 PDT 2005


Yes, I'm sorry. My mistake. That list was supposed to be "Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Buddhist, Muslim."

In other words, why do some Protestant splinters get their own denomination and others just get lumped in with the Protestants?

Joanna

Michael Hoover wrote:


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>What does "Protestant" mean? I thought everyone who wasn't Jewish
>or Mormon or Buddhist or Muslim was Protestant?
>Joanna
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>never sure on lbo whether poster questions are asked sincerely given pervasive 'new smarty' list culture (comment not intentionally directed to above lister) but...
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>protestant reformation was attack - a conservative one - against thomistic christian doctrine re. human nature and reason, reemphazing - ala augustine - both humanity's wretchedness and its limited capacity to 'know' god, thus, 'return to faith' also put protestantism in conflict with emerging scientific rationality...
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