[lbo-talk] Scientology: the beliefs

[wrobert at uci.edu]

Um... these weren't my comments.  I noted that there is a Christian
revolutionary tradition as well as a Christian tradition of voluntary
servitude.  To be perfectly honest, I think Spinoza's analysis in the
Theological Political Treatise, which emphasizes the Bible as a book that
prescribes social behavior in order to create social order.  Spinoza
emphasizes that the Bible's message is extremely simple and emphasizes
obedience over understanding.  Robert Wood


> --- wrobert at uci.edu quoted:
>
>>
>> > Those are my thoughts. Most xtians believe most of
>> the bible is true.
>
> No they don't. Fundamentalist Protestants, most of
> whom reside in the United States, do. That's what
> makes them Fundamentalists. There was a whole major
> historical event people may have heard of called the
> Reformation revolving around this very subject.
> Moreover Fundamentalism is a very new, modern
> phenomenon. Sts. Augustine and Thomas did not believe
> in the literal truth of every passage in the Bible.
>
>> > You have to believe the whole god impregnated a
>> virgin nonsense to even
>> > be a xtian.
>
> No you don't. What you have to believe to be a
> Christian is that Jesus was a manifestation of God and
> died to redeem the world. Whether you believe he was
> literally God's son born of a virgin woman is a matter
> of individual belief and denomination.
>
>
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