[lbo-talk] M. Parenti joins the New Atheists?

[Carrol Cox]

Calvin dealt with these complications directly. He recognized and
discussed the fact that an inspired text required an inspired reader. He
recognized and discussed the unpleasant consequences of that fact,
consequences which he did not like at all. Nevertheless he stuck to his
guns as it were. One of the most enjoyable accounts of / debates on the
whole mess is to be found in dryden's Religio Laici -- a really fine
poem, almost as good as Pope.

Carrol

Dennis Claxton wrote:
> 
> Gail Brock wrote:
> 
> >Maybe it's the religious belief that the ordinary believer should
> >read and interpret the Scriptures for him or herself, because the
> >Holy Spirit will guide the true believer to the correct
> >understanding. Not a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, but
> >definitely a motif of the fundamentalist wing.
> 
> Yup.  No catechism from anytime means squat in that tent.
> 
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