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Re: What does it take to be a true Christian?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 27 Oct 2001 15:58:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Simpson writes:
> "I know that some people say the idea of a Law of Nature or decent behavior
> known to all men is unsound, because different civilizations and different
> ages have had quite different moralities. But this is not true. There have
> been differences between their moralities, but these have never amounted to
> anything like a total difference. If anyone will take the trouble to
> compare the moral teachings of, say, the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians,
> HIndus, Chinese, Greek and Romans, what will really strike him will be how
> very like they are to each other and to our own...I need only ask the reader
> to think what a totally different morality would mean"
I wonder if C.S. Lewis examined the Mayan belief system? The Mesoamerican
system of gods is pretty alien. They are neither good, nor bad, taken as a
whole, just more powerful.
Further, I have to wonder if the ethos of "be willing to sacrifice your
life, on the altar, with the priest plucking your still living heart out to
show the crowd, if it's required of you" is just self sacrifice taken to its
logical degree?
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| (...) Being simply more powerful doesn't imply, to my mind, a difference of "kind" in moralities, only a difference of "degrees." Though the Mayan Gods weren't moral authorities of any particular kind, I'd wager that moral codes still existed within (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) To be a true Christian, I'd say that one must be first squarely in agreement with the essentials of the faith--the clearest and most basic beliefs that the early believers held regarding the person of Christ, and have which been a bedrock of (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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