From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Wed 02 Feb 2000 - 18:50:52 EET
Me'n'Jules:
> > You're telling me Paul believed there was
> > no 'evidence' for the existence of God? That
> > surprises me, a tad...
> Not quite ; He *knew* God personally ; but he also
> knew that other people generally don't, and asks them
> to simply have faith in the Gospels (and in Greek
> philosophy).
Once again returning us to the central semantic quibble at the
root of this discussion: is the validity of Greek philosophy,
and the testimony of the Gospels, and of others with direct
personal experience of god (like himself, and subsequent types)
'no evidence'?
It strikes me that we're not dealing with different degrees of
faith, between different Glorantha and RW religions, so much as
differently-attributed types of faith. Some religions recognise
these differences explicitly, according to the needs of the
individual (the example of Bhakti vs. Jnana paths in Hinduism
springs to mind), with others you get a 'package deal', and unwrap
it as best you can.
> I think that Western Heroquesting is probably a
> Hollywood special effects version of having a Crisis
> in Faith - anyone seen 'Dogma' ? ;-)
I haven't, but if the trailers are any indication, that might
liven up our persceptions of the Gloranthan Wild Wild West a
tad. ;-) (And it could kinda do with it, though this is likely
more a function of my personal hangups than of any intrinsic
qualities.)
Cheers,
Alex.
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