rant before bed
so the theology thing has come around again. it's taken the form of an old christian argument 'faith' vs 'works', except in this case it is more like 'knowledge' vs 'practice'. I still marvel at the duality of the professed monists/nondualists tending to see things as either/or.
if one doesn't know where one came from, one doesn't know where one is headed.
There's also this notion being rather insinuated that 'theology' only came to prominance via christian thought and had little influence in ancient pagandom.lol Except for when they make the assertion that chrisianity lifted most of its theology from pagan sources. Really, if one knows anything about the early church one would know that the most influential christian fathers of a theological bent were schooled in pagan cults.
another instance of defining things from a christian perspective then denying 'pagans' do 'that' or shouldn't do that, based on that definition.
if one doesn't know where one came from, one doesn't know where one is headed.
There's also this notion being rather insinuated that 'theology' only came to prominance via christian thought and had little influence in ancient pagandom.lol Except for when they make the assertion that chrisianity lifted most of its theology from pagan sources. Really, if one knows anything about the early church one would know that the most influential christian fathers of a theological bent were schooled in pagan cults.
another instance of defining things from a christian perspective then denying 'pagans' do 'that' or shouldn't do that, based on that definition.