Pope speech

[paulhope]

I never thought I'd say this, but after reading this speech, I'm a big fan of the pope.

Dad sent me the link to the speech a couple days ago with the note, "The Pope created a furore with this lecture, but for the wrong reasons." By "furore" (British spelling--who knew?) he was referring to the outcry by Islamic leaders against something mean a

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[theshowmustgo0n]

Has "the question of God" been resolved, as you say, to the negative by science? I say, it's a scientific secret that has remained remarkably well hidden!

I kind of have to scoff here on LJ because I think in order to properly contest this claim you make, I'd have to have a better understanding of what exactly is going on in your mind to have spewed such fallacy. I'll cut you some slack and bame it on that "hunger in your belly," but let's talk about it in person later. :)

[pooperman]

The differences between the Septuagint (Greek) and Masoretic (Hebrew) OT's is significant. What is most-important, in my mind, is that the Jesus of the gospels quoted from the Septuagint and not the Masoretic in some places where the differences were not at all trivial.

There is an interesting element to this, given the protestants generally dismiss the Septuagint (and generally hand-wave over the differences between it and the Masoretic texts) and at least the Greek Orthodox catholics still embrace it.

The Logos of John is very similar, if not identical, to the logos of Heraclitus. That is, I suspect that the Greekiness of the NT was closer to the sophists than it was to the platonists.

Thanks for the link--and the post.

[anosognosia]

Teh Logos courtesy of teh Catholic Encyclopedia. All non-Protestant Christians (ie. Catholics, Chalcedonian [Eastern] Orthodox, Miaphysite [Coptic] Orthodox, and Nestorian [Oriental] Orthodox) use the Septuagint.

[paulhope]

Thanks for encyclopedia link. I'll check it out later.

[paulhope]

Hey, dude. Funny finding you here.

That is, I suspect that the Greekiness of the NT was closer to the sophists than it was to the platonists.

How would you distinguish them?

[anonymous]

hey,

quick, trivial comment on reinterpretation and the like of the bible -

for my stylistics class we've been reading Northrop Frye, canadian theologian and literary critic, came across this quote:

"...if the Bible is to be regarded as inspired in any sense, sacred or secular, its editorial and redacting processes must be regarded as inspired too.'