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  1. lovemuffin

    christianity and femenism

    Well, I don't know :) "Feminism" is a diverse and diffuse enough movement and collection of views that I'm not sure it makes sense to talk about this monolithically, but I think the roughly correct but uninteresting answer is "thoughtfully...". I think there are times when stridently...
  2. lovemuffin

    christianity and femenism

    I would guess an overwhelming majority of feminists would object to this statement, fwiw. At least as it appears to function in your analogy. It seems a little close to saying that the male dominance is "natural" and inevitable. That might not actually be what you mean. To Iti: I don't see any...
  3. lovemuffin

    What's the word?

    It's hard to translate the philosophical significance of "logos" in Greek thought into English in a single word. I was also going to recommend Philo. I haven't really studied this in any depth but from a high level it seems like a situation where Greek-speaking Jews acquainted with Hellenistic...
  4. lovemuffin

    Hindu-Christian resources?

    You might enjoy the works of Raimon Panikkar and Abhishiktananda. Panikkar: The Rhythm of Being The Intra-Religious Dialogue Mysticism and Spirituality: Volume 1 The Vedic Experience Christophany Abhishiktananda: Prayer Saccidananda: A Christian Approach to Advaitic Experiences The Cave of...
  5. lovemuffin

    Tongue Speaking not needed today

    The most significant problem with your attempt here is that you've ignored that γλώσσαις is in the dative case. You've rendered it as if it were an accusative. If you don't understand what this means or why it's important, then you aren't competent to weigh in on issues of translation in...
  6. lovemuffin

    Tongue Speaking not needed today

    It is my understanding that modern linguistics research concludes that glossolalia as practiced in the modern Church is not a practice in which any actual human language is spoken. I don't think any appeal to the Bible is useful here, particularly because it is the interpretation of biblical...
  7. lovemuffin

    Tongue Speaking not needed today

    Word order doesn't have the same meaning or importance in Greek as it does in English, and it's strictly necessary to move things around to get a translation that is proper English. After all, "I thank God all of you more in tongues I speak" doesn't make a very good English sentence, even though...
  8. lovemuffin

    Tongue Speaking not needed today

    First things first, I'm not actually an expert. In any case, I did a bit of reading and poking about in a few lexicons (Perseus is useful), and I'll try to add something useful. The question I was directly asked about is whether or not 1 Cor 14:18 intends to say that Paul speaks more human...
  9. lovemuffin

    The Ashkenazi

    I don't think you can reasonably reduce the question of the validity of the modern state of Israel to genetics.
  10. lovemuffin

    Scientists on RF: sharing your expertise

    It's not necessarily perfect, but this article seems to provide a fairly good overview of topics from philosophy of social science, and deals with the comparison to the natural sciences at some length. The author is probably a bit more familiar with methods in political science and economics...
  11. lovemuffin

    Do We Need a Better Definitive Words For Soul Vs Self?

    FWIW, I think "ego" was supposed to be an example of you making up definitions of words:
  12. lovemuffin

    All Abrahamic Faiths: Orthodoxy vs Orthopraxy

    Certainly not too far apart! I wasn't so much disagreeing with you as explaining why I think the choice of terms can be meaningful, despite the fact that I think you are correct to point out the limitation of drawing a conceptual distinction between the two terms. One area in which the choice of...
  13. lovemuffin

    All Abrahamic Faiths: Orthodoxy vs Orthopraxy

    I think you're mostly repeating the same point you made the first time, which is well taken. Saying that "orthopraxy" is better than "orthodoxy" certainly doesn't resolve every problem, or answer any of those questions. It's not a panacea to all social problems involving religion. It may at...
  14. lovemuffin

    All Abrahamic Faiths: Orthodoxy vs Orthopraxy

    This is a fair point but it might be said that changing the emphasis amounts to constraining the scope of orthodoxy to the focus on conduct. It's true that there still has to be some agreement on (or authority to dictate) what constitutes right conduct, but from a pluralistic standpoint (or a...
  15. lovemuffin

    "God became man so that man could become God" --Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandra 4th century

    Fair enough, and I appreciate your summary of practices. To be clear, it was not one of my premises that the world is broken, nor would such be a premise in advaita, to continue with that example. It clearly is important in Christianity, but it's one of the theological differences I was...
  16. lovemuffin

    "God became man so that man could become God" --Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandra 4th century

    I understand the conclusion based on the differing theological premises, but I'm curious: does your religious practice include some idea that to be human is to be in the process of change or spiritual progress? To make a comparison, an advaitin Hindu would agree that the separation isn't...
  17. lovemuffin

    "God became man so that man could become God" --Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandra 4th century

    A small correction: You are referring to 2 Peter 1:4, so presumably not written by Paul.
  18. lovemuffin

    :glomp:

    :glomp:
  19. lovemuffin

    Non-literal interpretations of the Bible

    Right. that's probably enough said but I'm going to chime in anyway: "On what basis do you describe the conclusion of a reasoned argument based on academic research as an assumption?" It seems especially cheeky given that an answer was already given more than once. I offered the disclaimer...
  20. lovemuffin

    Non-literal interpretations of the Bible

    Based on your second sentence, it would seem then that you have no reasonable basis for claiming that the statement "all interpretations are possible" is "bankrupt." It's one thing to say it's not of primary interest to you, and another to imply that it shouldn't be of interest to anyone.
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