tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post8975598219837093442..comments2023-11-05T04:09:26.194-05:00Comments on e g r e g o r e s: The meaning of "heresy", and its significance to Pagan history. Part OneApuleius Platonicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11761230673724504084noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post-4244535879559511282010-10-24T19:54:32.923-04:002010-10-24T19:54:32.923-04:00I am interested in the study of early christianity...I am interested in the study of early christianity, especially the creation and formative years. perhaps the first 200. To show you some of the stuff I have been collecting, and trying to organize, take a look at these two pages, and see if anything interests you;<br /><br />http://webulite.dyndns.org:8080<br /><br />http://webulite.dyndns.org:8080/tag/christianity?do=showtag&tag=tag:christianity<br /><br />I am interested in convos on anything in the early christianity general areas, what are you interested in at the moment? If this is something you are interested in feel free to contact me by email.<br /><br />Cheers! RichGriese@gmail.comRich Griesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16947798364523082547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post-45971935560669440592010-10-24T19:00:45.751-04:002010-10-24T19:00:45.751-04:00Hi Denis, the "succession" issue is very...Hi Denis, the "succession" issue is very much secondary to the overall issue of the meaning of "heresy" and it's relevance to Pagan history.<br /><br />The most important thing, for me, is to emphasize that when a person is labeled a "heretic" this in no way automatically that the person in question is a Christian. This will become more clear, I hope, in the follow-up post. In the meantime, I honestly think you are reading something into what I have said here that is very different from what I have actually said.Apuleius Platonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761230673724504084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817911217098974229.post-47377586852631408492010-10-24T18:25:53.316-04:002010-10-24T18:25:53.316-04:00Apuleus Platonicus,
you seem to have let your oppo...Apuleus Platonicus,<br />you seem to have let your opponents draw you into a quagmire of false presupposition. You're arguing questions like <i>have you lost your horns</i>, <i>have you stopped beating your wife</i>, <i>will you eat another baby for breakfast</i>. Religion and religious organization are not the same thing. Organized atheism is a perfect illustration of the point. Whatever argument strategy you choose, whether it's a <i>but we had a secret succession</i> or a <i>you don't have a legitimate succession either</i> is wrong simply because you implicitly accept our opponents' false presupposition.<br /><br />If they think our beliefs are not the same as those of e.g. Platonists or Pythagoreans, let's quote our sources and they will quote theirs, this kind of discussion will certainly be beneficial. But playing the <i>my succession is bigger than yours</i> takes us nowhere; if succession is important in one cult it doesn't mean it is acceptable in all others. After all if you were not born a natural polytheist you wouldn't have to be baptized, circumcised or say the shahada. It is the Abrahamic guys who have to prove that their views are not against the natural human condition. And pagans should be judged according to pagan standards, e.g. those that existed in the Roman empire. I already wrote about it in a different discussion on this blog.<br /><br />Perhaps I have been too aggressive in my comments on this blog. Please, don't take it too close to heart. You are an excellent polytheist theologian unmatched by anyone writing on these topics on the Net.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09637071118811437466noreply@blogger.com