Re: Howard Dean: The Wolf in Sheeps Clothes

On Friday 29 August 2003 2:47 am, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
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> On Thursday 28 August 2003 09:50 pm, Daniel Cassidy wrote:
> > On Friday 29 August 2003 1:37 am, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> > > >   "Even today many educated people think that the victory of
> > > > Christianity over Greek philosophy is a proof of the superior truth
> > > > of the former -- although in this case it was only the coarser and
> > > > more violent that conquered the more spiritual and delicate. So far
> > > > as superior truth is concerned, it is enough to observe that the
> > > > awakening sciences have allied themselves point by point with the
> > > > philosophy of Epicurus, but point by point rejected Christianity."
> > >
> > >   If we are to assume this, then we must assume that the slow
> > > advancement of Secular Humanism over Christianity in society must mean
> > > that it is coarser and more violent and that it conquerored the more
> > > spiritual and delicate.
> >
> > and we must also assume that you completely misunderstood that quote.
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>   No, I'm just noting the error that is made in the first assumption of the
> quote. I won't argue that the Greeks weren't smart cookies, they were. I
> would also assert that where Greek philosophy is valid, it generally does
> not interfere with Christianity.

It isn't an assumption, it is a statement of opinion.

-- 
Dan.

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