tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post4839576554065197852..comments2024-03-18T09:28:08.708-04:00Comments on Maior autem his est caritas: That whole tomb of Christ thangFr. Gaurav Shroff http://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-45754518075076973542007-03-07T00:19:00.000-05:002007-03-07T00:19:00.000-05:00Hola Pram: A few things: -- "there is no way of kn...Hola Pram: A few things: <BR/><BR/>-- "there is no way of knowing objective truth" is a common enough mantra these days. Whether this statement is <I>true</I> or even <I>absolutely</I> true is another matter. It is an assertion, nothing else. An assertion that is often regarded as, well, objectively true! :) <BR/><BR/>-- you are right about perception, and colloquially one does, in fact, say, Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-50293688237285621122007-03-07T00:07:00.000-05:002007-03-07T00:07:00.000-05:00Something I've been neglecting to mention in my pr...Something I've been neglecting to mention in my previous comments... why I feel bolstered in my thought that the attacks have to do with rationality. <BR/><BR/>After all, none of these attacks are on social aspects of Christianity, not on Christ's ministry, not on his turning water into wine and feeding the hungry. Those things most people can live with - if he could feed 40,000, it doesn't Priya Ramachandranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17641739714585961257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-29208244078671234112007-03-05T00:47:00.000-05:002007-03-05T00:47:00.000-05:00I think Pram is right about one thing: a lot of th...I think Pram is right about one thing: a lot of this is from within. The boundary between "Christian" and "non" -- at least in the West -- is hardly clear-cut. Just look at the Episcopal church. Or the left-wing of the Catholic Church. (And Pram, I've never come across any attack on Hinduism that talks about rat-worship or tree worship, unless it was from Hindu reformers really talking aboutFr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-14205953848036284602007-03-04T23:09:00.000-05:002007-03-04T23:09:00.000-05:00The effect might be negligible, but I do think the...The effect might be negligible, but I do think they're intended to challenge the Christian faithful into examining their views. And interestingly, these attacks are from within - quite different from outsiders (such as moi) questioning the religion. And maybe that makes a difference in how it is received.<BR/><BR/>PramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-27501119715722114022007-03-04T18:00:00.000-05:002007-03-04T18:00:00.000-05:00But the attacks have absolutely no effect on the f...But the attacks have absolutely no effect on the faith of the Faithful. Nor do I think they are intended to. Christians are patently NOT the target audience. So why should non-Christians even care? Why do these specials continue to draw such audiences? Why doesn't everyone else simply shrug and say (like the Lectroid at the end of Buckaroo banzai), "So what? Big deal!"St. Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491461444116895539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-81977343588531546512007-03-03T23:24:00.000-05:002007-03-03T23:24:00.000-05:00Sorry to put it bluntly - but other religions don'...Sorry to put it bluntly - but other religions don't make claims that test rationality the way Christianity does.<BR/><BR/>Islam for example does not say the Prophet rose from the dead and lives today in wine and wafer. Even if it has its own fantastical elements, none of those are its central tenets of Islamic faith. Islam is simple in its central tenet - There is no God but God, and Mohammad is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-45286313631719946832007-03-03T18:15:00.000-05:002007-03-03T18:15:00.000-05:00Left out an "of."Could it be that the profitabilit...Left out an "of."<BR/><BR/>Could it be that the profitability OF debunkers' attacks on Christianity reflects a struggle in the hearts of men in a way that shows debunking other religions would not?<BR/><BR/>It's still awkward, but less so.St. Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491461444116895539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-23719346640374243962007-03-03T18:13:00.000-05:002007-03-03T18:13:00.000-05:00I wasn't thinking of the various responses of the ...I wasn't thinking of the various responses of the various faithful, although that's an encouraging place to go. It certainly contributes to the (un-)profitability of media attacks on various religions. And I suppose that it's encouraging that our response is not to burst into violence; in this respect, at least, we get it right.<BR/><BR/>I am more wondering if these persistent media attacks on St. Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491461444116895539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-6517237916399855352007-03-03T12:17:00.000-05:002007-03-03T12:17:00.000-05:00Heh. I've no idea about Buddhism. However ... Hi...Heh. I've no idea about Buddhism. However ... Hinduism? Let's see -- violent protests in India, boycotts of the movie, possibly a censor ban, and widespread indignation around the country and among the diaspora, possible protests and violence in, say Britain, and the ultraPC types falling over themselves in denouncing the neocolonial cabal behind such unenlightened activity. <BR/><BR/>Islam? Fr. Gaurav Shroff https://www.blogger.com/profile/04964314266441708310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17309896.post-40308694577821217592007-03-03T10:17:00.000-05:002007-03-03T10:17:00.000-05:00Discussion question:Would movies / documentaries /...Discussion question:<BR/><BR/>Would movies / documentaries / pseudo-scientific infotainment that attack the foundations of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, &c sell so well and make so much money for their media producers? Why or why not? Discuss.St. Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14491461444116895539noreply@blogger.com