Beebert

Justice is a cause of joy. But true justice isn't sadism. True justice is never without love. However much Aquinas wants to say otherwise, but his jus...

I would argue that Aquinas didn't use the spirit enough either. If you say Silouan knew God better, then let's listen to Silouan.

He didn't understand all of christianity, I agree. But no, he understood some things well. More than most christians dare to admit. I am not calling h...

Your type of reasoning, if you follow the line of Aquinas and the like, is what Nietzsche correctly and rightly criticized.

It depends on how you view justice. "Mercy triumphs justice". So my answer is not a simple yes or no. Not at all. Justice can also be cold-hearted and...

I respecfully disagree regarding Calvin misinterpreting Augustine. There is a very literal statement in City of God where Augustine says that God pred...

Aquinas did help scholasticism to become a big part of the west yes. He also upheld the almost augustinian view of predestination and grace and electi...

Yes. Hamann is interesting from the little things I have read about him. Spinoza I have read Tractatus theologico-politicus. It was excellent. But his...

I agree that philosophy doesnt teach us much in the end , except our own limits of understanding. Which is why the Only philosophies of real value are...

Yes I forgot, sorry. But why couldnt he turn back afterwards? I mean, 20 years old! If you wonder where I got that example from, it was an expantion o...

"Have you considered the possibility that once there is genuine repentance retrogression is no longer an option?" Yes I have, why? Have I said any thi...

The thing I often see in all religions, especially christianity, as it is the one I encounter the most, is that behind this faith, behind this wonderf...

In general, of course. I was talking about this specific part of Dostoevsky's thought in his writings.

Interesting. Didn't know that. Perhaps that is why Dostoevsky had such a problem with the west. Though it is obvious that Dostoevsky experienced the p...

I loved the Jesus explained by Dostoevsky. It was the the book that got me interested in christianity. Reading theology and theologians destroyed it a...

I dont think I am as sure så you are about science. It rather describes how we see or can see the universe. Not necessairly how it is. Why wouldnt you...

Yes. In often a seemingly unreasonable and tyranical way. He tormented David's Child for 6 days for example and then killed it. In what way was David'...

Thank you for the tips!

But there are plenty of Places where God beats up, torments and kills People in the old testament. How would the orthodox tradition understand these t...

But regarding God beating and tormenting people : Many Christian traditions claim that this is in fact one of the things God does (calvinism for examp...

First of all, I believe you might have too much faith (Yes faith) in science. Science may give answers to what we can experience and observe. It is tr...

If God can break human freedom, then it seems to me that is what he does all the time. This sounds unreasonable, but based on the former, I make the c...

The problem with the calvinistic poison, as far as I can see, I that once you start to think seriously about traditional christian doctrines about God...

I don't know if you saw this, but I edited my earlier post and added the following: Speaking of that, here is another passage in the bible that I have...

I don't know. God's grace? You said man's will is free, so obviously, if they still have their memory intact and remember that they have rejected God,...

The fact that they regret their actions and want to be with God?

Yes, calvinism is quite popular among many. How that is possible is beyond my understanding.

Are you a christian or a buddhist or something else? I don't think that the buddhist concept of samsara is the same as the christian idea of eternal h...

Thank you for your clarification of some things. But regarding Hebrew 6:4-6 for example; why can't they be forgiven and repent? If they do what is sai...

Yes, but once you have committed a mortal sin then? Say that this 20-year old came to knowledge about the truth of the gospel, feels God's grace being...

Interesting. I haven't read any Karl Marx yet, though I know about his basic ideas of course. Regarding my intellectual background: I don't know what ...

[ Nietzsche was indeed gifted. No perhaps he didn't understand the spiritual, since he didn't believe in it. He did however understood the psychology ...

Interesting, thanks. If you want to tell me more, I am open ears! Interesting that you find Nietzsche overrated. I agree that many of his conclusions ...

Okay, so let us assume that this grace is once offered. Man realizes it, but for some reason rejects it. What happens to him? Say that he is young, 20...

But if I can not violate my own will, and God can not violate it either, then how am I saved according to christians? Because surely, the will can not...

Thank you wayfarer. Metaphysically, I am not an atheist. I find it impossible to believe that everything is just chemical processes. But I am angry at...

No I meant your pick on what you said about whether Paul's influence was good or not? So you follow basically the ideas of Feuerbach then maybe?

Hahaha, I will actually do that! Bart Simpson was a genius.

What is your pick on Paul? God's will or an accident that christianity has rather been paulinism? I agree that he was a brilliant man, there is no dou...

I think why Zizek tries to interpret it that way is because he sees the danger of superstition and such things.

Yes it was very unfortunate. I was so driven by despair or something that I was close to commit suicide, and then, fortunately, I decided I needed ser...

I generally find it hard to appreciate St Paul. I like some parts of his writings, but sometimes wonder if he did a lot of harm to christianity by sta...

Read this and tell me, is it superstition and stupidity? It seems so to me, but I would like to know: "The event that we cannot know when it will happ...

Hebrews 6:4-6 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Gh...

Thanks. I think I have heard of too many fundamentalists. They most be a really serious problem for christianity...

Of course I have read Job. I ask you to try to get deeper in to the psychology of the text and not just read it on the surface of its plane meaning se...

I have another thing I wonder about. Many, many, many christians expect Christ to return now within the next 30 years or so. They argue it from this p...

I know... But is that possible? Even when I know myself, I might ask, "What am I?".

"Progress" is a pathetic concept IMO. There are always just new problems. IMO, and I have said this before, Either Christianity is true, or Schopenhau...

Interesting. Yes, I am around that age. And Dostoevsky is wonderfully dear to me. My favorite work of his is Brothers Karamazov, which is the greatest...