[lit-ideas] Re: Socialist Beliefs
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Lit-Ideas <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:52:03 +0900
Well-noted. Indeed.
John
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lawrence: Christ was most critical of hypocrites, not failures. And in
> terms of Christian doctrine, "Perfectionism" is a heresy.
>
> Eric: That is why parables like "the widow's mite" are so widely
> misunderstood, especially when prooftexted to encourage charitable
> giving. The previous passage makes clear that Jesus was disparaging the
> richly garbed wisdom teachers. They are hypocrites at their core, and
> the root of hypocrisy is...what? Maybe a self-regard that, devoid of
> love, tries to sell itself to others.
>
> As for "perfectionism" -- if we agree on the meaning of the term in
> Aristotle -- it became part of Christian theology through "virtues" and
> aspects of natural law theory. Here one refers to the "perfect" as a
> goal or direction for life, not as a state of being.
>
> Eric
>
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