To: Forest Keeper; kosta50; Uncle Chip; Dr. Eckleburg; MarkBsnr
I’m afraid our friend Kosta has tossed up a cannard with the whole Muslim issue.
The irony is, of course, that Islam is a works based religon.
Thus when contemplating the cause for religous despotism would the final cause be a belief in direct revelation or would it be a belief that certain actions are meant to serve a purposeful goal.
Clearly the final causation for religous despotism lies in a belief that certain actions (works) will lead to a purposeful end (ie appease the Diety to acheive reward) while belief in direct revelation can only serve as a formal cause.
We saw the same phenomenon with the Romanist inquistion.
1,693 posted on
02/08/2008 10:32:17 PM PST by
the_conscience
('The human mind is a perpetual forge of idols'.)
To: the_conscience; Forest Keeper; Uncle Chip; Dr. Eckleburg; MarkBsnr
Clearly the final causation for religous despotism lies in a belief that certain actions (works) will lead to a purposeful end (ie appease the Diety to acheive reward) while belief in direct revelation can only serve as a formal cause
Or simply "doing God's will," which is found in fundametalist Christainity as much as in Islam. There is no greater reward than "knowing" to be the the elect destined to "do the job" as God wishes.
We saw the same phenomenon with the Romanist inquistion
Oh, yeh? How's that?
1,695 posted on
02/08/2008 10:53:25 PM PST by
kosta50
(Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
To: the_conscience
Clearly the final causation for religious despotism lies in a belief that certain actions (works) will lead to a purposeful end (ie appease the Deity to achieve reward) while belief in direct revelation can only serve as a formal cause. Excellent analysis, TC. Thanks.
1,951 posted on
02/12/2008 12:06:58 PM PST by
Forest Keeper
(It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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