Pope Francis condemns fundamentalism, urges setting an example over proselytizing (via Raw Story )
Pope Francis recently urged the faithful to understand reality by looking at it “from the periphery” in order to avoid becoming fundamentalists. Francis meet with 120 superiors general of men’s religious orders at the Vatican in November. His…
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This is ironic coming from the titular head of the human institution that is based on the Athanasian Creed and the Hell Doctrine...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasian_Creed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell
If he wants to impress me anyway he could start by repudiating both of these works of pure fiction.
Until then he is a hypocrite writing stuff like this imo.
rsp,
Yes, ironic. That's why I posted it. The pope is sending a different message than his predecessors here. That's a good sign not only for religion, but also other fields. He is saying that there is not one "correct" worldview and that it's limiting to be a unidimensional person in thinking there is rather than being multidimensional and seeing things from many angles.
This is a message that orthodox economists need to get and heterodoxy has been sending it for a long time. Now Dani Rodkrik joins them with Economics as craft. It's what David Glasner was saying, too, in the recent post I linked to here .
Tom,
Here is Benedict from Christmas 3 years ago already:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12073646
"The child that was born in Bethlehem did indeed bring liberation, but not only for the people of that time and place - he was to be the Saviour of all people throughout the world and throughout history."
So here 3 years ago already you have Francis predecessor Benedict teaching universal salvation (without conditions!!!!) right here on the BBC, and yet these foundational false doctrines and dogmas are allowed to continue and are not repudiated....
This is hard for me to understand with these people...
And also with the academic economists you point out.... what is so hard for these people to be able to just look back and say they initially and their predecessors formerly got it all wrong and now we are going to correct all of this going forward?
How do these people's brains work???
rsp,
These things don't get reversed overnight. What I think is significant is that Francis is taking on the ultra-conservative cardinals and bishops with this remark on the epistemic deficiency of a fundamentalist approach. Significantly, too, he is a Jesuit, and Jesuits are known for their broad intellectual training and outlook. Francis comes across as a nice guy but you can bet he is smart too. I see this as just the beginning of something, which is why I am harping on it as a big deal. Christianity may not be the cultural and institutional force it once was, but it still lies at the heart of Western civilization. and a liberalizing influence at the head of the Church would have a broad impact. I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of the old positions modified at the next Council, whenever that will be. I can see Francis calling one at some point. I think that he is setting about both modernizing and internationalizing the institutional structure and presentation.
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