Comments on: Sullivan: Mother Theresa Is Vulgar, And Faith In Public Life Is Poison http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: JohnMcG http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7498 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:27:21 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7498 "...most people consider religion to be primarily a private spiritual practice. " If they do, then what they are practicing is not Christianity, or at least not the Christianity Jesus espoused Himself. That there is a public aspect of Christianity is not a modern innovation of the "Christianists." It has always been a part of it. It's why there are Christian hospitals and shleters and food banks. “…most people consider religion to be primarily a private spiritual practice. ”

If they do, then what they are practicing is not Christianity, or at least not the Christianity Jesus espoused Himself.

That there is a public aspect of Christianity is not a modern innovation of the “Christianists.” It has always been a part of it. It’s why there are Christian hospitals and shleters and food banks.

]]> by: Kosmo http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7496 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:07:23 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7496 All for ... at the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life? All for … at the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life?

]]> by: Kosmo http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7495 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:02:16 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7495 All for ... as much latitude as John Rawls thinks appropriate? All for … as much latitude as John Rawls thinks appropriate?

]]> by: amsam http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7493 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:07:14 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7493 If you consider the Republican Party to have pursued an "utterly secular" legislative course over the last term and a half, I'd hate to see the party you'd consider religious. In any case, the Christian Right did choose the Republican party. I have trouble seeing what you're disputing in Andrew's statement. Interesting that to keep religion in the private sphere renders it "irrelevant" for you. My impression was that most people consider religion to be primarily a private spiritual practice. Your contempt for that notion reinforces Sullivan's concern. If you consider the Republican Party to have pursued an “utterly secular” legislative course over the last term and a half, I’d hate to see the party you’d consider religious. In any case, the Christian Right did choose the Republican party. I have trouble seeing what you’re disputing in Andrew’s statement.

Interesting that to keep religion in the private sphere renders it “irrelevant” for you. My impression was that most people consider religion to be primarily a private spiritual practice. Your contempt for that notion reinforces Sullivan’s concern.

]]> by: JohnMcG http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7491 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:09:11 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/08/14/sullivan-mother-theresa-is-vulgar-and-faith-in-public-life-is-poison/#comment-7491 And this dis-integration of religion and public life is more radical and un-conservative than anything in the "Christianist" agenda. And this dis-integration of religion and public life is more radical and un-conservative than anything in the “Christianist” agenda.

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