Re: Dr. Bain on Dallas T.'s quoting and citing The Secret Doctrine, etc.
Jun 26, 1998 03:20 PM
by Dr A M Bain
Rodolfo Don <rdon@garlic.com> writes
>Aren't you stretching the truth when you say that you are not a "dogmatist" when
>you are a "religionist?"
>
>Just curious about what you think religion is.
Dear Rudy,
I am not in fact a religionist (whatever that might be!). I am something
of a theologian, but so far as churches go I walked away from them
*because* of *their* dogmatism. Religion, to answer your question, is
a term usually derived from the Latin "religio" - to bond. Not all
scholars agree on this derivation, but no better alternative is offered
either.
In any event, "bonding" is not necessarily a good thing. Hate gangs do
it, as do many animals and birds of prey. Maybe those bishops' miters
are beaks!
Alan
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