Interesting article on Islamic 'Church'-(Super)State doctrine as expressed in an Islamist party's manifesto
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/osamas-one-size-fits-all-islamism/story-e6frg6zo-1225917045865
Interesting to read Ms Neighbour's article while keeping in mind the corresponding Traditional Catholic (i.e. true) socio-political doctrines. There is much in that article which would (or I suppose should) be unobjectionable to a Catholic*. Two key points of disagreement are, however, the Islamist lack of a distinction between the State and the Islamic counterpart to the Church (the true and Catholic doctrine is that there is a distinction but, ideally, not a separation between Church and State) and the apparent Islamic imperative for all the Islamic Confessional States to unite into the one Super-State (in the true and Catholic doctrine there is no imperative for Catholic Confessional States to unite into the one State; on the contrary, it would seem preferable that there would be no 'Universal State' to rival the Universal Church, though of course this would be no problem in the Islamist schema since, as I said, in it 'Church' and State aren't even distinct from each other).
*This should come as no surprise, since in the following syllogism:
Men not just in societies, but also as societies, must profess the true religion.
Islam is the true religion.
Therefore men not just in societies but also as societies must profess Islam.
the conclusion, which is perhaps the core principle of Islamism insofar as it is a body of socio-political doctrine, is false not because of the form of the argument or because of its major premise but because of the minor premise.
"Vocations Crusade for Holy Cross Seminary, Australia"
http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33487
An AQ comment on some inadequacies in The Archdiocese's of Melbourne's "Guidelines for Catholic Funerals"
http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=379206#379206
Transcript of Compass episode "Schools of Thought" on ethics classes
http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s2968581.htm
Interesting CathNews 'blog' which reminds us that any State will have public religious, or at least quasi-religious, rites
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23216
The relevant excerpt:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/osamas-one-size-fits-all-islamism/story-e6frg6zo-1225917045865
Interesting to read Ms Neighbour's article while keeping in mind the corresponding Traditional Catholic (i.e. true) socio-political doctrines. There is much in that article which would (or I suppose should) be unobjectionable to a Catholic*. Two key points of disagreement are, however, the Islamist lack of a distinction between the State and the Islamic counterpart to the Church (the true and Catholic doctrine is that there is a distinction but, ideally, not a separation between Church and State) and the apparent Islamic imperative for all the Islamic Confessional States to unite into the one Super-State (in the true and Catholic doctrine there is no imperative for Catholic Confessional States to unite into the one State; on the contrary, it would seem preferable that there would be no 'Universal State' to rival the Universal Church, though of course this would be no problem in the Islamist schema since, as I said, in it 'Church' and State aren't even distinct from each other).
*This should come as no surprise, since in the following syllogism:
Men not just in societies, but also as societies, must profess the true religion.
Islam is the true religion.
Therefore men not just in societies but also as societies must profess Islam.
the conclusion, which is perhaps the core principle of Islamism insofar as it is a body of socio-political doctrine, is false not because of the form of the argument or because of its major premise but because of the minor premise.
"Vocations Crusade for Holy Cross Seminary, Australia"
http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33487
An AQ comment on some inadequacies in The Archdiocese's of Melbourne's "Guidelines for Catholic Funerals"
http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=379206#379206
Transcript of Compass episode "Schools of Thought" on ethics classes
http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s2968581.htm
Interesting CathNews 'blog' which reminds us that any State will have public religious, or at least quasi-religious, rites
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=23216
The relevant excerpt:
Why do we give more solemnity to the public rites of the nation, rather than the public rites of the Church? This has to do with a movement of the sacred from Christianity to the nation; where public rules and rituals are associated with the nation while private wants and tastes apply to everything else, including “religion”.
There will always be a State religion; it's just a question of whether that religion will be the true one or a false one.
Interesting books reviewed/mentioned in the weekend papers:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/ax-and-oath-life-in-the-middle-ages/story-e6frg8nf-1225915905792
"The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages
"By Robert Fossier
"Trans. Lydia G. Cochrane
"Princeton University Press, 400pp, $64"
Mentioned on page five of the News Review section of The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday:
"People Power: The History and Future of the Referendum in Australia by George Williams and David Hume (UNSW Press, $34.95)"
Reginaldvs Cantvar
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, A.D. 2010
Interesting books reviewed/mentioned in the weekend papers:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/ax-and-oath-life-in-the-middle-ages/story-e6frg8nf-1225915905792
"The Axe and the Oath: Ordinary Life in the Middle Ages
"By Robert Fossier
"Trans. Lydia G. Cochrane
"Princeton University Press, 400pp, $64"
Mentioned on page five of the News Review section of The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday:
"People Power: The History and Future of the Referendum in Australia by George Williams and David Hume (UNSW Press, $34.95)"
Reginaldvs Cantvar
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, A.D. 2010
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