[εις επαινον δοξης αυτου] New comment on Ideas Have Consequences, citation #1.
lilrabbi has left a new comment on your post "Ideas Have Consequences, citation #1":
Matt- I've been thinking more about your comment throughout today. Culture is the incarnation of one's religion. The group culture is the incarnation of that group's religion. The national culture is an incarnation of that group's religion.
To deny this is akin to the politician saying, "I'm pro-life in my religion, but not in my politics".
All of what we do is our culture.
One might say that "all of what we believe is our religion." But you and I both know that when 'the rubber meets the road' our actions don't line up with our beliefs. What we actually do is a result of what we may truly call our religion.
A man can assent to all that a fundamentalist baptist church says. That same man can spend every night on his business trips drinking, sleeping around, etc. etc. What may we say about his religion? His professed beliefs were not his beliefs at all. What he did betrayed what was in his heart.
One's religion IS what is in their heart. The true loves of one's soul are played out in the living of his life. Those loves are his religion, the living is his culture.
Being a good Calvinist, I really dislike coin analogies. But Eliot's saying that culture and religion are two sides of the same coin is right on.
You have a culture. It is the incarnation of your religion. They are inseperable.
Justin-
Pop Culture has its religion. It is godless. It is fleeting. It is the dandelion in summer. It passes away.
If one adopts such vanity to save souls, what, may I ask, is he saving those souls to?
Posted by lilrabbi to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 7:56 PM
Matt- I've been thinking more about your comment throughout today. Culture is the incarnation of one's religion. The group culture is the incarnation of that group's religion. The national culture is an incarnation of that group's religion.
To deny this is akin to the politician saying, "I'm pro-life in my religion, but not in my politics".
All of what we do is our culture.
One might say that "all of what we believe is our religion." But you and I both know that when 'the rubber meets the road' our actions don't line up with our beliefs. What we actually do is a result of what we may truly call our religion.
A man can assent to all that a fundamentalist baptist church says. That same man can spend every night on his business trips drinking, sleeping around, etc. etc. What may we say about his religion? His professed beliefs were not his beliefs at all. What he did betrayed what was in his heart.
One's religion IS what is in their heart. The true loves of one's soul are played out in the living of his life. Those loves are his religion, the living is his culture.
Being a good Calvinist, I really dislike coin analogies. But Eliot's saying that culture and religion are two sides of the same coin is right on.
You have a culture. It is the incarnation of your religion. They are inseperable.
Justin-
Pop Culture has its religion. It is godless. It is fleeting. It is the dandelion in summer. It passes away.
If one adopts such vanity to save souls, what, may I ask, is he saving those souls to?
Posted by lilrabbi to εις επαινον δοξης αυτου at 7:56 PM
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