tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205170058639205436.post2901454915168347965..comments2023-09-23T08:24:20.868-07:00Comments on A Rogue Christian: Three Syntheses: A Confession of Faith, of Sorts'Seph Sayershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05849113554747254154noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205170058639205436.post-74981214917172829772008-11-11T15:30:00.000-08:002008-11-11T15:30:00.000-08:00Keep up the good work.Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205170058639205436.post-55996980218551019912008-02-23T16:24:00.000-08:002008-02-23T16:24:00.000-08:00That's extremely interesting, Harlequin!In the wor...That's extremely interesting, Harlequin!<BR/><BR/>In the world Yeshua lived in, would you say it was a very pluralistic society?'Seph Sayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849113554747254154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205170058639205436.post-5231342527063110932008-02-10T04:06:00.000-08:002008-02-10T04:06:00.000-08:00As a comment, on cannot understand the Mosaic 'syn...As a comment, on cannot understand the Mosaic 'synthesis' without undestanding some of the Zoroastrian and Egyptian syntheses, since both figure in the Mosaic one<BR/><BR/>Similarly, one cannot fully grasp the Pauline view without a reasonable grasp of the Pagan God Men (Campbell) and the Gnostic Judeo-Chrisitan view.<BR/><BR/>Islam reuqires a knowledge of Arab monothesim and the poly thesit 'Moon' cult to get a decent over view of their religion.<BR/><BR/>BTW, it is known that there were Buddhist missionaries in Palestine... After all it was the nexus of the silk road to Rome, and the Spice trail of Arabia. The 'pocket universe' view of the region is wholly false... it was more like Casablanca (with the Romans as 'The Nazis') Everyone from the Chinese to the Irish and proto-Vikings were there... trading everything from Lead to slaves and back again. <BR/>I think you're perhaps on some form of right track, but to limit the syncetrism based on 'interest' is, TBH, a false premise. One has to look at an over all context from Abraham leaving Persia to the final fall of Rome...Roger O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122035493026541664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205170058639205436.post-4263558541951932602007-09-28T09:04:00.000-07:002007-09-28T09:04:00.000-07:00Barb, you may be interested in readying some of Ka...Barb, you may be interested in readying some of Karen Armstrong's books.'Seph Sayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849113554747254154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205170058639205436.post-76563674397365357022007-09-28T09:03:00.000-07:002007-09-28T09:03:00.000-07:00Hi Barb (Do I know you from TheOoze?)I will keep g...Hi Barb (Do I know you from TheOoze?)<BR/><BR/>I will keep going. There is (will be) a third "piece" (<I>Postdenominationalism</I> was the first, <I>Three Syntheses</I> is the second), but it isn't "together" yet.<BR/><BR/><I>"But are there only 3 syntheses? Is there also a Zoroastrian synthesis? A Buddhist?"</I><BR/>No, there isn't, but I'm attempting to keep it simple. <BR/>Personally, there are only 4 <I>belief-systems</I> that I am interested in: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Secular-atheism.'Seph Sayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05849113554747254154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7205170058639205436.post-81548364596000465772007-09-28T05:59:00.000-07:002007-09-28T05:59:00.000-07:00Keep going, you're making sense. But are there on...Keep going, you're making sense. But are there only 3 syntheses? Is there also a Zoroastrian synthesis? A Buddhist?Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947891774766256142noreply@blogger.com