From: "Charles Gavette" <chaosmosis-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: A new image for Satan: Divide That Trinity!
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:35:53 PST


>From another list:
>> This is interesting...
>
>> > A new formula, formed by a Vatican panel of experts,
>> > substitutes "psychological disturbance" for
>> > references to the Devil as the embodiment of evil.
>
>> Does this mean being ill means being evil. If you are schizophrenic
>> are you eivl by this definition?
>
>I don't think so. I believe that they are going for a larger market
>whilst at the same time avoiding a lot of flak from the so called
>rational intelligencia with regards to their somewhat childish
>presentation of evil (Satan).
>
>More and more people are seeking traditions that have a more practical
>orientation with regard to dealing with everyday life and which accept
>people as they are: that is to say a mixture of good and bad.
>
>I think that Catholicism is trying to capitalize on the old world view
>of energy in balance and imbalance, balance and harmony being good and
>imbalance and disharmony being evil. The devil will then be positioned
>and ready to assume the image of the psychological archetype the shadow
>and the priests can smoothly glide into the role of modern
>psychologist/shaman. It might also be prudent if they gave the devil 
not
>only a new costume but also a sex change operation. 
>
>
>>If evil comes only from within people, does the same hold true for
>> good?
>
>That seems reasonable to me. I am eager to see If they get the motion
>through and if so how they retain their monopoly on god. I am sure it
>will be an admirable piece of theological maneuvering.
>
>-- 

>
>It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of 
>instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy
>curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside
>from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without
>this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail.  It is a very
>grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and
>searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense
>of duty.
>
>Albert Einstein
>
>
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