Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, you know, the old adage about seeing the enemy, us! Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On May 18, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Slobodan: > > I was going to point out the difference between rousting the serfs > to fight religious wars way back then and motivating educated and > intelligent modern man. That was prior to catching a glimpse of > CNN news. Am I the only one who thinks most of the evil in the > world could be laid to rest if we outlawed religion? > > Walt > > Don Dory wrote: > >> Slobodan, >> Please expand on that line of thought. This is an area that you >> have far >> more knowledge of than I do. To my meager knowledge, a lot of the >> religious >> wars were typical expand and conquest for power and riches masked >> by an >> excuse, this time Christianity or Islam in the West, but also >> Romanism vs. >> Protestantism at a different time. >> >> Likewise, my understanding of the spread of Catholicism in Latin >> America was >> initially all about enforcing but fairly quickly brought into a more >> voluntary proselytising mode. >> >> Don >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> On 5/18/06, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> The term "spreading" is convertible with "enforcing." >>> Which means that we're in the very same boat Western Europeans found >>> themselves during the religious wars. >>> >>> Slobodan Dimitrov >>> Studio G-8, >>> Angels Gate Cultural Center >>> http://sdimitrovphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On May 18, 2006, at 6:31 AM, Kenneth Frazier wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > On May 18, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Walt Johnson wrote: >>> > >>> >> besides consumption. That, and the fantasy of spreading >>> >> "democracy" throughout the world. >>> > >>> > Aren't they the same thing? ;-) >>> > >>> > Ken >>> > ----------------------------------- >>> > The Rev. Kenneth Frazier >>> > Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ >>> > ---------------------------------- >>> > Current Leica Photography (PESO): >>> > http://tinyurl.com/6sc2r >>> > >>> > Current Medium Format Photos: >>> > http://tinyurl.com/bjvfn >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Leica Users Group. >>> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>> information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information