Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >