--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So I would say that perhaps there IS a relationship between > democracies and Christianity, but would suggest that if you look > into that relationship more deeply, you might find that the > democracies were created to *stop* the tyranny of Christianity > rather than created as an expression of it. > > Barry/Unc **** I'll explain myself better, I see it like this: Christianity somehow maid it possible for quite many people to develop beyond fundamentalist Christianity and its mythical, rigid beliefs and step into the age of reason. Precisely the same applies to the rights of women. Christianity somehow made it possible for quite many people to transcend those mythical stages. It was real transcending, because no new fundamentalist religion was adopted, just transcending to the age of secularism and reason. Something quite new in the history of humanity. Of course here in west we have also a lot of people , who have not fully gone through this transcendence. And other parts of the world are struggling to follow this highly successful transition. E.g. in Muslim countries this change seems to be rather difficult to accomplish. People under the spell of Hinduism often still live at magical or mythical stages. Irmeli To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
