Saturday, November 21, 2009, 6:54 AM
(Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1753)
The best answer ever to the advocates of the "Jesus myth" (Christ myth theory) is what Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the great philosopher from Geneva, wrote 250 years ago ...
“Shall we say that the gospel story is the work of the imagination? My friend, such things are not imagined; and the doings of Socrates, which no one doubts, are less well attested than those of Jesus Christ. At best, you only put the difficulty from you; it would be still more incredible that several persons should have agreed together to invent such a book, than that there was one man who supplied its subject matter. The tone and morality of this story are not those of any Jewish authors, and the gospel indeed contains characters so great, so striking, so entirely inimitable, that their invention would be more astonishing than their hero. With all this the same gospel is full of incredible things, things repugnant to reason, things which no natural man can understand or accept. What can you do among so many contradictions? You can be modest and wary, my child; respect in silence what you can neither reject nor understand, and humble yourself in the sight of the Divine Being who alone knows the truth.”... respect in silence what you can neither reject nor understand ...
Is history any guide for a new successful revolution for our enlightenment & reformation?
ReplyDeleteIs it a random coincidence that the strongest idea, platform or foundation to unite men against tyranny of all kinds and successfully bring evidenced reformation has always been Monotheism? Islam, American and French revolutions are its examples. All in their ideal forms were absolute rebellions against human inequality in all spheres from relationship with God, against divisions like laymen and priest to the ownership of global natural resources.
http://www.arfaglobal.com/p/how-monotheism-is-mother-of-all-human.html
Thank you for your comment, and for the link to your blog. It is true that Islam on one side, and American and French revolutions make reference to Monotheism, but there are also big differences. The American Revolution (and the Constitution that was founded on it) don not make any form of religion compulsory, and forbid the State from meddling with religion. The French Revolution, at least in the beginning, tried to enforce a Stale-led form of "religion". Throughout Islam, the distinction between State and Islam is vistually non existent, othe religions are barely tolerated (if at all, and anyway considered inferior). As for religious freedom, it simply doe not exist.
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