[Buddha-l] The Malaise of Modernity

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

jkirk schreef:
> Erik wrote:
> "Don't forget that christendom introduced individualism, because
> truth was something between you and God, so you didn't need
> society anymore."
>
> Hmm--Isn't the above a Protestant revolt idea? I was under the
> (maybe erroneous) impression that for Roman Catholics truth was
> between you, then the priest, and if you were lucky, God.  They
> weren't even allowed to read the Bible for a long time.
> Right? or wrong?
> Joanna
>
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>   
Maybe neither. The priest represents the Pope and he represents God, but it's still you who is doing the soul searching and the confessions. So all evil is interiorised. I'm not saying Protestantism is not individualised, perhaps even more than Catholicism, but that doesn't mean Catholicism is not invividualistic at all.

Erik

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