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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (11238)	4/13/2001 6:03:27 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

That was much too long a post but I read it all because it was very interesting. So maybe it wasn't too long. Maybe it was just right. Maybe.

To: Lane3 who wrote (11238)	4/13/2001 6:17:48 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If one is interested in mankind, one is interested in its beliefs and rituals, since they are at the core of diverse cultures. If one is interested in the soundness of one's position, one welcomes challenges to it. If one is interested in the intellectual history of world civilization, religion is inextricably bound up in it. These are a few reasons it seems warranted to me. On Catholics and Lutherans: well, the first matter was, of course, the relative value of "faith" and "works". The Catholic view is that faith and charity are inextricably linked, so that if one has faith, one will make moral progress, and mortal sin can cause one to lose grace. The Lutheran idea is that the acceptance of Christ's sacrifice is sufficient to salvation. Lutheran's reject the idea of Purgatory, and therefore indulgences. They believe in consubstantiation in the Eucharist, not transsubstantiation, which means that they are not as bold in asserting the mystical transformation of the bread and wine, but consider their natures "linked" to Christ. These are just a few things.....