Predictive theology: reading Stove’s http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/wrongthoughts.html … I guessed that the baffling “filioque” was actually about power politics.
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Replying to @Meaningness
Prediction confirmed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque It’s a symbolic proxy for intra-church wrangling for positions of authority.
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My prediction was based partly on general cynicism, but much more on having read way too much of the history of Buddhological disputes.
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I just assume heresies are being generated all the time and they only break through when there's an ulterior political conflict
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Yeah, I think schizophrenics and geeks are constantly generating new heresies. Politicians just grab a handy one when needed.
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