Michele Pasin / Quotes

My soul is not me

Aquinas, for instance, believed in the existence of immaterial souls but wrote, ‘Soul is not the whole human being, only part of one: my Soul is not me.’2 Little wonder that the future Pope Benedict, then Cardinal Ratzinger, could write nearly 800 years later: ‘We have discovered anew the indivisibility of man. We live our corporeality with a new intensity and experience it as the indispensable way of realizing the one being of man.’3

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#soul #Christianity #body #unity

Being in the world but not of it

Toynbee’s analyses of the various forms such resistance takes are too complex to do more than touch upon here—initially workers tend to be conservative and…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #religion #revolution #drugs #Buddhism #Christianity

Buddhista, confuciano e shintoista insieme

Evidente, lo spirito di tolleranza. Un giapponese può professare varie religioni: non si concede mai soltanto a una. Così è stato nella Storia, ed è adesso…

Lo Spirito del Giappone (Leonardo Vittorio Arena) #religion #Buddhism #shinto #confucianism #Christianity

Christianity and the romans

And Christianity was, among other things, an exposure of the violence of the Roman state towards those who did not share its values. That is what the cross is…

When Eric Pickles Calls Britain A Christian Nation I Side With The Atheists | Giles Fraser | Comment | The Guardian #Christianity #Christian-nation

Fate of Christianity

Fate of Christianity.—Christianity arose to lighten the heart, but now it must first make the heart heavy in order to be able to lighten it afterwards…

Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits #heart #Christianity #order

La religione come stile di vita

Talvolta nella letteratura giapponese si afferma che sono i sacerdoti a distinguere categoricamente un culto da un altro, mentre l’uomo medio riesce a…

Lo Spirito del Giappone (Leonardo Vittorio Arena) #religion #Christianity #japan #life

Politically correct intolerance

Pickles changed the law in 2012 to ensure that English parish councils could not face legal challenges for including prayers in public meetings, and accused…

Eric Pickles: Britain Still A Christian Nation – Get Over It | Politics | The Guardian #prayer #Christian-nation #Christianity