tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148994471679862174.post5850094230918255588..comments2023-05-13T09:58:37.862-05:00Comments on revolt in the desert: the opportunity for political islamLawrence of Arabiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188260745656785160noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148994471679862174.post-72481555751413217572007-04-26T23:19:00.000-05:002007-04-26T23:19:00.000-05:00welcome to the desert. i hope you enjoyed your ti...welcome to the desert. i hope you enjoyed your time here.<BR/><BR/>i said what i said rather flatly and quickly in the context of this post...which isn't to say i don't stand by it.<BR/><BR/>i didn't equate political liberalism with protestantism, i said it was a post-christian protestantism; and i would certainly stand by the argument that the split between faith and works set the ground for the split between private and public. of course that would require some work to make that argument; i didn't make it; and i am sure that there would be plenty of protestants who wouldn't be buying even if i did. :D<BR/><BR/>...and one can certainly find the ground for the split between faith and works in the long political dance between the ecclesia and the saeculum and the spiritualization of the church that emerges early in the middle ages....and so on.<BR/><BR/>all that to say, yes i quickly caricatured and moved on...sorry :D<BR/><BR/>thanks for stopping by.<BR/>LoA.Lawrence of Arabiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188260745656785160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148994471679862174.post-71419181164855043672007-04-26T00:14:00.000-05:002007-04-26T00:14:00.000-05:00In general I agree with your comments on liberalis...In general I agree with your comments on liberalism. As a Protestant, I think you misrepresent Protestants (faith/works) rather blatantly. Martin Luther said that true faith was such that, before it was asked, before anyone required of it, it was already of its own will doing the action of blessing and of love that was required. The teaching of the Protestants, <I>contra</I> Rome, was that we are never good enough to earn or merit the attainment of eternal life and rely by faith on God's mercy. <BR/><BR/>Take care & God blessWeekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.com