[MD] Philosophy and Philosophology

[John Carl]

John said:
There's another good example of the difference between philosophy and
philosophology.  Most Christians don't really care to get into the meaning
of Christ's words or the context or any of that stuff.  They just want to
utter the magic incantations and get their goodies.

Matt:
Not to hopscotch threads, but unless you put more meat on the bones of how
you're using the philosophy/philosophology distinction, then--as has been my
contention --it is just a magical incantation, giving you the goodies of
superiority.
The meat is this, Christ said a lot of things that might really threaten a
consumerist culture.  But the priests and church interpreters that are in
charge of the social set up don't really have much interest in promoting the
ideas of considering the lilies of the field or turning over the money
changers tables in the temple.  I mean they do pay a sort of lip service to
such ideals, but mainly to point to man's sinful nature and inability to be
pleasing to God or somesuch "lesson" that really wasn't the point he was
making at the time.   So these teach instead for their listeners to rely
upon KNOWING Christ as their personal saviour.  And guess who the teachers
are??? Tah dah...

Much the same way I might think I was wise because I read Socrates and know
him as a philosopher.  That's not the same thing as thinking for myself and
Christians who "know" Christ are no better off than if they didn't know
Christ if they are going to completely ignore his words and the meaning of
his lessons.

The meat of my philosophology comparison, served on a platter sir.  Pick it
to the bone and pass it back.  Leave some fat for my wife.

John the non-lean