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by **chuck** » Oct 3, 2004 @ 12:16am

no one cares.

by **James S** » Oct 3, 2004 @ 1:50am

by **Andy** » Oct 3, 2004 @ 2:01am

by **sandmann** » Oct 3, 2004 @ 2:15am

by **James S** » Oct 3, 2004 @ 5:41am

It sounds to me like you're plenty ignorant of the Jesuits. They put education as the highest virtue. Using your mind to help others is one of the greater goods to many Jesuits. They run some of the most intensive educational institutes in the world and as such have some of the most intelligent members and the most well endowed scientific facilities around.

by **Andy** » Oct 3, 2004 @ 6:29am

by **sandmann** » Oct 3, 2004 @ 11:23pm

by **Andy** » Oct 4, 2004 @ 12:28am

by **Brig** » Oct 4, 2004 @ 6:10am

by **James S** » Oct 4, 2004 @ 9:53pm

by **Caesar** » Oct 4, 2004 @ 11:34pm

by **Brig** » Oct 5, 2004 @ 2:09am

James: Don't you hate it when people from the past jack your ideas? :p

Caesar: I don't see any effective differences between religion and culture.

by **sandmann** » Oct 5, 2004 @ 3:12am

You don't? Can you distinguish between the Christian and the American? Is an American Christian different from a German Christian?

I think that religion and culture often intersect and influence each other, but I don't believe them to be the same thing. Religion can differ colloquially, but I see it as more of a universal than culture. Culture is, for the most part, bound within national borders while Christianity transcends them. (Intrestingly, this observation seems to become less pertinent with each year as American culture spills over its borders and into American-influenced third-world countries and even developed countries).

As for the fundamental difference, I think that culture is the value of the local (national customs, traditions, flags, clothing, etc.) while religion is the value of the universal (spirituality, humanity, God, universal truths [kindness, charity, etc.]). Feel free to revise that definition, cuz I just came up with it off the top of my head while listening to the new Interpol CD (which is awesome).

by **Brig** » Oct 5, 2004 @ 4:43am

I believe religion is culture, and not just an intersection. When I say they're effectively the same, I believe that they influence the individual in much the same way.

I'll have to check out Interpol. I've been listening to the new Dizzee Rascal and Aphex Twin. The latter is perfect for physics and calc.

by **sandmann** » Oct 5, 2004 @ 7:43pm

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