So making decisions on hopeful thinking is never really wise, I hopefully thought that I didn't need to blog over our Mid-term break, and therefore decided that I didn't need to...I was wrong. So here, in belated fashion, is my blog.
I read the first section of Montaigne's "An Apology for Raymond Sebond" last night and was really intrigued and in agreement with his philosophies. I was just starting to get into the reading when I went to class only to find we wouldn't be reading the rest of it for class, I think I'll finish it anyway though. Montaigne's writing, from my perspective, is greatly Christian. He writes of the true meaning of Christianity and points out the hypocrsy of many so-called followers of Christ. In humanist fashion, he incorporated the philosophies of Plato and other ancient thinkers. What most struck me of the whole section though, is it's raw truth. He does not tip-toe around the feelings of clergy or church-goers, when he says with outrage that Christians fashion religion to meet their passions. What I believe he means by this is that we take the Word and the doctrine and we pick at it and follow only that which meets our personal vendettas. Instead of revolving our lives around God, we make him revolve around our lives. Furthermore, these personal vendettas cause us to drown in hatred. He points out boldly that, "Christians are very good at hating their enemies". This is the greatest hypocrasy of all; is "Love thy neighbor as thyself" not a golden rule of Christianity?
I think that Montaigne hit the nail on the head. I can't wait to read more.
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