tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post5202399625126027805..comments2023-10-12T07:59:31.827-04:00Comments on Antiquitopia: Quote of the Day: Augustine's ConfessionsJared Calawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-17974422035066007012009-02-04T19:36:00.000-05:002009-02-04T19:36:00.000-05:00So, turning inward is about virtue of an individua...So, turning inward is about virtue of an individual who hides their head in the sand?... Ethics wouldn't exist apart from a reasoned discussion about the issues and taking responsibility where responsibility is due... and no one grows only by being a monk...I don't believe in asceticism...<BR/><BR/>Ascesticism denies "life in this world", which is "purity" "holiness"...not going there, as I don't believe those things exist. They are only ways of coming to terms with faith apart form this world...and it is breeding ground for exclusion, self-righteousness, etc.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-46787062291544066982009-02-04T16:57:00.000-05:002009-02-04T16:57:00.000-05:00In the Confessions and many other writings, he tho...In the Confessions and many other writings, he thought you found God by turning inward into yourself.Jared Calawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380681998833566514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006479003534298455.post-13070009951707896542009-02-04T15:27:00.000-05:002009-02-04T15:27:00.000-05:00Augustine was convinced of the transcendent,that i...Augustine was convinced of the transcendent,that is, that God dwelled apart from the "city of man". I don't believe so. i think we can find God in anything that is used rightfully...Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.com