tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post111477737386579777..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The Role of Greek Philosophy on the ApostasyJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1115056404800333382005-05-02T12:53:00.000-05:002005-05-02T12:53:00.000-05:00That's it. I'm never watching "My Big Fat Greek We...That's it. I'm never watching "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" again. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1115055667550657852005-05-02T12:41:00.000-05:002005-05-02T12:41:00.000-05:00It's very important to keep in mind the important ...It's very important to keep in mind the important differences between neoPlatonism and Christianity. <BR/><BR/>NeoPlatonism, for instance has emmanations and a chain of being. i.e. everything is ontologically related to the One, or highest related. There is a degree of reality from the sensible world to the world of life to the world of intellect to the One. <BR/><BR/>Contrast this with Christianity where there is an ontological divide between God and everything else. Further this divide has a creation ex nihilo which is a <I>huge</I> doctrine. Some tie this innovation to the Jewish middle Platonist Philo. But many others dispute this. In any case the Trinity can't be found in Platonic ideas at all. <BR/><BR/>There are <I>so</I> many differences that one often overlooks. <BR/><BR/>The real problem was less the philosophy that happened to be used than the fact revelation had cease and there was nothing balancing the development of theology.Clark Goblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876620613578404474noreply@blogger.com