ext_29582 ([identity profile] sammhain.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] sophiaserpentia 2006-06-06 12:30 am (UTC)

"In other words, anything resembling "systematic" theology or philosophy -- the attempt to coalesce one's worldview into a concise set of concepts -- puts us in danger of creating fodder for the perpetuation or justification of injustice.

That's a damn drastic thing to say, i know: but i've expounded several times in recent months on why i have concluded that there is no way any ideology can be "the answer" to human ills. This is a thunderous insight that continues to reverberate throughout my brain and shake down wall after wall. It's a threatening idea to anyone who has a pet ideology, and i even sometimes find myself resisting it. But if there is anything that has been shown to be true by the witness of human experience, it is this."

Now that's what I call Gnosis.

In Xaos and Bliss,

-Sam

P.S. Mind if I quote the above in my journal?

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