The Religion Between Fundamentalism and Pharisaism
10
Nov
It is understandable that many people gain a certain distrust of religion, unfortunately
because of what is practiced as such, it should be religare or re-link itself, not always is.
The logic of Being or onto-logical is linked to that which is, and that which is always is connected to existence, thus to reconnect should be to connect (link) life to what is favorable, although it is also part of life setbacks , losses and tribulations, but could be minor.
Fundamentalism is the interpretation of what a faith proclaims to the letter, without understanding complex aspects of context, conjunctural, social and cultural, I open a family to say that also ideologies can approach these aspects.
The Greeks said that this was the distance between the episteme, a set of knowledge built on a particular subject, which is different and often opposed to “doxa”, the opinion which is only a common personal interpretation, without the necessary foundation.
This problem can be solved with a good hermeneutics, ie dialogue in search of overcoming preconceptions, while the second is more dangerous pharisaicism, one can in the name of what is good and just, be practicing just the opposite, is the subversion of values.
In general it is associated with the search for power, fame and money, or simply to win a dispute, it will never have a hermeneutics and it is out of control many times.
But it is easier to identify it than the “doxa”; one can perceive by the attitudes and often by the word itself the distance between what is said and spoken, speaks of peace and makes war, speaks of the poor and does not He watches them, speaks of God but only to be admired.
In religious terms they are easy to find, the evangelist Mark (Mark 12: 38-19) shows Jesus’ concern: “Beware of the doctors of the Law! They like to walk in bright clothes, to be greeted in the public squares; they love the first seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets, “but they do not see the Other, because deep down they are concerned only with themselve
