Posted by noa on April 6, 2004, at 9:35:38
In reply to The Social Contract, posted by Dr. Bob on April 5, 2004, at 19:06:30
It seems a bit too absolute to me. At the time that was written, wasn't the Church also pretty much a major governing power? And I think it leaves too much to be misunderstood in terms of tone.
Perhaps you can paraphrase parts of the quote, with attributions to the author, of course, to emphasize the point of religions tolerating other religions and the point of not making absolute statements about there being no truth/salvation, etc. outside of any specific church or religion.
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