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[Harrison Owen]

At 02:52 PM 6/19/2003 +0100, Artur wrote:

>There are indeed two very different types of heresies.
>
>One accepts the "spirit" (no capital) and the "ethics" of the movement, but
>criticizes some parts of the "letter" (or the "wording"). This type of
>heresy is normally contained inside the movement (indeed in the exterior
>part of it, not very close to the center), but doesn't try to fight against
>the orthodoxy or the leadership, namely to create a new orthodoxy with a
>new "obedience". It discusses the "principles" or methods but accepts the
>"foundations" of the movement or community.
>
>A very different one can be called "factionist", as it criticizes the
>"foundations", in order to create a "different movement", based partially
>on the converts of the first one. Even if this one also discusses the
>principles or methods, in fact what is the central concern is "power" and
>the creation of a new orthodoxy, normally more "strict" (or closed) then
>the first orthodoxy and normally giving more privileges to the first (re)
>converteds.
>
>In every case that one wants to analyze heresies one has to question what
>are the underlying values, ethical principles and potential consequences of
>the heresy in relation with the movement.


You do the analysis Artur -- but I say Let's have lots of both.

ho

>Harrison Owen

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