XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: bree@bree.com   
      
   On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 01:52:29 GMT, "Dan Drake"  wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 02:37:57 UTC, Bree  wrote:   
   >   
   >> If you're not going to pay attention to anyone else's opinions about their   
   >> own religion, not even the Pope or the Dalai Lama...   
      
   That was 'you' someone-indefinite-future, and a very big if....   
      
   /snip/   
   > I was saying that these people's   
   >opinions are not necessarily conclusive (in my own view) in all cases as   
   >to the Mere contents of their religions.   
      
   But -- would 'Mere' then mean much more than 'Lewis's opinion of their   
   religions'?   
      
   > If that's taken to mean that one   
   >is not paying attention to their opinions, I can see where there would be   
   >some disagreement here.   
      
   Mostlly my point was that some opinions are more important than others.   
   Even if a majority thinks that a special prayer to St X can help you win   
   the football pool, and you throw out those opinions as not being about the   
   'real' RC religion -- you can't throw out the Pope's opinion about real RC   
   along with them.   
      
   Looking at it one way, you could more nearly say the Pope's opinion defines   
   or constitutes 'real' RC.   
      
      
   Bree   
   hoping no real RC's are reading this   
      
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