Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
Douglas Laycock
laycockd at umich.edu
Sun Sep 9 15:42:35 PDT 2007
The distinction is not between religion and theology. It is
between religion with or without law, or between theology with or
without law. Religion as it interacts with law is on topic; religion
in itself is off topic.
Quoting John Lofton jlof at aol.com[1]:
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> If I may ask, please: How do you separate so easily "theology" from
> "religion & law"? Thank you. JL
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> John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
> Recovering Republican
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> "Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond, and
> blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to maintain
> the kingdom of Christ." -- John Calvin.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Volokh, Eugene <VOLOKH at law.ucla.edu>
> To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics
<religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu>
> Sent: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:09 am
> Subject: RE: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
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> Folks: I like to think that the list is quite inclusive and
> pluralistic when it comes to viewpoints about the law of government
and
> religion. But it is not a place to discuss theology -- or
psychology --
> as such. There are plenty of places online, I'm sure, that are
devoted
> to precisely those questions. This just isn't one of them.
>
> Eugene
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> From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
> [mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of John
Lofton
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 7:39 PM
> To: religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
> Subject: Re: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
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> Tolerance, Ed, tolerance; be more diverse, more pluralistic,
> more inclusive. JL
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> John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
> Recovering Republican
>
> "Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond,
> and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to
maintain
> the kingdom of Christ." -- John Calvin.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Brayton <stcynic at crystalauto.com>
> To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics'
> <religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu>
> Sent: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 10:18 pm
> Subject: RE: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
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> The first amendment applies to what the government can do, not
> to what is acceptable on a private listserv. This list is for
discussion
> of religion and law, not for you to harangue and proselytize.
Surely
> that shouldn't need to be explained on this list of all places.
>
> Ed Brayton
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
> [mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
> <mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu?> ] On Behalf Of John
Lofton
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 9:51 PM
> To: religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
> Subject: Re: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
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> Chill, Ed, it's called free speech, the free exercise of
> religion, First Amendment, remember? Be more tolerant, please...JL
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> John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
> Recovering Republican
>
> "Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond,
> and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to
maintain
> the kingdom of Christ." -- John Calvin.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Brayton <stcynic at crystalauto.com>
> To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics'
> <religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu>
> Sent: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 6:20 pm
> Subject: RE: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
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> Is this really the appropriate list for such preaching? I know
> it damn well isn't the appropriate list to be declaring some
members of
> the list mentally ill.
>
> Ed Brayton
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
> [mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
> <mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu?> ] On Behalf Of John
Lofton
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 5:20 PM
> To: religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
> Subject: Re: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
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> Simple indeed -- if you have faith. And all those secular
> shrinks have been doing a great job, right? In fact, unbelief IS a
> mental illness since it denies reality, God's reality, the only
reality
> there is. We all live in God's world and are governed by His Law,
> whether you believe this or not. God's Truth is not dependent upon
the
> belief of a man to be true. You don't have to believe in Hell to go
> there.
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> John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
> Recovering Republican
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Freiman <susan.freiman.law.65 at aya.yale.edu>
> To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics
> <religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu>
> Sent: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:38 am
> Subject: Re: Recent Threads / True Mental Health...
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> Wow. So simple. And just think how many doctors have been
> struggling
> for so long to help the mentally ill.
>
> Susan
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> John Lofton wrote:
> > True "mental health" is believing God when He says in Psalm
> 111:10:
> > "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good
> understanding
> > have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth
> for ever."
> > Your gratuituous if-my-net-doesn't-catch-it-it-is-not-a-fish,
> > people-I-disagree-with-are-crazy attitude is one more example
> of why
> > (literally) I thank God I never went to college.
> > John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com
> > Recovering Republican
> >
> > "Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond,
> and
> > blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to
> maintain the
> > kingdom of Christ." -- John Calvin.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: FRAP428 at aol.com
> > To: religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
> > Sent: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 10:45 am
> > Subject: Re: Recent Threads
> >
> > I am certainly well aware that Christian Reconstructionists
> are a
> > small minority; however, the line between some of their
> beliefs and
> > those of some (please note both uses of the word some) members
> of the
> > Christian Right may not be particularly bright (more of a
> continuum).
> > Sort of like the line between believers who are truly mentally
> unwell
> > and believers who are somewhat unbalanced and believers who
> just have
> > problems. I would posit that the continuum regarding the
> mental health
> > of believers is similar to that of the population at large
> and/or that
> > of nonbelievers.
> >
> > Frances Paterson, J.D., Ed.D.
> > Professor
> > Department of Curriculum, Leadership, and Technology
> > College of Education
> > Valdosta State University
> > Valdosta, GA 31698-0090
> >
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