Posted: Oct 12, 2013 5:14 am
What part of it do you find confusing, Will?
To concede it again, Thomas was a product of his culture and his time: this was a Christian culture informed by the bible, and a time, though a thousand-odd years removed from Deuteronomy, in which Deuteronomy still held the day because it was Holy Writ. Morality was grounded in God's word; it wasn't reasoned out independently of God. That's the problem. There are people out there still, who think Aquinas is shit-hot.
To concede it again, Thomas was a product of his culture and his time: this was a Christian culture informed by the bible, and a time, though a thousand-odd years removed from Deuteronomy, in which Deuteronomy still held the day because it was Holy Writ. Morality was grounded in God's word; it wasn't reasoned out independently of God. That's the problem. There are people out there still, who think Aquinas is shit-hot.