tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660901311853360160.post3241681410552528250..comments2023-05-08T05:02:15.918-07:00Comments on Free Lemming: Rome: Fundamental Justice Brought to RealityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660901311853360160.post-4890362215649811062010-03-01T01:28:48.363-08:002010-03-01T01:28:48.363-08:00No, in this case it's my own claim. Paterson w...No, in this case it's my own claim. Paterson was pro-Christian in a way (she was a deist but thought that Christianity was a positive factor generally in the West's history). <br />I've fleshed out this view in my numerous posts criticizing Christianity.Reaganxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767392975509574516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660901311853360160.post-90978939625070824622010-02-28T15:33:16.645-08:002010-02-28T15:33:16.645-08:00"The this-worldly success of the Roman way of..."The this-worldly success of the Roman way of life was a refutation of Christian other-wordly escapism - just like the success of America is a refutation of Islamist self-denial and self-flaggelation and is therefore hated by jihadists today."<br /><br />That appears to be a very strong claim. I should read some of Paterson's book to flesh this point out, assuming that you are either following up on or summarizing an argument in her book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com