Talk:Quietism (Christian philosophy)

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at a minimum, I would think that that distinguishing this from deification/theosis in the Eastern Orthodox Church would be warranted. Blondlieut 22:56, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

I dont think "Origins of Christian Philisophy" is an appropriate heading, its needs to changed to something like "Origins of the philosophy of Quietism", as the previous heading is too general. And yeah I agree with the previous comment. (I changed it) 5:56, 27 April 2006 (Central), I dont know my ip, you can find it in history

[edit] Buddhist reference

I would be careful with the Buddhist comparison as it is not wholly accurate. Most mainstream Buddhist schools teach that Quietism is a trap to be avoided - and is different (though usually confused with) from our concept of Nirvana. Simply trying to empty your mind of thoughts has been referred to as "dumb-meditating"

[edit] Christian?

I don't think this is a Christian philosohpy at all; I'd call it 'pseudo-Christian' at best. It certainly doesn't square with gospel teaching. The Bible makes it plain that Jesus is the Son of God and that we are not, that we can never be God, and that we can never rid ourselves of sin - Jesus does that Himself when we believe in Him. We do continue sinning after conversion, but are held to be perfect because we have 'put on Christ' and He has taken our sin upon Himself on the cross. When we die, we are finally free from even committing sin.Fledgeaaron (talk) 15:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you oh so much for your insightful critique of Quietism. It's so important that we have you here to explain "gospel teaching" to us! Any other comments to add? Algabal (talk) 12:15, 11 May 2008 (UTC)