(Ron) Aristotle

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At 09:35 PM 5/27/98 +0000, Joseph Crea wrote:


>    Sorry, Ron, but just saying that the Catholic Church is a "government"

>doesn't make it so. 


In reality, it does. All people define their own
words each time they speak.


>However, for the sake of argument, let's assume that

>the Cahtolic [sic] Church is indeed a "government".


There is not the slightest question that it is a
government. It is recognized by the United States
government who has a representative in Rome.


>Please tell why the other

>contenders you assume to be in the running for the longevity title should be

>limited to "secular" governments?  If the Catholic Church has been a

>"government" since it was instituted back in the 1st century CE, then we

>have to apply the same standards uniformly across the board and designate

>all of the various and sundry autonomous/self-governing/self-regulating

>institutions which can still be found in the world today as being

>"governments".  By this criteria, both the Jain and the Buddhist monastic

>orders would have to be considered "governments", since they are

>self-regulating/self-governing entities on the same level of organization

>and complexity as the Catholic Church. 


FALLACY OF FALSE ANALOGY. An institution governing
only itself internally is not a government.

Dick Jones

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