In praise of heresy: Truth, knowledge, law
April 29, 2008 by qafirarnaut
My attraction to all things heretical, and conversely my revulsion to all kind of orthodoxy, is well known to my friends. Today, I was surprised and pleased to read in the official word of Albania’s Academy of Sciences, that the first ever ‘albanian-style’ personal name recoded in history is associated with heresy (Leka, a Bogomil leader)
Heretics, while savaged by established religious hierarchies, made an indelible impression on the local populus who always saw them as bearers of a higher standard. Starting with the Arian heresy, and then graduating into the Bogomil one, the Albanians have shown to be not very loyal to either Vatican n\or Constanstinople. Indeed, so tenuous were their ties to these religious capitals, that a large majority of Albanians saw it fit to take on the religion of the Ottomans rather then pay higher taxes. The Ottomans too came bearing heretical gifts in the form of the muslim tariqas of the Bektashi and Halveti.
The Bektashi are of particular importance to the Albanian history as they produced the finest nationalistic elements, and softened the blow of dogmatic islam where they took root. Disguised as monks, Bektashi missionaries spread their values, which if upheld today, would certainly prevent Albania from succumbing into its current predicament. Truth, Knowledge, and the Law are the 3 pillars on which Bektashi worldview rests.
Veritas, Sapienza, Lex! Words truly worthy of being inscribed in a national seal.
Qafir,
Truth, Knoledge, and the Low are acordingly for each brand name one peak & chose.
Nuk ka as nji emer qe ti apo kushdo mund te zgjedhe ku te buroj vlere e paster e ketyre fjaleve te zgjedhura E Vertete, Njohje dhe Ligj. Edhe me bastardet aplikojne kete trinom, por nga kendi i tyre i shikimit.
Historikish njerzit kane treguar qe jane me te “zgjuar” se shpikja e tyre e fundit.
E Verteta; eshte genjeshtra me emer tjeter, Njohuria; eshte mosnjohja ne emer te njohjes, dhe Ligji; eshte i te fortit.
rendesi ka qe bastardi/kopili te perpiqet ta aplikoje duke e bere publikisht. Balanci i universit rregullohet kur te ‘tjeret’ e shikojne si aplikohet dhe i vene damken ‘hipokrit’ ose ’shenjt’.
C’rendesi ka per nje femij te rritur prej nji nene te perdale, ai sheh nenen, edhe pse ajo per te tjeret eshte e perdale.
Perjetimi, ndergjegjesimi, jane me rendesi. Ne mesojme, dhe s’perjetojme c’do gje, jo se s’duam, por s’mundemi.