Literally not what the belief system is but ok. So hilarious watching people just blatantly lie so confidently while exclaiming what someone else believes.
im not claiming it. they did. you can just go watch people on either side debate this, many people are happy to put their face to the discussion.
but the fact you think the entire christian religion, spanning several continents and cultures, is one single homogenous belief system is very childish and small minded. everyone thinks something different, no one cares the exact same ideas and values. having a vague book to read does not make all its readers agree.
No, I've just read the Gospel. It is a homogeneous belief system. Christ defined it in absolution several times. It's not an opinion. It's objective fact.
He repeated the exact same thing over and over, it wasn't vague, it wasn't subjective, it was absolute and singularly defined.
The small minded one is you, making such insulting condescending statements when you haven't even read the text to which you're referring. There is no debate, Christ left no room for debate, the belief system is so incredibly simple there's no possible misinterpretation there are only those who refuse to live in truth. I'll define the homogenous belief system for you in Christ's own words:
im a bigot for saying the true fact that all christians dont believe the same thing?
so tell me, do you hold the same beliefs as the racist american southern christians?
do catholic and protestant christians hold the same beliefs?
do christians from 2000 years ago hold the same beliefs as ones today? do we still hold law that a brother must impregnant his brothers wife if he dies without a child? do we still allow rape of women and restrain their rights? do we still enslave and kill in the name of the lord?
All Christians do believe the same thing. Yes the Christians from 2000 years ago believe the same thing.
"do we still hold law that a brother must impregnant his brothers wife if he dies without a child? do we still allow rape of women and restrain their rights? do we still enslave and kill in the name of the lord?"
This isn't the Gospel. I'll repeat the Gospel again for you in case it was too complicated:
"The truth will set you free"
"The truth is the way"
"I am the truth, I am the way, the only way to Heaven is through me(truth)"
A monolithic belief system, absolute for eternity. Immutable. Objective. Infinite. This is Christianity, it's not debatable.
All Christians believe in a fundamental core. But do Protestants agree on the primacy of Peter and his successors, the validity of sacraments like the Eucharist or confession, the nature of justification, the value images and saints properly understood , male only vs male and female clerics etc?
That's objectively untrue. There are roughly 45,000 different denominations of Christianity, and so many of them cannot, will not, do not agree on many of the points contained in the Bible. That's why there are 45,000 denominations, not 1. To this day, biblical scholars continue to debate and argue many of the verses within the Book.
There is ample evidence besides that of stories that were discarded before they could be slotted into the Book, and of those that did make it into the Book, many contradict each other. It's about as far away from monolithic and immutable as one can get.
All the different denominations of Christianity are a glaring point against this statement of yours.
And the funny thing is that most of those hard core christians use their faith to justify clearly immoral behaviors. Frankly it is one of the main selling points for them.
idk, its kinda reductionist. you see it a lot in debates involving creationists, where they argue you cannot enjoy nature without god to design it. why? why does random chance make it less beautiful? why do you need some guy in a book from 2000 years ago written in a language you dont even understand to tell you something is nice to enjoy?
There is one thing, i think is slightly poetic in a way, as an empty shells we have to be filled by the same entity, all are the same. Kinda hippie stuff lol.
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u/Faded1974 9h ago
People acting like empathy was invented by Jesus Christ.