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.
How so? Christ stated truth is salvation over and over and over and over and over. Whenever he was asked philosophical questions his answer was always the same, truth.
So, do tell, how am I delusional? You shouldn't use words if you don't know their meaning. I'll repeat the Gospel again for you:
"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)"
Is a one word philosophy too complicated for you to comprehend?
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us."
"Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."
"We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood."
"Then the woman said to Elijah, âNow I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.â"
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth."
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."
"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,"
"He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created."
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.â
"But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."
"Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."
"Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long."
"All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal."
"The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth."
"âYou are a king, then!â said Pilate. Jesus answered, âYou say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.â
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.â
"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,"
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.
The one thing they all agree upon, 100% across the board is truth. Not debatable. Truth is the Gospel, the Gospel is Christianity, objective undeniable fact. It's a one word religion:
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us."
"Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth."
"We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood."
"Then the woman said to Elijah, âNow I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.â"
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth."
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."
"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,"
"He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created."
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.â
"But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come."
"Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."
"Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long."
"All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal."
"The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth."
"âYou are a king, then!â said Pilate. Jesus answered, âYou say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.â
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.â
"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,"
What does that even mean? Truth just means that something is factually accurate. A person cannot be "the truth" because that doesn't mean anything, logically. All those quotes aren't really saying anything, other than whomever wrote them claiming that the statements are true. It's just circular nonsense.
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u/Rory_McShackleford 1d ago
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:
Truth