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One of my favourite professors was a Jesuit priest. During a class on Christianity, he was asked roughly the same question. His reply was so good that it is sti
by hluska 8y ago
One of my favourite professors was a Jesuit priest. During a class on Christianity, he was asked roughly the same question. His reply was so good that it is still stuck with me, over twenty years later.
Paul said, "Well yeah, that might make sense. But, what if the real purpose of scripture is so that god can teach us to get along with people whose scriptures appear to say something different?"
- panarky 8y agoIn flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. https://biblehub.com/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm https://biblehub.com/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm Scripture like this probably don't help teach people of different faiths to get along.
- hluska 8y agoGood point. I don't practice Catholicism anymore and must confess that I've reached the limits of my Catholic school education, so I'm not even remotely qualified to speak to that. I know that Thessalonians would be one of Paul's (the apostle, not that Paul from my first reply) letters and Paul has always struck me as the world's first growth hacker, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to do more than express a simple opinion. I'd give anything to have access to some reasonable Catholics who I could ask questions like this. Alas...