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In fairness, protestantism was a rejection of the idea that the Catholic church has a monopoly on Christianity. As with any large organization, greed and corru
by nobodyandproud 6y ago
In fairness, protestantism was a rejection of the idea that the Catholic church has a monopoly on Christianity.
As with any large organization, greed and corruption settles in sooner or later; and the Catholic organization still can’t shed its bad habits. Nor does it own up to it.
That’s not to say that the fundamentalist protestants in the US have got it right; they certainly have their fair share of cock-ups and scandles and shouldn’t be trusted either.
This is why appreciate the US’ separation of religion from politics.
- coldtea 6y ago>In fairness, protestantism was a rejection of the idea that the Catholic church has a monopoly on Christianity. Well, there was already the Orthodox church, the Coptic search, and a few others, so that was quite clear. Protestantism was both a reaction against the power of the Pope (via Catholic church) to the Germanic etc nations, who remained "christian" but wanted their own church to break away from Rome, plus a simplification of the faith that reduced its subtler points to fit their mentality... A version of christianity for peoples who haven't had much of a philosophic legacy. Then you add calvisnism for people who'd like to get richn and feel good about it, without all the christian guilt about the subject of money (they kept and expanded the guilt at the domains of sex and fun -- which is why protestants have been way more killjoys than the catholics).