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Worse, Assemblies of God (speaking in tongues).

bonzini 2y ago
Ouch. Young Earth and all that, I suppose. Speaking of which... > By and large, Christians are extremely anti-intellectual and hostile to research into the origins of the Bible as they believe the Bible is divinely inspired. Some even go so far as to talk about literal possession of the Bible authors by the Holy Spirit. At least in the catholic world, the history of biblical studies is very much tied to philology and philosophy. For example, pretty much no one in the catholic clergy will look at creation as a description of real facts, because the genre is not that of a historically accurate description. The idea is that any tool is good if it helps taking more out of what was purportedly inspired by the divine.
- redwoolf 2y ago
  Right, which is probably part of why most Evangelicals think Catholics aren't Christian. After I finished my BA in English, I considered going for a MA in Catholic Studies because it offered an opportunity to study Philosophy, Theology, and Literature in a way that was fascinating to me, but by that time my faith had withered and died.
  - graemep 2y ago
    Literalists do more than anyone else to drive people away from Christianity. > Right, which is probably part of why most Evangelicals think Catholics aren't Christian. Someone who thinks most Christians are not Christians (even more so historically) and their own traditions and scriptures were passed on to them by people who are not Christians are rather undermining their own claim to be Christians.
    - Suppafly 2y ago
      >Literalists do more than anyone else to drive people away from Christianity. At least they are honest about their beliefs, as odd as they are.
- throwaway1492 2y ago
  This is why I became catholic as an adult. I was raised baptist, and became agnostic. Then started attending mass with my now wife. Imo Protestants border on bible (the physical book) worship over all else, and ignore the reality of Jesus sacrifice. Plus the Catholic Church doesn’t require that I lobotomize myself to be a believer.
  - Woshiwuja 2y ago
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  - mrguyorama 2y ago
    The catholic church likes to pretend it's all enlightened and reformed but don't be tricked: In Maine we had a ballot measure to legalize gay marriage a long time ago and the state's branch of the church had no problem forcing every single church to show their congregation a video from the Bishop talking about how we should love gay people but letting them get married would be evil. Even the current Pope, as "woke" as conservatives seem to think he is (these are the people livid that we do mass in english nowadays, because how dare the proles know what we are praying), occasionally espouses old guard opinions. Also look what the catholic church does in Africa. They are NOT reformed.

Ouch. Young Earth and all that, I suppose. Speaking of which... > By and large, Christians are extremely anti-intellectual and hostile to research into the origins of the Bible as they believe the Bible is divinely inspired. Some even go so far as to talk about literal possession of the Bible authors by the Holy Spirit. At least in the catholic world, the history of biblical studies is very much tied to philology and philosophy. For example, pretty much no one in the catholic clergy will look at creation as a description of real facts, because the genre is not that of a historically accurate description. The idea is that any tool is good if it helps taking more out of what was purportedly inspired by the divine.

redwoolf 2y ago
Right, which is probably part of why most Evangelicals think Catholics aren't Christian. After I finished my BA in English, I considered going for a MA in Catholic Studies because it offered an opportunity to study Philosophy, Theology, and Literature in a way that was fascinating to me, but by that time my faith had withered and died.
- graemep 2y ago
  Literalists do more than anyone else to drive people away from Christianity. > Right, which is probably part of why most Evangelicals think Catholics aren't Christian. Someone who thinks most Christians are not Christians (even more so historically) and their own traditions and scriptures were passed on to them by people who are not Christians are rather undermining their own claim to be Christians.
  - Suppafly 2y ago
    >Literalists do more than anyone else to drive people away from Christianity. At least they are honest about their beliefs, as odd as they are.
throwaway1492 2y ago
This is why I became catholic as an adult. I was raised baptist, and became agnostic. Then started attending mass with my now wife. Imo Protestants border on bible (the physical book) worship over all else, and ignore the reality of Jesus sacrifice. Plus the Catholic Church doesn’t require that I lobotomize myself to be a believer.
- Woshiwuja 2y ago
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- mrguyorama 2y ago
  The catholic church likes to pretend it's all enlightened and reformed but don't be tricked: In Maine we had a ballot measure to legalize gay marriage a long time ago and the state's branch of the church had no problem forcing every single church to show their congregation a video from the Bishop talking about how we should love gay people but letting them get married would be evil. Even the current Pope, as "woke" as conservatives seem to think he is (these are the people livid that we do mass in english nowadays, because how dare the proles know what we are praying), occasionally espouses old guard opinions. Also look what the catholic church does in Africa. They are NOT reformed.