Oddbean new post about login | logout Reject modern Christianity like the plague. It’s been feminized and basically castrated. Low T energy. Catholicism has its quirks, but worth considering
I grew up catholic. I still respond to it better than the super lame bad rock music Christian mega church nonsense
This was God's will nostr:nprofile1qqsp4lsvwn3aw7zwh2f6tcl6249xa6cpj2x3yuu6azaysvncdqywxmgprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvq9n8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99ah8qatzx9e8gmr3vdsnsu3kv96hjcthx4hr26pnds6ngv3jv3kngumj0y6kg7nxv4jngd3exen8zefcwvm8zem4v34hxdmydf6xvuelvfex7ctyvdshxapaw3e82egpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejs5mzk3a
What quirks? Catholicism is the Church that Jesus instituted... People within the Church aren't infallible
But numerous parts of the RCC have gone woke or heretical. Not looking for a fight here, to be clear. You are correct that much of modern Christianity is effeminite. But there is more with Rome to be concerned about than a few quirks.
True, but less so than other major denominations. I was talking about catholicism generally, as it’s been known through time. The current state of the Vatican and catholic church has not been totally immune to wokeism. We can agree on that
I will say that I'm discovering that most of the great Christian ethicists of modernity are Catholic or EO. Same with Biblical anthropology. Theology of the Body by John Paul II is near the top of my list of things to read.
Of course, the caveat is to stay away from the mainline denomination (PCUSA) which has fully bought into the woke BS. OPC, BPC, URC and a few others out there are the way to go.
The number of christian denominations is a bug imo. They should be viewed as bitcoin forks imo Biggest PoW denomination (Catholicism) wins over time
Christianity is not like Bitcoin, though. It does not need to maintain a single, uninterrupted chain (denomination) that everyone agrees with and is a member of. It only needs to maintain consensus around one fundamental truth that all Christian denominations agree with and can therefore continue to call each other "brother" despite other differences of lesser importance that prevent them from maintaining organizational unity. Namely the gospel of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord to all those who have faith in him as the Son of God and in his atoning work on the cross for forgiveness of sin. That's the only consensus I need to consider someone my brother in the faith, even if our other theological differences would prevent us from realistically worshipping together until Christ's return, when he will correct all of our errors and misinterpretations of his Word.
All good points, but I stand by my opinion. There is strength in uniformity. We can all have different hobbies when we go home after church, but I think Christianity would be more successful if there was more uniformity in the message and in the way we worship God
Resolve the differences about whether we should ask Mary or various saints to pray for us, about which both sides have adamant convictions. Resolve the differences about whether only professing believers should be baptized or also their children. Resolve the differences about whether Scripture alone is the standard of truth, or also tradition. Add to that the vast number of other theological convictions that prevent organizational unity. And make sure your resolution is not coming from a centralized human authority structure. Would you take away the right of these Christians to hold a wide variety of convictions, all based on their belief that their view is what God commands of them? Only Christ has that right to set things straight when he returns, not any organizational structure made by man, which can and has often been corrupted. Until then, freedom of conscience and denominationalism is the way forward.
Deniminations are more akin to Bitcoin developers. The actual faith is akin to Bitcoin. The problems with the mediaeval Catholic church and state capture show the risk of having only one group developing Bitcoin. Having diverse development teams maintains decentralisation and avoids bad incentive structures
All good points, but I stand by my opinion. There is strength in uniformity. We can all have different hobbies when we go home after church, but I think Christianity would be more successful if there was more uniformity in the message and in the way we worship God
Resolve the differences about whether we should ask Mary or various saints to pray for us, about which both sides have adamant convictions. Resolve the differences about whether only professing believers should be baptized or also their children. Resolve the differences about whether Scripture alone is the standard of truth, or also tradition. Add to that the vast number of other theological convictions that prevent organizational unity. And make sure your resolution is not coming from a centralized human authority structure. Would you take away the right of these Christians to hold a wide variety of convictions, all based on their belief that their view is what God commands of them? Only Christ has that right to set things straight when he returns, not any organizational structure made by man, which can and has often been corrupted. Until then, freedom of conscience and denominationalism is the way forward.
Resolve the differences about whether we should ask Mary or various saints to pray for us, about which both sides have adamant convictions. Resolve the differences about whether only professing believers should be baptized or also their children. Resolve the differences about whether Scripture alone is the standard of truth, or also tradition. Add to that the vast number of other theological convictions that prevent organizational unity. And make sure your resolution is not coming from a centralized human authority structure. Would you take away the right of these Christians to hold a wide variety of convictions, all based on their belief that their view is what God commands of them? Only Christ has that right to set things straight when he returns, not any organizational structure made by man, which can and has often been corrupted. Until then, freedom of conscience and denominationalism is the way forward.
Deniminations are more akin to Bitcoin developers. The actual faith is akin to Bitcoin. The problems with the mediaeval Catholic church and state capture show the risk of having only one group developing Bitcoin. Having diverse development teams maintains decentralisation and avoids bad incentive structures