RE: The main reason I'm an atheist
May 2, 2016 at 8:21 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2016 at 8:24 am by Redbeard The Pink.)
(May 2, 2016 at 4:32 am)Wryetui Wrote:(May 2, 2016 at 1:39 am)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: "Yeah, well, you guys have just obviously been listening to Catholics and Protestants, and they aren't even True Scotsmen!"I do not know what "evidence" you are referring to, but the very main reason why I believe my theology is right and theirs is wrong is because the Orthodox Church has kept the original theology of the Church Fathers of the early centuries, the first theology that existed. If you read the writings of the early Church Fathers you will see that they are describing pretty much what the Orthodox Church is right now, the same beliefs, practices, ecclesiology... The Catholic Church was pretty much the same, but since the Great Schism, its theology changed drastically, now it is a product of the middle ages. The theology of the non-chalcedonian churches, was created by Eutiches and his monophysitism in the 5th century, they also claim to be the original Church with the original theology, bu, what happened to the first five centuries, since their theology was created before Chalcedon? I am not here to criticize the sincere convictions of other christians, but history is history.
If your theology is right and theirs is wrong, demonstrate that with evidence. Otherwise, Orthodox Christians have no more claim to "True Christianity" than anyone else. Unless you have evidence to back up your claims, they are no better than the claims of the Christians you denounce, and you're guilty of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy...again.
A Church cannot change, in my opinion, at all, merely because God does not change and His Church must be a reflection of Him, once a Church changes it becomes clearly that it is the subject of human guidance, not divine.
Sooo...because it was first, it must be correct?
That is asinine. If your Theology is better, there should be some kind of demonstrable evidence that shows this fact. Otherwise, your religious beliefs are just as made up as everyone else's.
The "filthy book from the Bronze Age" would be the Bible. Please tell me you're not that obtuse.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com