(April 7, 2017 at 9:17 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:SteveII Wrote:Do you think that has changed anything about what it means to be a Christian for the past 2000 years?
It's not the same impact as turning against slavery and burning witches, I suppose. I doubt you think those changed anything about what it means to be a Christian either, but I regard them as vast improvements. Decade by decade, the arc of Christianity very gradually bends towards humanism.
I would say that all these "add-on" issues that we later see more clearly are a result of the culture and times each of those issues developed in. While I agree that the culture has improved, I think the development of the "add-on" issue did not originate from NT teachings so cannot be characterized as a change in Christianity--but rather of society.
