RE: Has anyone met a Christian?
January 5, 2018 at 2:46 pm
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2018 at 2:58 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 5, 2018 at 12:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm not sure what Khem was referring to, but if it's true it was a long time ago.OFC it was a long time ago, it was the initial formation of the RCC. They haven't stopped since. Apostolic succession hinged upon a flesh and blood christ with flesh and blood disciples....and the christ myth hinged upon a literal fall by a literal adam and eve. The literal ex nihilo doctrine is..similarly, non-negotiable.
Quote:Catholics for the most part take an allegorical approach, and we specifically don't regard the bible as the ultimate authority.We know. Catholics have moved on from literalism. Nevertheless, the RCC insists upon it as a matter of infallible doctrine as demonstrated, because the faith is absolutely and unequivocally self-constrained within the boundaries of that literalism.
Stating that these are events in a real history, described in figurative language, is stating that they are literal events with flowery poetry attached. This is made explicit, in catechism, also as demonstrated. A person cannot sit there and tell us about god making the universe out of nothing, about god making the first two meaningfully human humans..their literal fall, and the literal redemption offered by a literal christ with literal apostles from which the legitimacy of their church proceeds...and simultaneously claim that they are or that their religion is "open" to allegory without..in a definite and self-described sense, expressing the deterioration of authority in belief of the very same church.
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