RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
March 3, 2018 at 1:02 pm
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2018 at 1:03 pm by Huggy Bear.)
(March 3, 2018 at 12:19 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:(March 3, 2018 at 10:25 am)Huggy74 Wrote: *emphasis mine*
This is simply wrong, the Catholics use a bible with 7 added extra books, while the Evangelicals only have the New Testament in their bible, with the exception of Psalms. So you really just proved GC's point.
I simply made the point that I have attended services in dozens of Protestant churches, plus Anglican, and Catholic. (And Unitarian, and I played for a Jewish service, and even an ecumenical all-faiths service . . . ). When given the opportunity, someone, (preacher, choir member, deacon, etc.,) at every single one of the PROTESTANT denominations told me that their church had it right and all of the others had it wrong. For some, this was an obvious attempt just to get me to join, for others, it was spoken with contempt and a description of WHAT they were doing that made them wrong. Funny, not a single one mentioned that they were reading the wrong type of Bible. The book wasn't the problem.
Oh, and I haven't asked the question in the Anglican and Catholic churches. I know what they believe.
You stated that ALL and I emphasize "all of these folks are reading from the same book, but most will accuse the others of "doing it wrong" or "false interpretation of the scriptures" etc., etc.". They all clearly are not reading from the same book, and it's OBVIOUS that if one group has books added to their bible and another has books omitted, they cannot possibly end up at the same conclusion.
