Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: July 23, 2025, 10:00 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
#63
RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
(March 3, 2018 at 6:29 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:
(March 3, 2018 at 3:31 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: It may be more accurate to say that Protestants use a bible with books subtracted from it. Martin Luther removed several books from the OT canon. At no time did Catholics add any books. He also wanted to remove several books from the NT (like James and Revelation) but his followers at the time didn't support this revision, so he didn't end up taking them out. I like to point this out to Christians: your one source of inerrant truth is the way it is because of the politics of the past.

Also, where do you get that evangelicals "only have the new testament"? This is incorrect. I wouldn't think these are errors you'd make, Huggy. Am I misinterpreting your words here?
*emphasis mine*
My fault for being unclear, the evangelical-heritage version of the bible only has the new testament and psalms.

The evangelicals I know would be very surprised to hear it. Evangelical is not a denomination and does not have a separate bible. Many Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Lutherans are evangelical. They consider salvation through grace and faith in Jesus central to thier beliefs. And while they do tend to emphasise the Gospels, they haven't thrown out the rest of the Bible. To the contrary, they are often belivers in Biblical inerrancy.

Perhaps you have mistaken The Good News For Modern Man translation of the New Testament for rejection of The Old Testament? It wasn't and isn't. It is now published complete with Old Testament as The Good News Bible.

Edit: I looked up The Evangelical Heritage Bible. Like Good News For Modern Man it's just the first books published in an ongoing translation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism Naturally, they began with they consider most important.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
Reply



Messages In This Thread
RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold? - by Jenny A - March 3, 2018 at 7:24 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Destruction of self confidence debunk_pls 50 8324 November 19, 2021 at 5:46 pm
Last Post: emjay
  How can a Christian reject part of the Bible and still call themselves a Christian? KUSA 371 114685 May 3, 2020 at 1:04 am
Last Post: Paleophyte
  Is this reasonable? Silver 24 5348 July 19, 2018 at 9:08 pm
Last Post: polymath257
  Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?? Jehanne 37 7215 June 21, 2018 at 1:43 am
Last Post: Pat Mustard
  So It Seems That This Jesus Freak Corporation's Religious Beliefs Only Go So Far Minimalist 11 3132 July 6, 2017 at 1:24 pm
Last Post: Minimalist
  Christian Self-censorship of Dirty Words mihoda 76 17730 November 2, 2016 at 4:52 pm
Last Post: Pat Mustard
  Interesting survey of Evangelical beliefs in USA Bunburryist 33 7758 October 11, 2016 at 5:13 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Atheists, how would you explain these Christian testimonies? miguel54 44 12270 August 28, 2016 at 7:46 pm
Last Post: Crossless2.0
  Indoctrinated Beliefs Aractus 2 1428 May 9, 2015 at 5:05 am
Last Post: Aractus
  Christianity and its effect on self-worth Strider 210 35489 January 8, 2015 at 11:47 am
Last Post: robvalue



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)