RE: I wouldn’t be a Christian
November 7, 2018 at 6:19 pm
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2018 at 6:21 pm by Belacqua.)
(November 7, 2018 at 9:32 am)wyzas Wrote: Your putting forward that Catholicism as an example of good religion/christianity?
I would never try to excuse the bad things that the Catholic Church has done.
I brought up the changes that Thomas Aquinas made to Catholic theology in order to say that there is not only one Christian way of thinking over the centuries. Theology evolves, and when we speak of "Christian thought" we have to specify more clearly what we're talking about.
(November 7, 2018 at 3:08 pm)Drich Wrote: That thing that determine a ' real christian?'
It called agape'
I agree with you that, if we want to point to a single defining characteristic of what Christians are called upon to do, agape would be a good choice.
I'm interested in the different ways Christians have chosen to express this over the centuries. There are a lot of variations. I also think that a more loving (in the agape sense of love) world would be a very good thing. I hope to get better at it myself.