(July 18, 2019 at 2:42 pm)BryanS Wrote:(July 18, 2019 at 1:31 pm)Aegon Wrote: This seems contradictory to me. Even "a la carte" beliefs stem from Biblical teachings or philosophy. Obviously they're all going to be close to the Christianity of the Bible.
The point about a la carte Christianity is that it is simply the individual's own morality substituted for Biblical morality. The further from "fundamentalist" a Christian faith is, the more one has to question why they bothered with the faith claim to begin with when in reality they are using their own morality (which is to be applauded) over the immoral preachings of the Bible. Theists like to say that any good moral beliefs have a basis in their faith, as if it impossible to be good for goodness sake.
What about a situation where one has a blend of their own morals from experience and the Bible, and is aware that they are doing that? What about those who recognize it is possible to be good for goodness sake while simultaneously saying that it has a basis in their faith? I don't know, it feels like you're oversimplifying both the Bible and morality.