(May 8, 2020 at 11:11 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(May 8, 2020 at 10:02 am)masoni Wrote: the concept of the "holy trinity" was created to address this contradiction, but the father, son, and holy ghost continue to divide christians today.Well, when you make up shit contradictions will occur.
Pretty much everything divides Christians: does wafer really turns into flesh of Jesus; should they go to church every Sunday; should the priest rise the cup of vine over his head or not; do sins need to be forgiven in presence of priest or alone; should masses be sang or spoken or spoken in Latin; was Mary a virgin her whole life; did Jesus live in America; should priests be married; are abortions allowed or not; is prostitution ok or not; is contraception allowed or not; should nuns exist or not; etcetera.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
