(November 19, 2022 at 9:10 am)Jehanne Wrote:(November 19, 2022 at 9:02 am)arewethereyet Wrote: It's interesting to me how hard a person defends 'their' version of Christianity.
If the Bible was really the be-all, end-all there wouldn't be dozens (or hundreds, or thousands) of different flavors of Christian belief.
Either the Bible IS the answer to everything...the one and only answer...or it isn't. Taking into account the numerous interpretations simply shows how people pick and choose the 'important' parts. It's constantly twisted into what people want it to say.
Of course, you're an ex-Catholic -- it's Scripture & Tradition, right??
To me, it's rituals. Lots and lots of rituals.
I was so surprised when I moved to SC and was introduced to free form prayer. Prayer was very structured in the Catholic Church. ie - The Rosary.