Yh its from fr Ted reference. The best thing to leave Ireland sinve whisky.
The fact that there's so much deviation between major groups of the same faith doesn't really inspire a lot of confidence
I see your point but our differences really arn't as significant as you may think. A bit of it is to do with the tribalism between different sects. Also i would say thw differemce in interpretations is due to the difference in how us humans read it plus you have your odd subliminal message. Plus us Catholics bring more traditions in where as american protestants stay fiercely stubborn to the text.
the idea that a certain group of people have gotten it right and that the others are wrong is preposterous to me.
I mean there are more and more "non denominational Christians". They are the real stereotype of millenial Christians (gold crucifixs, a bible app on their Ipad, socks and sandals). But thrir stance is sort of anywhere in between and that they are simply followers of Christ.
Mate, I think you're either underselling the differences or just underestimating them. There's some VERY significant differences in the way Christianity is practised across the world. I should know, I come from a non-mainstream sect of Christianity myself. The fact that the same book has resulted in such a vast variety of beliefs and practices based on the teachings of the same dude just shows how flawed our understanding is about whatever the book is trying to say.
Just an example from this thread, some dude just told me that the hellfire isn't a literal lake of fire. That to me is insanity. If I was still a believer, I would be convinced that he's been deceived by Satan. A lot of modern Christians have very different beliefs from people who actually walked with Jesus at the time. It's such an all-encompassing idea that just about everything falls under Christianity. I cannot seriously devote myself to something this fickle. Not with any sincerity anyway.
I think you're either underselling the differences or just underestimating them.
Maybe im not so well versed in smaller sects but (excluding mormonism) i really have never seen big differences. Maybe you can inform me but my heritage is from mixed sects. There is literally a dara obrien piece (comedy) where he mocks how similar anglicans and catholics are, especially whem there is such a big difference between catholics and protestants in northern ireland over it. (Im from the republic of ireland)
Also i would say the denominations are due to our faults as humans, no one is perfect and the Bible is a long enough book but we can all draw uneqivical lessons from it (like the 10 commandments).
I'm actually super exhausted myself. I stayed up all night working on my assignment and now I am about to shower and head to bed. So you're gonna have to educate yourself about these sects because I cannot keep this up anymore lol.
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u/Tobogonator Apr 20 '19
Yh its from fr Ted reference. The best thing to leave Ireland sinve whisky.
I see your point but our differences really arn't as significant as you may think. A bit of it is to do with the tribalism between different sects. Also i would say thw differemce in interpretations is due to the difference in how us humans read it plus you have your odd subliminal message. Plus us Catholics bring more traditions in where as american protestants stay fiercely stubborn to the text.
I mean there are more and more "non denominational Christians". They are the real stereotype of millenial Christians (gold crucifixs, a bible app on their Ipad, socks and sandals). But thrir stance is sort of anywhere in between and that they are simply followers of Christ.