04-19-2005, 05:32 AM
He also needs some lessons in Christianity.
You know, instead of asking your readers questions regarding the topic of the article you are writing about, it's much easier to get a priest on the phone, and spend five minutes running down exactly why there is the Roman Catholic Church, and then there is everyone else.
It's not something they teach you as part of the catachism, rather, it's something that's pretty important towards the understanding of basic human history, and I find it quite amazing that a university level student is asking questions, that are answered by things such as the Great Schism, or the Inquistion, or the Reformation, or the formation of the Anglican Church. We live in an age of terrorism, and I'm pretty sure alot more people are familiar with Islam. Christianity intertwines with Islam, in fact, some of the world's greatest wars were fought because of the spread of Christianity.
Why can't we be united? We've had about 1000 years since we started interpreting the Good News differently, and started coming up with new agendas to get the word out there. We believe in different things. Protestant churchs don't put their focus on a centralized human figure. Catholics don't take the Bible literally like every redneck Baptist does. Some don't believe in Mary, others believe that Catholics take human beings and turn them into Gods when they talk about the communion of saints.
I don't mind people being totally against religion, I do mind when people attempt to make a statement about it, and can't come up with a coherent thought, because they have no clue about what these religions are. It's been made apparent through the past few weeks that for all the bitching that goes on regarding religion, I have yet to see someone able to fully critique the Church, and actually showcase a good amount of knowledge regarding individual religions. For all the brilliant minds on the internet, the number one response is "KID TOUCHERS! LOL!. "
Way to go, guys.
Quote:Why then do we as Christians argue that one church is better then the other and create division within our church (Christianity as a whole)? I am not a black Christian, or a Baptist Christian, or a Catholic Christian – I am a Christian period.
You know, instead of asking your readers questions regarding the topic of the article you are writing about, it's much easier to get a priest on the phone, and spend five minutes running down exactly why there is the Roman Catholic Church, and then there is everyone else.
It's not something they teach you as part of the catachism, rather, it's something that's pretty important towards the understanding of basic human history, and I find it quite amazing that a university level student is asking questions, that are answered by things such as the Great Schism, or the Inquistion, or the Reformation, or the formation of the Anglican Church. We live in an age of terrorism, and I'm pretty sure alot more people are familiar with Islam. Christianity intertwines with Islam, in fact, some of the world's greatest wars were fought because of the spread of Christianity.
Why can't we be united? We've had about 1000 years since we started interpreting the Good News differently, and started coming up with new agendas to get the word out there. We believe in different things. Protestant churchs don't put their focus on a centralized human figure. Catholics don't take the Bible literally like every redneck Baptist does. Some don't believe in Mary, others believe that Catholics take human beings and turn them into Gods when they talk about the communion of saints.
I don't mind people being totally against religion, I do mind when people attempt to make a statement about it, and can't come up with a coherent thought, because they have no clue about what these religions are. It's been made apparent through the past few weeks that for all the bitching that goes on regarding religion, I have yet to see someone able to fully critique the Church, and actually showcase a good amount of knowledge regarding individual religions. For all the brilliant minds on the internet, the number one response is "KID TOUCHERS! LOL!. "
Way to go, guys.