Evangelical Christianity
*groans*
I'm sorry, but Evangelical Christianity is really frustrating me at the moment.
Their attitudes to Catholicism is really frustrating me. On several occasions while I was at home people from my home church went on a rant about how Catholics aren't Christians (worship the saints as idols, worship Mary (same reason), heretical, blasphemous). ( Read more... )
I'm sorry, but Evangelical Christianity is really frustrating me at the moment.
Their attitudes to Catholicism is really frustrating me. On several occasions while I was at home people from my home church went on a rant about how Catholics aren't Christians (worship the saints as idols, worship Mary (same reason), heretical, blasphemous). ( Read more... )
One of the reasons I left ECU at the start of last term (apart from morris practice "clashing" - ie. it overran, which meant I missed tea in Mardon, so I had to go somewhere else for food (Tuesday 9am lectures are not conducive to remembering late-meal requests...how convenient), which is generally Clydesdale House, and by the time I've ordered food, it's been cooked and I've eaten it...Oh dear, it's about 7.30 and I'd be late for ECU...*that's* a shame) was exactly what you said - the pushing pushing pushing. I hate that kind of stuff and I just don't work that way. Most of the stuff I'm learning about both Christianity in general and specifically Catholicism is through reading stuff, discussing it with close friends and listening to stuff. I'm a quiet person; I don't get on well with in-your-face stuff.
Take Chris - he's very much the opposite of me in that respect. He's a great guy and a good friend, but his way of going about stuff is completely different to mine. I respect his way of doing stuff and sharing his faith, but I also know that that really isn't my thing. I may go to an Evangelical church at home, but I would never describe myself as an Evangelical (big 'E') Christian.
From what my friend Kate says, Catholics aren't always good at reading their Bibles - though I think on the whole they're getting better. I know some of the Catholics that I know here know their Bibles fairly well. I think it helps that Fr Paul tells us the readings beforehand so we've got the opportunity to look it up. I don't think Catholics are as bad at Bible reading/studying as people make out; I think a lot of it is those people falling back on old stereotypes because they don't know anything different. Also, nowadays there are all those study books and so on, which I think makes a huge difference
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Yeah, by the last term me and my roommate just flat out stopped going, with no real excuse. The dinner one is perfectly valid, I feel - what kind of a system is that anyway??? I got back so late on thursdays I'd missed the late dinner deadline, and Anne had to nick me some sandwiches. Which were usually quite gross.
All hail little bible study books!
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