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ONTD Original: Great Scandals of the Evangelical Church

Mar 23, 2022 23:51

In light of the upcoming Hillsong documentary and my own experiences with living in a Fundamental Christian/Born-Again household until I was in my 30s (when I escaped--I’m not even lying about that), I thought you fine people of ONTD might enjoy reading through some of the fuckery from so called preachers of the Word of God that have hit the ( Read more... )

tl;dr, behind the scenes, religion, scandal, kardashian / jenner, selena gomez, sexual misconduct, ontd original, i can't, chris pratt, justin bieber

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hallyujah March 25 2022, 00:20:36 UTC

Full disclosure: 1) questioning and not very good Christian here ha and 2) this is prob TLDR. But your question is a really good one. And what you're describing is basically "Cafeteria Christians," where ok maybe someone puts comments about women or slavery in the cultural context of the time, but refuse to do so for LGBTQ issues and still cling to the notion that it's unnatural. Picking and choosing what to adhere to, in other words like someone picks and chooses what to grab from a cafeteria. To some extent that's actually unavoidable. It's a ~2,000 year old book and while Christians believe it's written FOR us, it definitely wasn't written TO us. This was clearly written primarily for an ancient Hebrew civilization. So much ink is spilled in The New Testament in Paul's letters on the subjects of circumcision and what animals are clean/unclean to eat. Why? Because those were hot topics of debate in 1st century Christianity when Paul was writing- they're not exactly pressing issues today ( ... )

ems March 25 2022, 00:39:52 UTC

I'm really glad I read this, thank you for posting it

readmymiind March 25 2022, 02:22:42 UTC

great explanation! i might talk to you on DM because it's always good to meet Christians like you.

hallyujah March 25 2022, 04:00:26 UTC

Absolutely, I'd love to chat more :)

ladyjj March 25 2022, 13:14:19 UTC

The point of Scripture is that it invites you into the debate. That by debating and conversing and ruminating and dwelling on these matters of the Divine, that's what brings you into spiritual maturity, that's what brings you closer to the Divine.

Mr. Coblentz, is that you? (My 11th grade Bible teacher who started me on the path of where I am today with my faith. My mother hates him.) And honestly, that statement is the reason why I dislike Calvinism so much. Like--what's the point of debate and free will if IT'S ALREADY MAPPED OUT FOR YOU?

However I disagree. You are a VERY good Christian. And this is a VERY great explanation. Thank you so much for sharing it.

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