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Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodoxism, Anglicanism
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I'd probably go with non-theist Quakerism. Protestantism so not really converting since that is how I started.
Protestantism, read the Bible, pray, rely on personal spiritual experiences to find a relationship with the universe that you find fulfilling.
No authoritative religious requirements. Just seeking to become a better person.
I was born into Catholicism and left. I subsequently sampled other forms of Christianity.
Putting it plainly, I would not convert back to Christianity.
Putting it plainly, I would not convert back to Christianity.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
why not? why did you left catholicism? i am just curious
The religion, its Scripture, and the qualities of its deity do not align with my worldview. These are why I left to begin with.why not? im just curious
I also couldn't truthfully convert, because the beliefs are not ones I hold.
But since this is a hypothetical, I guess I'd go with Orthodox. I appreciate the iconography.
But since this is a hypothetical, I guess I'd go with Orthodox. I appreciate the iconography.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Catholicism has also inconography
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
I did not know non-theist Quakerism existed
It does, but there's something about the Orthodox I find beautiful.
Their architecture, too.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
i think the catholic architecture is more beautiful than orthodox architecture
I changed my mind. I would become Orthodox because of the architecture.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Well. I started out as a Protestant but ended up converting to Catholicism, which did not make my parents very happy but oh well. Anyway, I did so because of several things - starting with the fact that there are at least 73 books in the bible, not 66 and anyone who has gone through seminary knows that!
joelr
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I didn't realize how much of an interpretation the Bible is until I listened to Joel Baden, a Professor at Yale talk about the development of the books.
Click-bait-y title but Baden is very smart. Harvard grad, works at Yale.
Protestantism isn't credible unless you think Christianity was founded in the 16th century.
Eastern Orthodoxy has ancient roots and maintains apostolic succession, but the Eastern Orthodox are less a unified Church and more a loose collection of squabbling national churches not all of whom are even in communion with each other. Convert to Orthodoxy? Which and whose Orthodoxy? Whoever you join you're joining an ethnic sect.
Catholicism has the same ancient roots as Eastern Orthodoxy. It also maintains apostolic succession. But the Latin Rite liturgy has been bowdlerized and Rome's commitment to doctrinal orthodoxy has been put into question especially under Pope Francis. To convert to Catholicism is to put your trust in a teaching office to hold the line. It's to put your faith in single office (the papacy). If the current pope has taught me anything; that's a big ask.
Eastern Orthodoxy has ancient roots and maintains apostolic succession, but the Eastern Orthodox are less a unified Church and more a loose collection of squabbling national churches not all of whom are even in communion with each other. Convert to Orthodoxy? Which and whose Orthodoxy? Whoever you join you're joining an ethnic sect.
Catholicism has the same ancient roots as Eastern Orthodoxy. It also maintains apostolic succession. But the Latin Rite liturgy has been bowdlerized and Rome's commitment to doctrinal orthodoxy has been put into question especially under Pope Francis. To convert to Catholicism is to put your trust in a teaching office to hold the line. It's to put your faith in single office (the papacy). If the current pope has taught me anything; that's a big ask.
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Huh?
Protestantism is a reformation movement derived from Catholicism, a protest against abuses and practices of the Catholic Church. It doesn't claim to have established Christianity.
You're missing the point. A 16th century protest movement cannot possibly be the true religion intended by God. The premise is absurd.
I don't believe in any one "true religion intended by God."
So your point is that no religion is credible unless it came before another religion? Only the first religion is the One True Religion™?
I left protestant CofE as a teenager, i wouldn't go back to that or any other religion
Yes, I went down that rabbit hole briefly when I tried translating some passages from the Greek. The Greek words can have a few different understandings. Sometimes not significant, sometimes it was and you have to pick the "better" understanding according to whatever reasoning you might have.
That started to seem a bit pointless though because you are interpreting from Greek to English kind of arbitrarily. What they're saying compounds the problem ten fold.
That's not relevant to the question. A convert to Christianity probably accepts the falsity of all other religions.
My point is that if Christianity is true then Christ founded a church. (Matthew 16:18). The only relevant question then is who has the most credible claim to being that church. Protestantism lacks antiquity: it's not even a church; therefore, Protestantism cannot possibly possess the religion revealed by Christ because it does not possess the church he founded.
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