DavyCrocket2003
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Does this way of thinking kind of make you an odd duck in your profession?
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which denominations are the most 'New Testament'?
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Does this way of thinking kind of make you an odd duck in your profession?
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
I'm the best damn looking one of all of them.
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Traditional Christianity holds that the NT is most authoritative for teaching and instruction in a Christian life, but that the OT is important in that it contains parables, lessons, and metaphors forshadowing the NT. The OT is not seen on the same level as the NT.
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
certainly , while the Anglicans would claim links to the early church through both the Celtic and Catholic churches, and there is significant evidence of even earlier links to the Coptic monastic tradition dating from the 200's AD we know we are not following some fossilised religion, but are part of a living one that makes itself relevant to each new generation.
We still learn much from Jesus teachings, and they can easily be show to have relevance to modern living, but perhaps in ways that would surprise an early church father.
It is true that Heretic members, like myself, who have moved perhaps faster than most from the traditional ( 18th century ) CofE, do not represent much in the way of a proportion of the church today. However we do perhaps lay on a trend line in the direction it is going.
Is this good or Bad ? who knows... it may be a false trail.... but it is a live one.
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
Excellent.
DavyCrocket2003
Well-Known Member
So my question is, would it be of value to you to know what Christianity looked like originally? Is that an important question? Or are you cool with the idea that each new generation of Christianity kind of redefines itself?
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
That's simply an historical fact.
DavyCrocket2003
Well-Known Member
Yeah I know. But does that bother you at all? That's what I'm asking. Not "does change happen," but "what do you think about this change?"
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
No, in the sense that Christianity must be continually changing and evolving to meet the needs of people "in the now."
However, there are some Christianities that diverge so far from traditional Christianity that they can IMHO not be considered Christians. The Christianity behind Nazism and the KKK and perhaps even a few "health and wealth" folks have completely replaced the Gospel with their idols.