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Re: Problems with Christianity
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:15:23 GMT
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A few margin notes to chew on...
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> As to forbidding to marry, Biblical and medieval concepts on the evils of sex.
Another reason was to prevent the establishment of a papal bloodline as a
competing ruling lineage.
> Kindly note the Dark Ages are held to begin with the fall of (Catholic) Rome
> to germanic invaders. Much knowledge was preserved by Irish Catholic monks.
As well as heretical Arabs, of course. 8^)
> > After the Reformation they told their people if they read the Bible they >would go crazy.
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> Papal eddict? Local yokels? What?
Interestingly, there is extant a copy of a letter from around the turn of
the millennium in which a translator expressed his concern that laymen might
misconstrue The Bible's meaning if it were made available in English.
Nothing mentioned about insanity, but that was a long time before The
Reformation, naturally.
> > It's simply not true. True Christianity is that
> > which reaches out and helps the poor, the widows, the orphans, the
> > imprisoned, etc.
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> Good works. Catholics.
And many atheists and agnostics.
Dave!
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| (...) A good point, though the Borgias kinda skirted that one. :-) (...) Absolutely. (...) The general level of education was so low, yes, there was a fear they wouldn't understand what they were reading. But there was also an implied threat to the (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I didn't say that you did - I was just pointing out the silliness of the whole situation. (...) A knowledge of history makes me feel enlightened. (...) I think you have an extremely narrow definition of "Biblical Christianity" not shared by (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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