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Atheism is an outgrowth and response to protestantism.
Atheism is an outgrowth and response to protestantism.
Every atheist I've ever met in real life has issues with their protestant father. Every strawman argument they trot out is some smoothbrain protestant literalist drool.Eh. I'd say atheism was more a response to Catholicism. I'd say a lot of modern atheism originated as a response by intellectuals to problems in 16th century Catholic France.
Every atheist I've ever met in real life has issues with their protestant father. Every strawman argument they trot out is some smoothbrain protestant literalist drool.
It was literally a mistake to let the peasants read the bible. They started doing shit like denying evolution because "That werent hin no bye bull" and completely missing the point of onanism.
Diddnt say it wasnt.Biblical literalism is far older than Protestantism
Correct.if you live in America of course most atheists you know are going to be the children of Protestants
Which doesnt actually contradict what I said which waspeasants reading the Bible far preceded any evolutionary theories
It really isnt, he was pulling out, and his sin was specifically not providing the woman with children (which would solidify her position in society), but only using her for sexual release. Him jerking it on his own was literally never mentioned or implied.Onanism is a matter of interpretation.
Which doesnt actually contradict what I said which was
Peasants interpreting the bible--->rejecting evolution later.
You're uh. You're having a lot of trouble today, huh.
It really isnt, he was pulling out, and his sin was specifically not providing the woman with children (which would solidify her position in society), but only using her for sexual release. Him jerking it on his own was literally never mentioned or implied.
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Am I in the "Essays" forum?
The moderators need to move these posts to a new thread titled "Size of the OP and the splitting of threads".Pruned off this thread genius.
https://www.the-sietch.com/index.php?threads/the-downfall-of-new-atheism.2775/
It was Post #15 or something.
Was this ever a thing, since randos got to talk to God all the time inWell, if you're willing to reject that Christ removed any need for intermediaries between God and man, and thus reject one of the core doctrines of Christianity, I guess there's no point in trying to argue what failures within Christianity enabled the cultural rise of atheism in the West.
I don't think the core of the point is that "we should all kiss the Fisherman's Ring". Rather the point to me is that religion without a bedrock of unshakable structure is pretty weak.Right what possible secular reason (as religion has no real sway) do I have to submit to Rome? To me it seems far better to decide my own path and deal with consequences as they come. Basically why is the pope a legit authority?
However, I suspect that a lot of protestant splintering and atheism would be prevented by people studying the theological texts written by prior people who wrestled with these issues rather than just relying on their own personal interpretations of the Bible.
No, but I do honestly believe that most protestants haven't and that most people who contribute to the perpetual fracturing of Protestantism cannot readily be described as theologians.Do you honestly believe most Protestant theologians haven't read Augustine and Aquinas? You'll be hard pressed to find theologians that haven't read Augustine or Aquinas.
I think people also ignore the reason the Protestant Reformation developed in the first place - because the Catholic churches leadership was parasitical.