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Sunday, August 07, 2011

"A tourniquet upon the neck of Christianity"

Here's something I wrote to someone else in an email this morning:

I don't care if the Lutherans and the Reformed argue about certain doctrines. There are two billion Christians in the world, they are going to disagree on a lot of things. So I don't care if there are multiple Presbyterian denominations. That is the least of Christianity's problems.

I've said it many times, and they just don't get it. Rome (specifically its claims to authority), is historically, and by a huge degree, the greatest problem in the history of Christianity. It has done the most harm, and Christianity most needs its removal. Once the papal claims to ultimate authority are out of the way, many other avenues of discussion will be opened up. I know there are other problems, but the mere (and continuing) existence of the Roman papacy is the one thing that causes the most harm, and prevents any good from being accomplished. It is a tourniquet upon the neck of Christianity. Yes, there are other problems, but until you get that tourniquet off, it's not much use talking about the other problems.
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2 comments:

  1. Steven8/08/2011 3:09 PM

    What we need from you is a post called 'What post Catholic Church Christianity looks like...'

    I'd like to hear more about how you propose to loosen the tourniquet of the Catholic Church, what will happen after you topple the Catholic church and how you would rebuild the true Christian church from the rubble.

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  2. Mr. Fosi8/09/2011 9:43 AM

    Sorry if I am speaking out of turn but, Steven said: ... what will happen after you topple the Catholic church and how you would rebuild the true Christian church from the rubble.

    I imagine that the the true Christian church, which already exists and has since Christ ascended, would continue on like it has done for the last 2000 years.

    Perhaps the church might even do better after having come out from under paganist practices like the worship of the Queen of Heaven.

    I imagine the church would be much stronger after rejecting contra-Biblical practices such as the re-sacrificing of Christ in every mass.

    I dunno how one would go about cutting this tourniquet off, but there is no doubt that it needs to be done.

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