Rumblings in the Church?
April 21, 2005 @ 01:52 AMThe Problem
For the last few years I’ve been extremely uncomfortable with the monolithic “Christian” system. I’ve begun to think about a lot of the beliefs held by Christianity, and have come to the conclusion that they may in fact be wrong. It’s not that the fundamentals of Christianity are wrong - I believe there IS a God and IS a Son of God that died for humanity - but everything else surrounding that becomes non-negotiable in today’s Christianity.
Take the following off-the-top-of-my-head examples: Inerrancy of scripture; the canonization of each writing (gospels, pauline writings, etc); historical accuracy of biblical stories (the flood, creation…). Also, the unspoken belief that if something isn’t in the scriptures, it likely did not happen, and most the time it’s blasphemous to assert that it did. For example, the “Da Vinci Code”-esque belief that Jesus may have married Mary Magdalene and had children.
gasp
My frustrations with “the church” started when I realized that these are legitimate topics of debate. How DO we know Noah’s Flood actually happened?? How DO we know if Jesus was in fact married?? Well, we’re not allowed to find answers to those questions inside the church because we’re not really allowed to ASK the questions.
Here’s a question then: How is it that the church expects anyone to follow them while they continue to be so intellectually dishonest?
... to be continued …