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Syele
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This was taken from the ask a protestant a question thread. I figured I wasn’t answering but debating (well more like ranting) so i took my own advice and started a new thread.
The reason why all the different protestant belief systems, is because Protestants descended from Catholics who have many different “belief systems” but only share a common name and common basics. that is why the whole Bible isn’t infallibly interpreted by the Catholic Church, too many things are allowed to be decided for yourselves. Oh wait, that is what Catholics accuse us of! We learned it from the Catholics!
We have are basics we are unified in, they are what make us Christians. Argue that we need more unity, argue that we need a central authority, argue that we should be Catholic. But quit pretending there are 40 zillion protestant belief systems and only one Catholic one.
Arminian is not a new protestant chapter. You are confused. That is like saying Molinists and Thomists are new chapters of Catholics. Last I checked, both are allowed. Arminians are not a separate group anymore than Molinists are. In fact it’s probably the case that Calvinists and Arminians are just the direct descendants of Catholic Molinists and Thomists. the excuse that you can’t know about protestants cause there are too many kinds is getting tired and was never all that accurate anyhow (see one of the zillion threads on it.), I believe a large portion of the “divisions” you are going on about are also present in the Catholic Church. I see just as many Catholic differences (who are “in communion”) too. the Teen Life Masses I attended were much rowdier than my current Assembly for God Church yet you’d be happy to count Protestants with different music styles as separate denominations, even when that is the only difference! Is Teen Life jsut another Chapter of Catholics? NO? why not? Charismatics vs non-Charismatic, Thomists vs Molinists, Mantilla wearers vs non-mantilla wearers, Liturgical dancers!, hand holders vs. non hand holders, I could go on for days with “non-required” things Catholics disagree on. And don’t try and tell me that those don’t count cause they aren’t required beliefs… you can bet Barrett counted stuff like that when he came up with his #'s of denominations!
The reason why all the different protestant belief systems, is because Protestants descended from Catholics who have many different “belief systems” but only share a common name and common basics. that is why the whole Bible isn’t infallibly interpreted by the Catholic Church, too many things are allowed to be decided for yourselves. Oh wait, that is what Catholics accuse us of! We learned it from the Catholics!
We have are basics we are unified in, they are what make us Christians. Argue that we need more unity, argue that we need a central authority, argue that we should be Catholic. But quit pretending there are 40 zillion protestant belief systems and only one Catholic one.
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and you’ll know.
