The Illusion of Separation
"In this episode, I reflect on the common threads Iโve noticed across different $religions and #spiritual traditions, not their #doctrines, but the patterns they seem to repeat: #compassion, #responsibility for oneโs inner world, #respect for life, and the idea that #separation may be more #illusion than fact."
6 #Myths That Most #Christians Still Believe!
For centuries, #churches have repeated the same #doctrines, #sermons, and #traditionsโyet many of them arenโt found in the #Bible at all. In this video, we reveal six powerful myths that most Christians still believe, even though #scripture and #history tell a very different story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE6nuzQMHGg
#ChristianityExposed #JesusMyth #BiblicalTruth #ChristianityDebate #BibleSecrets #FaithAndHistory #ChurchMyths #TrinityDebunked #HellMyth
Not all is well on the #Internet.
Just as the Internet can be used to promote the truth of what God has accomplished in Christ, so it can also be used to advance false #gospels and #doctrines.
People often get #radicalized on the Internet, only listening to sources amenable to their desires and wandering off into myths.
It is not hard to find a lot of depravity on the Internet, and what has been seen cannot be unseen.
Some #theological hills I am willing to die on:
1) The plenary inspiration of #scripture
2) At bare minimum, adherence to the #doctrines proclaimed by the first four Councils of the undivided #church must be upheld.
3) The #eucharist / #lordssupper ought to be celebrated *weekly*.
4) The #eucharist / #lordssupper , while symbolic, is not merely symbolic but also a true/real encounter/communion with Jesus.
5) #Baptism *must* be done in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
6) Baptism is #regenerative
7) #Liturgical #worship is essential because the #bible itself reveals the Churchโs worship as liturgical.
8) The #unity of the Church is not merely a spiritual reality (i.e. invisible), but a reality that ought to be visible for all the world to see.
9) Except in the cases of #heresy or wholesale unrepentant #sin within a portion of the Church, rending the Churchโs unity is sinful. (So, disagreements over adiaphora are not worthy of division -- no matter how much one love's their pet theological theory)
10) All #christians must pray for and actively work towards and for the reunification of the Church.
Why #Religion Does more #Harm than #Good in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp3pW_2E2BM
This video consists of #critical #arguments against #religious #doctrines and #ideologies, presented by #ChistopherHitchens, #DanielDennett, #LawrenceKrauss, #PeterSinger, #RichardDawkins & #RickyGervais.
In #white #ChristianNationalism, I see #echoes of the #Taliban.
Yes, #Christianity and #Islam have different #religious #doctrines and #rituals, but a #theocracy is a theocracy.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Islamaphobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
Iโm an #Evangelical #Parent of #Adult #LGBTQ #Children. Now What?
For #evangelical #parents who hold to the #churchโs long-standing #Hateful #doctrines on #gender and #sex, waking up to the #reality of #LGBTQ #children in our #homes frequently marks the beginning of a difficult #journey.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
Isms and Ologies: 453 Difficult Doctrines You've Always Pretended to Understand
What's the difference between an anarchist and an anarcho-syndicalist, a Platonist and a Neo-Platonist? And how modern can Modernism really be if all the famous modernists are dead?
#Farright #PragerU co-founder admits to '#indoctrination' campaign: 'We bring #doctrines to #children'
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/prageru-conservative-videos-classrooms-republican-officials-help-rcna131613
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article277741678.html
https://www.alternet.org/prageru-cofounder-indoctrination-children/
By co-opting #Christianity for imperial purposes, #Constantine effectively held the keys to heaven and hell (through enforcement of imperially approved church #doctrines that excluded persons from the #church who held different views), tools which #empires have used through the ages to manipulate the masses and justify imperial expansion and #colonialism under the guise of Christian mission.
Puncturing the #God Fallacy, Repeatedly and Thoroughly
https://www.debunking-christianity.com/2023/02/puncturing-god-fallacy-repeatedly-and.html
If weโre surveying the damage done by #religion, #sex-obsessed #clergy is just the tip of the icebergโand there are a lot of other icebergs. Given this reality, #theology is overwhelmingly incoherent, but folks keep showing up for church because theyโve perfected the fine art of tuning out. They cling to #doctrines #and ritual by ignoring solid arguments against #god-beliefs
๐๐บ๐ธ"Buddha, Abraham, Jesus and Muhammed: Larger-than-life historic figures or largely legends?"
#WorldReligions #Theism #Doctrines
https://www.rawstory.com/world-religions/
